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FOREST AND STREAM 
Dec. 7, 1912 
GROWING UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE. Photographs by Mary E. Weber. 
A BIRD IN THE HAND. 
taken to trapshooting to a tremendous degree. 
Boys of ten, on through the ’teens, are among 
the shooters at many clubs each week, while in 
the championship class appear Kahler, Bruns 
and others, still in the too young to vote class. 
To such boys and men, as well as to field 
and fowl shooters, a shotgun would absolutely 
fill the bill. Good guns are made to suit all 
purses, but it is imperative that they be of 
standard make—-Winchester, Remington, Baker, 
Lefever, Marlin, Parker, Davis, Smith, Stevens, 
Sauer, Daly, Francotte, Fox, Ithaca, Greener— 
every one full value for its price. A non¬ 
standard gun at a low price is a dangerous thing. 
School boys have enthusiastically taken up rifle 
shooting. In every city a school rifle team 
thrives. Target rifles as well as rifles for big-game 
shooting to be recommended are : Ross, Reming¬ 
ton, Winchester, Stevens, Sauer-Mauser, Marlin. 
In buying a gun it is well to remember that 
a gun is only as good as its lock, and that to 
keep the lock in condition requires oil—good oil. 
There are two good oils for guns—Nyoil and 
Three-in-One. A convenient as well as utility 
offering is the Maxim Silencer. This, attached 
in a minute to the small-bore rifle, will enable 
one to shoot indoors with almost no report. It’s 
a great help in indoor target practice. I doubt 
if anyone yet has thought of ammunition as a 
gift. Yet, nothing could be more suitable than 
a box or a case of shells for a man or boy 
gunner. Care should be used, however, in se¬ 
lecting ammunition. Choose such brands as 
Peters, Robin Hood, Black Shells, Winchester, 
Remington-U. M. C. or a set of Marlin loading 
tools so that he may reload his shells. Specify 
the brand of powder you want, as all powders 
are not alike in power or reliability. A safe rule 
is to order those advertised in Forest and 
Stream. These all are reliable. There are 
many others made, of which this may not be 
said. Fishing tackle and equipment brings grati¬ 
tude from the man who is a disciple of Sir 
Izaak. Selecting tackle can best be done from 
catalog of which numberless are issued, and a 
few complete and dependable. In Brooklyn, 
Marsters, Michaelson: in Manhattan, William 
Mills & Son, Thos. J. Conroy, H. H. Kiffe Co., 
New York Sporting Goods Company, Schover- 
ling, Daly & Gales, Von Lengerke & Detmold, 
Abercrombie & Fitch, D. T. Abercrombie; J. B. 
Haskell, Crosby, Minn.; W. J. Jamison, Chi¬ 
cago; Jack Barnwell, Cabot, Ark.; F. W. 
Loomis, Saranac Lake, N. Y., or your local 
dealer if you know he may be relied upon. Tents 
and camp kits are valued presents. It is well to 
ask advice of an expert in selecting these vari¬ 
ous things. Powhatan Robinson, of New York 
Sporting Goods Co.; Ezra Fitch, of Abercrom¬ 
bie & Fitch; Ernest Von Lengerke, of Von Len¬ 
gerke & Detmold, all are widely experienced in 
wood wants. Outdoor books—nothing better 
for man or boy, space being too limited to men¬ 
tion them here. They have been tabulated and 
priced elsewhere in this issue. There are many 
other outdoor articles excellent as gifts, namely: 
golf sticks, tennis rackets and last, but not least, 
archery requisites, bows, arrows, quivers, targets 
and so on. For these goods we gladly refer 
you to the dean of their manufacture, E. I. 
Horsman, or to a younger, though no less en¬ 
thusiastic maker—James Duff, of Jersey City. I 
think Bill Nye, on youth, will aptly finish our 
advice on grown-up and youthful wants: 
"Youth is the springtime of life. It is the 
time to acquire information, so that we may 
show it off in after years and paralyze people 
with what we know. The wise youth will ‘lay 
low’ till he gets a whole lot of knowledge, and 
then in later days turn it loose in an abrupt 
manner. He will guard against telling what he 
knows, a little at a time. That is unwise. I 
once knew a youth who wore himself out tell¬ 
ing people all he knew from day to day, so that 
when he became a bald-headed man he was 
utterly exhausted and didn't have anything left 
to tell anyone. Some of the things that we know 
should be saved for our own use. The man 
who sheds all his knowledge and doesn't leave 
enough to keep house with, fools himself.’’ 
My knowledge practically all is shed, but 
still more may be gratuitously had by writing 
the Information Department of Forest and 
Stream. Their experts in each department are 
at your service. 
To Mother: Perhaps father buys Forest 
and Stream on the newsstands now and then—- 
when he thinks of it. He surely would be grate¬ 
ful if you subscribed, so that he found the paper 
on his table each week. It is a Christmas present 
that won’t wear out. 
Two Grouse Cases. 
Albany, N. Y. ( Nov. 18. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Believing that publicity is the best pos¬ 
sible deterrent for crime of any sort, I was glad 
to read Theodore Gordon’s expose of the case 
of trapping and selling grouse in the Catskills. 
It is my opinion that all cases of violations of 
the fish and game law should be made public 
just as soon as a conviction is had, and there is 
no reason, except politics, why they should not 
be published. I am advised at the office of the 
Conservation Commission that the man caught 
by Protector DeSilva was John M. Decker, of 
Willowemoc; that he was caught on Oct. 24 on 
a train going from Livingston Manor to New 
York, and that he had forty-seven partridges in 
a dress suit case. He was arraigned and con¬ 
fessed judgment for $100 and costs. Secretary 
Floyt, of the Commission, says: "The Depart¬ 
ment believes that Decker has been acting as a 
sort of fence for the illegal hunters in both 
Delaware and Sullivan counties, the partridges 
being delivered to- Decker and the running them 
into New York.” He says also that "Decker 
was suspected of being mixed up in other viola¬ 
tions of the law, that a search warrant was se¬ 
cured, his house searched and considerable fur 
found that was taken out of season. Decker 
made no denial of his guilt and confessed judg¬ 
ment for $100 and costs in the fur case.” 
A newspaper dispatch from Gloversville, 
dated Nov. 15, relates that Frank L. Clunis, of 
Broadalbin, was fined $100 by Justice Bass, of 
Northville, during the previous week for illegally 
transporting grouse. The Conservation Commis¬ 
sion says that Clunis had five grouse and five 
woodcock in his possession. The newspaper dis¬ 
patch says: 
“According to information received from 
Northville, Clunis early in the week was in the 
Lake Pleasant region and returned with a num¬ 
ber of partridges. Ten of these he packed for 
shipment, and it is stated sent them to the Elk 
Club of Amsterdam. This leaked out in some 
manner and Clunis appeared before Justice Bass, 
confessed judgment and paid the fine before com¬ 
plaint was made.” J. D. Whish. 
The area of Australia is tbree-fourths that 
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