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At this end of the 
shell is the name of 
the powder. Ask for 
and look for 
INFALLIBLE 
or “E. C."” 
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Know Your 
Shotgun Shells 
Y OU can’t know too much about the 
shells you shoot. The information 1 
you should have is easy to obtain for ® 
it is told on the shell itself. The two ends 
give the story. 
On the base you will of course find the 
name of the maker and the loader of the 
shell, and the gauge. At the other end, 
on the top wad, are printed the size and 
quantity of shot, the quantity of powder 
and, last but not least — the name of the 
ponvder. 
Hercules Smokeless Shotgun Powders, 
Infallible and “E. C.”, may be obtained 
in any standard make of shell. Undoubt¬ 
edly the name of the maker of your favorite 
shell is given in the column to the right. 
The next time you order shotgun shells 
it will pay you to see that they are loaded 
with Infallible or “E. C.”Powder. By so 
doing you will obtain a powder of the high¬ 
est quality and of uniform quality—a pow¬ 
der that gives unusually light recoil, high 
velocity, and even patterns. You will find 
the name of the powder stenciled on the 
outside of the box, as well as on the 
top wad. 
For a booklet on ammunition, of 
terest to any sportsman, address 
HERCULES POWDER CO, 
1061 Market Street 
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Wilmington 
Delaware 
On this end is the 
name of the maker. 
Hercules Smokeless 
Shotgun Powders 
may be obtained in 
shells made by the 
following: 
PETERS 
REMINGTON 
SELBY 
U. S. 
WESTERN 
WINCHESTER 
trails are all well marked and rangers’ log 
shacks are found in the more accessible 
spots. 
I stopped at Gilead, Maine, and took 
a nine mile buckboard to the ranger sta¬ 
tion at Wild River, where I got some 
explanation as to trails and other details. 
And I had a map of the region, so that I 
didn’t feel altogether green. I hit the 
trail south, then westerly to beautiful 
Marian Brook, where I camped for the 
night. 
There was something in the air that 
night that made me feel wonderful. Per¬ 
haps it was the delightful talk I had with 
the ranger. At any rate, the feeling of 
utter solitude in the deep woods made me 
drink in the pine-laden air. It was late 
August and the weather was supreme. My 
only regret was that I left my camera 
home. The second day out I came upon 
a doe leisurely drinking at the water’s edge 
with her protege to the right—and I only 
fifteen feet away. 
Every day saw me on the go; each night 
a new camp, new scenery and the writer 
chuckling in glee and sometimes laughing 
aloud, as a miser over his hoard of gold. 
I was out four days and then hit the back 
trail to the Wild River ranger station. 
My grub supply was good for just seven 
days, and with a sad feeling I took the 
road back to Gilead, Maine. Some time 
this year (in August, perhaps) I am going 
to pack my grub and duds and go back to 
that region—this time still deeper into the 
forest, and with a vestpocket kodak. 
Besides others, there is a little treatise 
on making a rubbing-stick fire. I clipped 
the pages (two of them) from Ernest 
Thompson Seton’s book bearing on rub¬ 
bing-stick fires, and pasted them in my 
little book. Whenever I get the inclina¬ 
tion to make a rubbing-stick fire, I do so 
by following the directions explicitly—and 
I succeed every time. Some day, your very 
life may depend on knowing just this. 
These and a few hundred other like 
suggestions are in my own nature library 
(that’s what I call it)—and tucked snugly 
in my ditty bag, it goes with me always. 
Nothing in my entire outfit holds such 
a peculiar charm for me as this little red 
book. In as little as a short two weeks’ 
vacation, I consult my booklet as much 
as a hundred times ; and to say that I de¬ 
rive great pleasure from it is putting it 
mildly. 
Moral: Make up such a tiny book of 
your own and I’m sure it will make your 
sojourn to the woods more pleasant in a 
thousand and one different ways.. Sylvanus. 
TO WATERPROOF A TENT. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Would you please give me the best form¬ 
ula for waterproofing a thin muslin tent? 
J. S. White. 
Omaha, Neb. 
[Dissolve one-half pound each sugar of 
lead and powdered alum in a bucket of 
rain water, and pour the solution into a 
large tub. Soak your tent for twenty-four 
hours and then, instead of wringing, hang 
it up to dry. 
Your tent after this treatment will prove 
waterproof. Rain may hang to it in 
globules, but will not go through the 
cloth. This treatment will also prevent mil¬ 
dew.] 
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on request. For information inquire V M 
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BIG GAME HUNTING 
Heads guaranteed. I am in the best big game 
country in the Northwest. Located in the 
Rocky Mountains, South of Glacier Park. I am 
where the game is. Have hunted the territory 
for years. Will guarantee bear in Spring and 
Elk in season. Have finest trout fishing in the 
world. Have no other business but hunting and 
guiding and will furnish best of references from 
people from all parts of the world who have 
been out with me. You’d better come. 
Write me 
CHICK GRIMSLEY, Guide. Bynum, Mont. 
/ Gentleman's Gun 
should be so engraved as to proclaim his personality. 
I furnish original designs and execute engraving of a 
high order. My work has proven most satisfactory. 
Let me give your gun, 
rifle or revolver that ex¬ 
clusive, personal touch. 
R. J. KORNRRATH 
Engraver and Designer 
26 State St. 
HARTFORD, CONN. 
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