FEATHER-FILLED 
PRAIRIE FIRES NEVER SPREAD FASTER 
THAN THE SALE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL AND POPULAR BALL. 
have been sold since August, and our moulds arq now running night and day filling our constantly increasing orders. 
Every Ball made to scale, and no imperfections. $ | ,000 -Reward to any one who can find a single ball in ten thousand beyond the 
maximum weight (two ounces). No thick sides or bottoms. Its uniformity of thickness won it favor from the first, and out of the immense num- 
ber sold we have never had one complaint. 
NO CLOSE DECISIONS -—A Feather-filled Ball once struck by shot, and the tale is told. It satisfies every one on the instant , 
and saves all unpleasant work for lteferees. * 
NO SHORT COUNT. — Every barrel is warranted to contain enough over three hundred to allow for reasonable breakage. Will 
also contain copies of the Standard Rules for Glass Ball Shooting, for one, two, or three traps. 
CARD. 
During Mr. Paine’s absence in England his Patents were grossly infringed upon. Glass Balls and Traps of the most worthless description 
were sold in Tar^e numbers. Balls that could not be broken with a cannon were thrust upon the market by thousands. On his arrival home, seeing 
tins state of affairs, he immediately, with his fruitful brain, invented the Paine Feather-filled Glass Ball. American sportsmen are the best judges ot 
its magnificent success. 
No Sportsman’s Warehouse is Complete without Paine’s Feather-filled Class Balls. Men and Boys, from Maine to Cali- 
fornia shoot at them! Old ladies darn socks on them! Children learn Ceography on them! Babies cut their teeth on 
them l’ If you want a Ball for main strength and endurance try some other. 
WAENIM TO A L L . 
The-following will show how fully we are protectedjin the manufacture of the Paine Patent Feather-filled Gloss Ball, and as the price is SO LOW there is little or no incentive 
beyond curiosity to infringe on the Patent : 
UNITED STAT E S P A TENT OFFICE. 
IRA A. PAINE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. 
IMPROVEMENT IN CLASS-BALL TARCETS. 
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. I 96,379, dated October 23, 1877 ; application filed September 22, 1877. 
To all whom it maj concern : 
Be it known that I, Iba A. Paine, of New York City, in the County and State of 
New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Balls for Trap Shooting, of 
which the following is a specification : . 
The figure is a side view of one of my improved balls, part being broken away to show 
the construction. „ 
The object of this invention is to furnish balls for trap-shooting which sliaU be so con- 
structed as to 11 make the feathers fly ” when broken by the shot, producing the same effect 
as when birds are struck by the shot. 
The invention consists in a hollow glass ball for trap-shooting, filled with feathers or 
other light material, as will be hereinafter fully described. 
A represents the ball, which is make of glass, is smooth upon the outer side, and has a 
neck upon one side for placing it upon the trap. 
The ball A is filled with feathers B or other light material, as shown in the figure, 
which, when the ball A is broken by the shot, will be scattered through the air, showing 
that the ball was broken by the shot, and producing an effect similar to that produced 
when a bird is struck by shot, and enabling the marksman to see the effect of his shot, the 
smoke having time to disappear before the feathers can possibly reach the ground. 
Having thu9 described my invention, what I claim a9 new, and desire to secure by 
Letters Patent, is — 
A hollow glass ball for trap-shooting, filled with feathers or other light material, sub- 
stantially as herein shown and described. 
Witnesses : IRA A. . PAINE. 
James T. Graham, 
C. Sedgwick. 
For sale by all Dealers in Sporting Goods throughout the world. 
send for price list. Headquarters : Bohemian Glass Works, 214 Pearl Street, N. Y. 
gaintiiig. 
raUJfTMJffi, 
fEVXRY ONE THEIR OWN PAINTER. 
•O PeT Cent. Satei. 
We are manufacturing a very One Pure Iteady- 
SRxed Paint, mixed In such a manner that any oral- ■ 
•&ry stable or farm hand can make as good a Job 
nalntlDg as a painter can with paint mixed In the old 
way. This Is because oar paint does not set quick, 
and thus show marks of tbe brush. We eelllt lower 
Shan materials can be bought In the ordinary way, 
5 Hd pay lrelght in certain sized orders. 
Any gentleman wishing to paint np his buildings 
at small expense had better write, and hare seat 
Arse our book. 
Address 260 Front street, 
INGERSOLL PAINT WORKS. 
JtVUf 
Animal Portraiture. 
Gentlemen desirous of having their Horses and 
Dogs painted will be guaranteed an authentic and 
perfect like u ess. Reference to editor of this paper. 
OctlS tf 
UNION SQUARE HOTEL, 
UNION SQUARE, Corner Itth StTeet, New York. 
A J. DAM & SONS, Proprietors. 
§yortsmcn' 8 <§ooda. 
ESTABLISHED 1845. 
Sara J. McBride, 
(Formerly of Mumford, N. Y.), 
8S9 Broadway, N. Y.; Reddllch, England. 
Manufacturer and Importer of 
Fishing Tackle. 
Trout Flies, $1.50 per dozen. 
FLIES SELECTED for the different seasons and 
for any given stream or locality. 
REEL LINES of every style and quality. 
RODS and REELS of the best manufacture. 
HOOKS, Gut, Colored Mohair, Feathers Of all 
kinds, Tying Silk, Tlneel and all material necessary 
for maklDg flies, supplied to amateurs. 
BAITS for trolling, Artlflclal Minnows and Spoons. 
The best Baits of the period for pickerel, perch, 
bass, sea trout and salmon. 
Medal, with Npeclal Diploma, Decreed at In- 
ternational Exhibition, 1870. 
My motto Is, THE BEST COODS AT THE 
LOWEST FICURES. 
Eaton’s Rust Preventer. 
For Gudb, Cutlery and Surgical Instruments. 
Safe to handle, WILL NOT GUM, and will keep In 
any climate. Sportsmen everywhere In the United 
States pronounce ft the best gun oil in the market. 
Judge Holmes, of Bay City, Mich., writes: "Ills 
the best preparation I have found In thirty-live 
years of active and frequent use of guns.” 
The trade supplied by sole manufacturer, GEO. 
B. EATON, 570 Pavonta Avenue, Jersey .City 
Heights, N. J. m 
Sold by principal New York dealers, and by Wm. 
Reid A Sons, Boston, Mass.; B. Kltiredge A Co., 
Cincinnati, Ohio : E E. Eaton, Chicago, III. j Brown 
1 A Hilder, St. Louis, Mo. 
* CANNOT BE SENT BY MAIL. 
Bogardus’ Patent Rough Glass Balls 
and Glass Ball Traps. 
These Traps are the only ones that give satisfaction, as 
they are simple of construction, easily set, and not liable 
to get out of order, and they throw the ball in a manner 
that more closely resembles the flight of a bird than any 
other trap In the market. The Patent Rough Glass Balia 
are made of uniform weight and thickness, and have a 
corrugated surface that strengthens the ball for shipment 
to any part of the country, prevents the glancing of shot, 
,and thereby Insures the breaking of the ball when hit. 
5 CAPTAIN BOGARDUS was the Brat to Introduce the 
ROUGH BALL, and at a price far below the smooth ball 
at that time. 
Balls and Trap can be ordered through all Gun Deal- 
ers. Liberal discount to the Trade. 
MY IMPROVED TRAP (warranted), which will throw a ball In any direction from the shooter at 
the opilon of the puller, Is now ready for the market. Price 88. 
Parties buying glass balls will receive score book for glass ball sboodug la each barrel. 
HEADQUARTERS FOR BALLS, HAGGERTY BROS., lO Platt Street. 
FOR TRAPS, HART JL SLOAN, Newark, N. J. 
Second and enlarged edition of “ Field. Cover and Trap Shooting,” containing Instructions for Glass 
Ball Shooting, now ready. Price S2, by maU, postage nald. Address, M _ 
DecO tf K Capt. A. H. BOGARDUS, International Hotel, N. Y. 
THE UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY, 
LOWELL, MASS. 
Manufacturers of the 
CENTRAL FIRE, SOLID HEAD, 
BRA.SS SHELL, -RE LOADING CARTRIDGE, 
Used by tbe Army and Navy of the United States and several Foreign Governments. 
Ail kinds of KIM FIRE AMMUNITION. 
Special attention paid to orders for TARGET PRACTICE CARTRIDGES. 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue. 
WALLACE & S@N1S, Agcrcts, N. V. City. 
