A man, ho owned a Terrier dog— 
A bob-tailed, onery cues, 
And tbat there purp got that there man 
In many au ugly muse ; 
For the mau ho was on hie muscle, 
And the dog ho was on hie bite - 
80 to kick the dorg-goned animile 
Was sure to raise a fight. 
A woman owned a Thomas oat, 
That fit at fifteen pound ; 
And other cats got up and elid 
When that there cat was round. 
The man and his dorg came along one day 
Where the women sh6 did dwell, 
And the purp ho growled ferociously 
Then weut for that oat pell-mell. 
Ho tried to chaw the neok of the cat, 
But the oat ho wouldn’t be chawed, 
So he lit on the back of that there dorg, 
And bit! and clawed ! aud chawed ! 
Oh ! the hair it flew ! aud the purp he yonled ! 
As the claws went into his hide, 
And chunks of flesh were pooled from his side ; 
Then he flummuxed, and kioked, aud died ! 
The man he ripped, and cursed, and swore, 
As he gathered a big brick-bat, 
That he would be darned essentially 
If he didn't kill that cat ! 
But the oid woman allowed she'd be blessed if he 
did ! 
And snatched up an old shot-gun, 
Which she fired and peppered his diaphragm 
With bird-shot number one. 
They toted him homo ou a window blind, 
And the doctor oured him up ; 
But he was never known to fight again, 
Or own another purp. 
Folks may turn up their snoots at this here 
rhyme, 
I don't care a cuss for that ! 
All I want to show is, that fighting dogs 
May tackle the wrong Tom cat.— Ex. 
The “Settee” Horse.— We have heard 
this story before, but never heard Air. Lin- 
coln’s name in connection with it. In the 
April Scribner's Mr. Noah Brooks gives it as 
told by that President : 
“A youDg gentleman in Tennessee was 
once traveling a country road, mounted on a 
fine black racing horse of great value. His 
casuul companion was a shrewd old fellow, 
who wus known in those parts as a Yankee, 
aud rode a rack-o’-bones of a horse, appar- 
ently hardly able to stand on his feet. The 
"Yankee bantered the Southerner for a horse 
trade, winch, of course, the Southerner in- 
diguantly declined. The Yankee, however, 
insisted that his was a very remarkable horse, 
of what was known as the setter breed, 
which sets for big game as a dog sets for 
small game, aud that as animals of this 
breed were very scarce, his horse was ac- 
cordingly valuuble. The Yankee soon had 
an opportunity to demonstrate the truth of 
his statement, as his had the peculiarity of 
dropping on. all fours when touched in a cer- 
tain spot by the spur or the heel of the rider. 
The Yankee seeing a deer on a knoll not far 
away, touched his raw-bones in the tender 
Bpot, and, sure enough, down he went on 
all-fours, assuring the Southerner there was 
game ahead. The would be-horse-trader 
told the Southerner that there must be game 
near by, for his horse never ‘ set ’ in that 
way except when on the scent for game. 
Immediately after, the deer made its appeal - 
ance to the Southerner, "who succeeded in 
bringing him down, and so much pleased 
wus he with the wonderful instinct of the 
horse that he immediately swapped off with 
the Yankee, on even terms. Soon after they 
came to a stream which the Yankee, mounted 
on the Southerner’s horse, crossed in good 
style ; then standing on the opposite bauk, 
he looked back after his companion. The 
‘ setter horse ’ had sunk, Jjis head being 
hardly above water; his rider wus dis- 
mounted and nearly drowned. Reaching 
the bank aud blowing the water from his 
mouth, be exclaimed : 1 Here, you infernal 
Yankee ! what kind of a horse is this to drop 
on his knees in the middle of a stream ?’ 
‘Hush ! hush !’ replied the Yankee, ‘keep 
perfectly quiet. Thats a setter horse ; he 
sets for fish as well as for deer, and I tell you 
there's game there I'” 
Straw Fuel. — The Russians in the Men- 
nonite settlement of Nebraska have intro- 
duced simple furnaces for burning straw. 
One of these furnaces only costs $5 for the 
iron work, the rest being made of brick or 
clay. By proper use a ton of straw will go 
more than hair as far ns a ton of coal for 
fuel. The Mennomtes twist the straw into 
hard rolls, or press it into haul cakes, so 
that it burns as well as wood, and gives off 
as much heat One of these furnaces, sup- 
plied with fuel only three times a day, will 
keep a house warm the whole twenty-four 
hours, besides doing the cooking. As coal 
is costly, and wood still more so, aud as 
most Western fanners have heretofore 
wasted their straw, the Mennonite plan of 
preparing and using it for fuel is an economy 
which will proveof great value to the prairie 
Stales, and it is rapidly extending among 
the Americans. Of course American inven- 
tion will speedily supply handy machines 
for pressing the straw into cakes, and im- 
poved stoves for burning it . — Detroit Tele- 
graph. 
waiter, A ? T IN , Na pkin 8. -A Washington 
wnriH.n T ed .“ cba,len Se to the whole 
world to produce his equal in the art of fold- 
ing napkins, the match to come off at Sara- 
toga in June or July next. The winner has 
to look to the admiration and applause of 
those colored gentlemen whose summed ug at 
Saratoga adds au otherwise unattainable ton 
to the place as his reward, 
A C unions House Plant.— The spray of 
the carrot is of a handsome green and quite 
ornamental. In 1629 carrot leaves were worn 
by ladies in England in place of feathers, and 
Loudon says that an elegant ornament for a 
sitting room is formed by cutting off a sec- 
tion of the head or thick end of a carrot, con- 
taining the buds, and placing it in a shallow 
vessel of water. Young and delicate leaves 
unfold themselves, forming a radiated tuft of 
a very handsome appearance. 
• 
—If six cats can kill six rats in six min- 
utes, how many cats will you require to kill 
one hundred rats in fifty minutes. 
— A young man who went to Texas last 
spring has telegraphed home to his father: 
“Fatted calf for one.'.’ 
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 sporting 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 
* 
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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- 
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THE ILLUSTRATED 
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A thorough and complete treatise on Pigeons, giv- 
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managemeui, construe! Ion of nests and perches, 
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various varieties, and standards for Judging. 
BY R. FULTON. 
EDITED I!Y LEWIS WRIGHT. 
Illustrated With 
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And a great number of 
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Uniform In slue and style, with the " Illustrated 
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CONTENTS. 
Chap. 
1. Tho Plgton Fancy. 
2. Historical and Literary. 
3. The Pigeon Loft. 
4. Feeding and Qeueral Management of Pigeons. 
5. Breeding and Exhibiting, 
e. The Carrier. 
7. The Pouter. 
9. Foreign and Pigmy Pootera. 
9. Tho Mmond Tomhler and Us Sub-Varieties. 
1». Mottled and w hole Feathered Tumblers. 
11. Buldlieuds and Bo ards Exhibiting Short faces. 
12. Common and Flying Tumblers. 
13. The Dragoon. 
14. The Barb. 
15. The Jacobin. 
16. The Exhibition Antwerp. 
17. Homing Pigeons. 
18. The Turblt. 
19. The Owl. 
20. Oriental Frilled Pigeons. 
21. Damascenes and Ca^achlns. 
22. The Famall. 
23. The Trumpeter. 
24. Swifts, Lahores, Burmese, Scandaroons. 
26. German Toys. 
20. The Magpie. 
27. The Nun. 
28. The Archangel. 
29. The Runt. 
30. Pigeons os Food. 
31. Diseases of Pigeons. 
Appendix— Metropolitan Pigeon Sooletles and their 
Histories. 
.Seut prepaid on receipt of price. 
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THE 
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Their comparative excellence Is recognized by the 
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•■The B. *HONINGEK ORGAN CO.'S exhibit 
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There are 50,000 of onr Instruments In this and 
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that they will keep In tune, and stand any climate. 
They contain a raagnldccut Chime of Bells, tuned In 
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We are prepared to appoint n few 
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A liberal discount to the Clergy, 8unday Schools, 
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Illustrated catalogues, with prices, sent by mall 
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97 to 123 Chestnut Street, 
NEW ILAVKN, CONN 
Cheap, 
Below will be found my last list of soconil-hand 
shot-guns for thU season. But two of these huve 
over been advertised bofore: 
G bamd, K HC : n,? bl ^r i , '' l ‘' U ,Mt: f»-ln. 
narrow, W lbs. , all Improvements ; will make 
average peueiratlon of over 200 with No. 7 
30 ‘ 1U - c,r olo ; cost, last Octo- 
RIGBY— nighrst quality ; 12-boro, T lbs. ; ele- 
gant Damasous barrels, In solid leather ease • 
cost $525; price 875 
E. M. REILLY— This gun was mado to order 
without engraving ; lS-l*ore, 7}$ ilia.. Damns 
cus barrels ; In good condition, iu beet English 
case, with oompleto sol of finest Implements ; 
cost *275 ; price ’ ne 
SCOTT— Side lovor, 10-bore, 9V4 lbs., fluo lami- 
nated barrels ; In good condition ; cost, new. 
$125 gold ; prloe oo 
S OTT— Double grip, 8- bore, 31-ln barrels, 13 
lbs. weight; no ongravlug; very flue; cost, 
new, $1B0; used ouo month ; price 125 
SCOTT— Side lever, 10-boro. 84- Inch, 10U lbs. 
weight ; nearly new ; coat $120 ; price 70 
Q. LAFLEY, Leicester, Knglnnd— Tills gun, 
double grip action, 12-bore, 7'i lbs, weight; 
elegant Damascus barrels, horsu-shoo bridle, 
rebounding locks; Iu ouso with Implements. 
This is ono of the very flucst guns, and cost, 
originally $276 ; made to order In best manner 
ana as good as now ; present price, with case 
and Implements... 125 
TOLLEY — Double express rdle, .60 cal., 5 drms. 
powder, 0 lbs. weight; the very finest In every 
particular ; now and eomploio ; orlglunl cost, 
*275 gold 176 
BLIS9ARD — Side lever, laminated stoel barrol, 
12-bore, 7>tf lba. weight ; nearly now, In good 
leather case, for 50 
WF.8TLEY RICHARDS— Muszle-londor, 10-bore, 
8q lbs. weight; In good condition ; original 
cost, $125 ; present price. 36 
A very Ouo Gorman breech-loader, made at a 
cost of over $300 ; elegant Damascus barrels 
and finest looks, at 150 
Also another, cost *126, for. 50 
These Guns aro all sold at great sacrifice. Each 
gun la exactly os represented, and will bo sent for 
examination on satisfactory reference or recolpt ol 
sufficient money to pay expross chargts. 
HENRY C. SQUIRES, 
Cortlandt St., New York. 
■ BRAN NEW BREECH- 
11 LOADING RIFLE FOR (T» P 
njITho blfrerest l>nrg;uln. X 
Wo ever olio reel,” V|/ U 
And they aro Ju«t m thor como f ro m |hn manufho- 
tilling Juuu!», 
BRAN NEW, PERFECT, 
AND 
GOOD SHOOTERS, 
OUARAN1TED. This rlflo coat US to 
inako, mid cannot bo replaced for that aura. The 
falluro of Iho owners, ana Ilia •nUciiueQt conilga- 
ment of their alack to u», Ilia only roaaoa 
for the ante of till* rifle lit Oil* 
price. They oo- very finely Unbind, with cme- 
nardened locks, blued mountings, and bandaomtly 
formed black- walnut clock. 
BARREL IS OF THE BEST STEEL 
FINELY RIFLED. 
Tho lock and graduated eight etone cott 15, end ea 
handaomo ami well-made » rlflo cannot bo bought 
In tho Uultffd Slntc« for $3), Tho ItrtillnK arrange- 
ment Is n drop octlontelmllar to a 11 all cud or flharp, 
thoairunlcatand bc«L J’vrry mini and hoy 
In I It I a country who needl n min 
eliould purcliuio ojio of tliceo suae* 
TARGET SHOOTING 
HUNTING, 
Or Trade, they aro worthy of your alien lion. Been 
a dauoaim win, ocrrii ve orriurn totirr. 
We hare fUrnUhod eevcral It Hie 4'lulia wllh 
thl, rifle, and havo received many pndice for Ihelr 
. ■booling qualities. Order ut once and aay that you 
want our New Union Ullle, to at nul 
to conflict wllh lariucr advertiacmcnU. fie 
member tliut thcao Uum uro 
Bran New. mat the manufac- 
turer over BIS apiece. null tlmt 
wo guarantee them a» reyre* 
, arnleil. Where perlle, with II wo will.ea 
ben.-toforo.acudadupUcato express receipt by 
mail. 
Goods Psckod Freo and 8onl 
Promptly. 
We respectfully refer for oiirrtllobnily to 
any aun Haute In tho country, the edi- 
tor of aoy Boelon paper.and loony of tho 
Expir»* Companies In Inis city. 
Cartridge., UOe. bon metallic re- 
loadablo shells (lint a lifetime;, 6Uc. 
a box. 
G.W. TURNER & ROSS, 
26 Control St.. Boston, Mass. 
The editor of the “ Policy 
Globe" tojf. ••JfeAirr. 71/mer <£• 
Jton /lore offer tit many Induce- 
ment# lo mmlnii/tri.bvt their ntia 
. •& rllte it the volt unparalleled 
* bargain tea ei rr heard ofc It is tee ft 
worth SB. Sxd leejb.au> that the firm »/•'/<*>>» 
Send money by P, O. order orregliteredletw. alourrUki 
or,, ire u fo your Ei pm ■ scent, and that company wUI pay 
Ut for tho rillo and dclircrlt toyou. 
English Sport: ng Gunpowder. 
CURTIS A HARVEY'S 
DIAMOND GRAIN. 
Non. 2, 3, 4, 6. 6, 7 and 8. Superior Rifle, Enfield 
Rifle, and col. Hawker's Ducking. W. STITT, 61 
Cedar street. N Y Agent for tho Dotted States. 
nr a urn Annt,,er on high adu a itr 
r A AW U prices. War with monopo- UKuAW 
lints renewed See Beu'ty's latest Newspaper for 
full reply sent free Before buying PIANO 
ORCAN rcsil my latest circular. I— w e*' n ncea 
Tir«w0 v e r given. Adorers DANIKLYT7 _ _ 
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