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SPORTSMEN, ATTENTION! 
SOMETHING IN WHICH YOU AKE ALL INTERESTED. 
IN PRESS: 
THE FERNS OF NORTH 
AMERICA. 
The gunning season is close at hand, and in order to supply our many readers and sportsmen with the very best 
Fire Arms that can be had in the market, we have made arrangements with the justly celebrated E. lleuiington 
& Sons to furnish any of their Arms, at the very lowest, prices. 
No, 1.—Double-Barreled Breech-Loading Shot-Gun.— We take pleasure in offering this gun, 
with rebounding locks, central fire, 10 or 12 gauge, 28 or 30-inch steel barrels, with all the important features of a 
first-class gun in every particular, at a price within the reach of all. 
We Send this Gun, securely packed, with 2 dozen brass shells and 100 paper shells, 500 primers, a reloader and 
reprimer, to any address, EXPRESS PAID, on the receipt of $10. 
£-iP“ Any other style of this make at proportionate prices. 
COLORED FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS. 
With Synonymy and Geographical Dis¬ 
tribution of tiie Ferns, Including the 
Opliioglossaceae of the United States 
of America and the British North 
American Possessions, 
By DANIEL CADY EATON, 
Professor of Botany in Yale College. 
THE DRAWINGS BY J. H. EMERTON AND C. E. FAXON. 
| This superb work will contain over eighty Lithographic 
Plates in colors. The drawings have generally been made 
either from living plants or specimens selected for the 
purpose. Professor Eaton is the recognized authority on 
Ferns, in the United States, and he has been assisted by 
Professor Asa Gray and other well known botanists. It 
will be issued in two elegant large quarto volumes. Price 
per volume, $15. Address 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
345 Broadway, New York. 
COOKING SCHOOL TEXT-BOOK 
“THE KING OF MAGAZINE RIFLES.” 
UNEQUALED 1'OIt RAPIDITY AND ACCURACY IN FIRING. 
The constant enquiry from our readers in regard to a good Magazine Rifle caused us to make an arrangement with the 
WINCHESTER REPEATING- ARMS CO., 
Whereby we are now able to furnish all who desire one of their superior Rifles at the lowest possible price. 
AND 
HOUSEKEEPERS’ GUIDE 
To Cookery and Kitchen Management. 
By Miss JULIET CORSON, 
Superintendent of the New York Cooking School. 
This work will be “a Household Treasure," explaining 
the system of Economical Cookery taught in the New York 
Cooking School. PRICE, POSTPAID, $1.25. 
New Edition—Revised and Enlarged, 
Twenty-Five Cent Dinners 
FOR FAMILIES OF SIX. 
LOOK AT THE 
j Sporting Rifle, Octagon Barrel. 
% “ “ . 
Round “ .. 
J Carbine. . 
i 
Model ’66. 
.. $23.00 
.. 23.00 
.. 22.00 
.. 20.00 
Model '73. Model '70. 
$27.00 $35.00 
27.00 35.00 
25.00 32.00 
24.00 27.00 
By Miss JULIET CORSON, 
Superintendent of the New York Cooking School. 
Miss Corson undertakes to show that a good dinner can be 
made for the sum of twenty-five cents, not only for one per- 
REMING-TON’S CREEDMOOR RIFLES. 
THEIR REPUTATION ESTABLISIIEB BY PRACTICAL USB. 
No. 1.—Long Range Creedmoor Rifles used by most of the successful competitors at the Inter¬ 
national, State, and other rifle-contests. The barrels, locks, etc., dll of the same quality, and shooting equally well— the 
differences being in the stocks and extra finish. All three have vernier sight, wind, gauge, and spirit level. No. 1 
has a “ pistol grip ” stock : No. 2 is without pistol grip ; No. 3 has a military stock. Shooting and calibre of all 
being the same. No. 1, $100; No. 2. $70 ; No. 3, $55. 
No. 2.—Mid-Range Rifle, using central-fire cartridges 40. 44. 45 or 50-100 calibre. Sporting Stock Com¬ 
bination Peep and open rear. Beach front-sight, 28 and 30-inch barrels. $32. 
No. 3. —Hunting and Target Rifle, breech-loading, rim fire, for general use up to kj of a mile. For 
hnnting and target shooting this is a valuable rifle. The calibre may be 22, 32 or 38-100 as desired, 26 and 28-inch 
barrels. $22. 
Any of these Rifles sent Free to any address on receipt of ihe price. 
Send for our New and Enlarged Edition of Sport sma u’s Catalogue, issued July 1st, 1879. 
Elegantly Illustrated, with nearly 100 Engravings. This complete Catalogue, which is printed on tinted paper, 
and contains invaluable information regarding books, guns, and accoutrements for Sportsmen, will be sent post 
FBEE on receipt of 5 cents. 
mr Please itemize your inquiries for prices of any articles, and they will receive prompt attention. 
SPORTSMAN’S DEPARTMENT, 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 245 Broadway, New York. 
son, but for a family of six, comprising the two parents and 
four children of the usual ages and appetites. We can com¬ 
mend this work to every family, especially to farmers’ fam¬ 
ilies, who will find here the methods of cooking the articles 
of food furnished by the farm, in a variety of acceptable 
forms. Most farmers have a great abundance, but their 
tables lack variety, and to this end, Miss Corson’s little book 
will be found full of useful hints. 
PAPER COVERS, PRICE, POST-PAID, 23 CENTS. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
345 Broadway, New York. 
New Edition—Revised and Enlarged. 
DRAINING FOR PROFIT 
AND 
mmim fou health. 
By GEO, E. WARING, JR., 
Engineer of the Draining of Central Park, New York.. 
Second Edition—Revised and Enlarged. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Land to be Drained, and the Reason why.—How Drains 
Act, and how they affect the Soil.—How to go to work to 
lay out a System of Drains.—How to Make the Drains.—How 
to take Care of Drains and Drained Land.—What Draining 
Costs.—Will it Pay?—How to Make Draining Tiles.—The 
Reclaiming of Salt Marshes.—Malarial Diseases.—House 
Drainage and Town Sewerage in their relations to the Pub¬ 
lic Health.—Improvements in Draining Tiles.—Land Drain¬ 
age-Details of the Work. 
PRICK, POST-PAID, $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
