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FOREST AND STREAM 
1 fA Lay Sermon fob Students.— This is 
from an Oxlord lecture recently given by John 
Buskin. They are words of truth not *only 
for the English University men, but for stud- 
ents the world over : 
“ First cultivate all your personal powers, 
not competitively, but patiently and usefully. 
You have no business to read in the long vaca- 
tion. Come here to make scholars of your- 
selves, and go to the mountains or the sea to 
make men of yourselves. Give at least, a 
month in each year to - rough sailor's work 
and sea fishing. Don't lounge and flirt on 
the beach, but make yourselves good seamen. 
Then, on the mountains, go and help the 
shepherd at his work, the woodmen at theirs, 
and learn to know the hills by night and day. 
If you are staying in level couutry, learn to 
plow, and whatever else you can that is use- 
ful. Then, here in Oxford, read to the 
utmost of your power, and practice singing, 
fencing, wrestling and riding. No rifle prac- 
tice, and no racing — boat or other. Leave 
the river quiet for the naturalist, the angler, 
and the weary student like me. You may 
think all these matters of no consequence to 
your studies of art and divinity ; and that I 
am merely crotchety and absurd. Well, that 
is the way the devil deceives you. It is not 
the sins which we feel sinful by which he 
catches us; but apparently healthy ones — 
those which nevertheless waste the time, 
harden the heart, concentrate the passions on 
mean objects, and prevent the course of gentle 
and fruitful thoughts.” 
Shakes and Sentiment.— The New York 
World recalls an amusiDg incident in the life 
of Agassiz. It has just the least flavor of a 
“snake story” about it, but we give it as 
we find it: 
Mr. Agassiz, it will be remembered, mar- 
ried a second time after he established him- 
self in this country. The honeymoon had 
hardly expired when some enthusiastic cor- 
respondent in Florida sent him a box con- 
taining six rare and dangerous snakes of a 
variety he had long desired to see and study. 
Enchanted with his prize, and mindful of the 
difference of temperature between the Gulf of 
Mexico and Massachusetts Bay,; Mr. Agassiz 
carefully took the box up to his bed-chamber 
and put it comfortably away in a closet. The 
next morniDg, when Mrs. Agassiz arose and 
hastily put one of her feet into a slipper by 
the bedside she was horrified to find it in con- 
tact with something of a deathly coldness 
and dampness. She instantly withdrew her 
foot and nearly fell into spasms on seeing it 
followed out of the slipper by an odious little 
green snake, which curled and coiled and 
hissed in the most satanic style. “Agassiz ! 
Agassiz !” she screamed. The professor sprang 
up in the bed startled, and rubbing his eyes. 
“Agassiz,” she continued, "get up ! here is a 
snake in my slipper !" “ A snake in your slip- 
per ! A snake in your slipper ! " exclaimed 
her affectionate consort in unfeigned dismay; 
"only a snakt in your slipper ? Where under 
heaven arc the other five!" 
Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, 
Jewellers, and Importers, have 
always a large stock of silver 
articles for prizes for shooting, 
yachting, racing and other 
sports, and on request they pre- 
pare special designs for similar 
purposes. Their TIMING 
W A T C H E S are guaranteed 
for accuracy, and are now very 
generally used for sportin-g and 
scientific requirements. TIF- 
FANY & CO. are also the agents 
in America for Messrs. PATEK, 
PHILIPPE & CO., of Geneva, of 
whose celebrated watches they 
have a full line. Their stock of 
Diamonds and other Precious 
Stones, General Jewelry, Artis- 
tic Bronzes and Pottery, Electro- 
plate and Sterling Silverware 
for Household use, fine Station- 
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largest in the world, and the 
public are invited to visit their 
establishment without feeling 
the slightest obligation to pur- 
chase. 
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THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS. 
HIGHLY EFFERVESCENT. 
DR. J. MILNER.' FOTHERGILL, London.—" Tlio 
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PROF. J. A. WANKLYN, St. George's Hospital, 
London.—" Highly effervescent, wholesome, ana 
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DR. R. OGDEN DOREMUS — “Absolutely pure and 
wholesome ; superior to all lor dally use ; free 
from all the objections urged against Croton and 
artiflcially-acrated waters. 
DR. PETER HOOD, President of the nerta. Medical 
Society, etc.—" Superior to Vichy and Vais.” 
PETER SQUIRE, F. L. S., Chemist to CTie Queen.— 
Tenth edition of Companion to the BritUh Phar- 
macopoeia. " Exhilarating ; good for sickness, 
dyspepsia, and loss of appetite.” 
MacNAMARA, F. R. C. S„ C. S. I.. Snrgeon to 
Westminster Hospital, London.— " More whole- 
some and refreshing than soda or seltzer water." 
HERMAN WEBER, M. D., F. R. C. P.. Physician 
to the German Hosp., London. "Of great 
value In llthlc acid diathesis. In catarrh of the 
bladder and of the respiratory organs ; agreea- 
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Sole Agent* for United State* and Canada. 
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Every genuine bottle bears the YELLOW label. 
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THE 
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Their comparative excellence Is recognized by the 
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"The B. SHONINGER ORGAN CO.’S exhibit 
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There are 50.000 of onr Instruments In this and 
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They contain a magnificent Chime of Bells, tuned In 
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Closets and Swinging Lampor Flower Brackets, with 
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English Sporting Gunpowder. 
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and 
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Inclinometer. 
It may be used for leveling stands for rest shooting, 
and gives at once the degree of elevation and pitch 
to the foot. As a specimen of workmanship, It is 
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IT' 
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BEALSES IN 
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IMPORTERS OP 
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The American Sportsman’s Journal. A twenty- 
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necessities of the Gentleman Sportsman. 
Term*, n year. Scod for a specimen copy. 
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Dog Paths to Success. 
A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR SPORTSMEN AND 
TRAINERS. 
FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR BREAKING AND 
TEACHING DOGS FOR THE FIELD. 
To which are added the standards for Judging 
Pointers, Setters and Cocker Spaniels, with various 
hints concerning the Cocker, with other miscel- 
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kit killbird. 
The whole prefaced by 
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Sportsman’s Gazetteer 
AND 
GENERAL GUIDE. 
WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, 
900 Price, S3. 
BY CHARLES HALLOCK, 
EDITOR OF “FOREST AND STREAM AUTHOR OF THE 
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The hook Is a complete manual for sportsmen : 
It gives every sportsmanlike' method for captur- 
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North America. 
It deslguatea the proper charges for guns for each 
kind of game, the various kinds of decoys and blinds, 
and balta and tackle for the fish. 
It gives over 4,000 localities where game and flab 
maybe found, specifies the gamo found tu each 
locality, the hotel accommodation, aud the beBt 
route to get thero. (The preparation of this Directory 
was In itself a work of great magnitude ) 
It gives the scl> ntlflo name and specific character- 
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and breeding season of each— a most valuable con- 
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It describes 297 varieties of edible fish alone, that 
maybe taken with the hook; 80 varieties of ducks ; 
B 0 varieties of snipe or waders, aud the different 
methods of shooting each. 
Its Instructions for capturing large gurne are very 
minute, and the chapters ou woodcraft, outfitting 
aud camping have been pronounced by "El Cazador," 
of Los Angeles, California, to bo simply complete. 
Every kind of dog used for sport ia designated, 
and hlB poln'a for bench Judgments fully given. 
The chapters relating to selection, breeding, rearing, 
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recipes given under the revision o' the best modern 
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It Is In Itself the most conolse, accurate, Instruc- 
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It contains very useful recipes and remedies for 
wouDds, bites, poisons, illness, aud emergencies o! 
all kinds ; for cleaning, repairing, uud preserving 
every Implement used for sport; for selection and 
nso of every kind of boat employed by sportsmen ; 
a reference list of several hundred books in request 
by sportsmen, and a directory where to bay outfitting 
goods. 
It instructs In taxidermy, and tell show to preserve 
and mount specimens of animals, birds aud fish. 
RIFLE SHOOTING. 
% Complete History of the International 
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