House and Garden 
Do You Hunt, Fish or Go Camping? 
Yes-Then You Should Have a Copy of 
Our Encyclopedia of Sporting Goods 
It contains 320 pages 
of illustrations and de¬ 
scriptions of Shot Guns, 
Rifles, Revolvers, Tents, 
Camping Outfits, Boats, 
Canoes, Fishing Tackle, 
etc. 
32 PAGES devoted to 
Shot Guns, all makes and 
kinds, single barrel, 
double barrel, three bar¬ 
rel, repeating and auto¬ 
matic. 
26 PAGES devoted to 
Rifles, automatic, repeat¬ 
ing, single shot, etc. 
12 PAGES devoted to 
Revolvers and Pistols, 
double action, single ac¬ 
tion, army, navy, auto¬ 
matic, etc. 
40 PAGES devoted to 
Gun, Rifle and Revolver, 
accessories, telescopes, 
sights, cleaning imple¬ 
ments, loading tools, gun 
cases, cartridges, belts, 
targets,decoys, cartridges 
and shells. 
100 PAGES devoted to 
tents and camping goods, 
sleeping bags, folding 
camp furniture, cooking 
outfits, foods, medicines, 
compasses, clothing, ani¬ 
mal traps, axes, knives, 
etc., etc. 
IQ PAGES devoted to different makes of canoes, hunting and fishing boats, canvas folding 
boats, motor boats, etc. 
70 PAGES devoted to Fishing Tackle, all kinds of rods, reels, lines, baits, flies, hooks, and other 
necessary articles for the fisherman. 
In addition to all this there are camp recipes, hints regarding the use of firearms, information 
about black and smokeless powders, size shot to be used for different kinds of game, etc. 
One sportsman who received a copy of this book writes us that it was just like having a great 
big sporting goods store brought to his very door. 
This book, together with a copy of this month’s National Sportsman (a 160-page magazine), 
will be sent to any address on receipt of loc in stamps or coin to cover postage. 
NATIONAL SPORTSMAN, Inc., 84 Federal St., Boston, Mass. 
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A BIG RAFT OF PILES 
^T'HE largest raft of piles seen in this 
port arrived August 2, 1898, says 
the San Francisco Examiner of that 
date, in tow of the steamer Mackinaw, 
from Astoria, Oregon, at the mouth of 
the Columbia River. The raft was of 
the cigar-shaped pattern, and the long 
tow was most successfully accomplished. 
In the big pile were 6,000,000 feet of 
lu nber. The largest raft brought to 
San Francisco heretofore contained 
5,000,000 feet of lumber. The Mack¬ 
inaw dropped her tow at Arch Rock, 
and three tugboats took her place—one 
ahead of the raft and one on either side, 
while the tug Monarch brought up 
the rear in case of n ishap. The raft 
and her escort attracted a great deal of 
attention as they proceeded up the bay 
toward Long Bridge. The big bundle 
of piles appeared to be in excellent 
condition, and hardly looked as if they 
had just arrived from a long ocean 
voyage. They were tied up at Long 
Bridge without mishap. Only one- 
half of the raft was seen above water. 
The piles were bolted together by iron 
rods passing through them and cross¬ 
beams, and the ends were bulkheaded, 
so as to prevent any disturbance by the 
action of the sea. In addition to these 
securities, heavy lashings were tied about 
the raft at intervals of every ten feet. 
Some rough weather was encountered on 
the voyage, but the raft was not broken 
in the least. 
EDELWEISS IN PAIRS 
Lj'DELWEISS, which this year is 
more fashionable than ever, is 
mostly grown near Copenhagen and 
exported to Switzerland, where the 
flower is so rare now that it is strictly 
forbidden to gather it. Not to be out¬ 
done, Paris gardeners are cultivating 
edelweiss in the suburbs, and have 
recently exhibited specimens. Large 
quantities will appear at the next green¬ 
house exhibition, and soon the Swiss 
gardeners will sell only Parisian pro¬ 
ducts.—N. T. Herald. 
Erica vagans is a good hardy heath 
for the Northern States. It forms a 
bush rather more spreading than tall. 
The flowers are very light pink, almost 
white when well developed. It is a 
good one where such evergreens are 
valued. 
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