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is no longer to the credit of the timber thief 
that he is rich, nor to the game law breaker that 
he kills game out of season. In the early part 
of the last century old Nat Foster was a lead¬ 
ing citizen, because he was such a good Indian 
killer. Nat was tried at last on the charge of 
murdering an Indian on Fulton Chain. Five 
years ago three well known men were respected 
citizens and log jobbers, but the story of the 
Klock-Gaylord timber cases has made infamous 
the cutting of timber on State lands. 
The story of the things Adirondack people are 
proud of and have been proud of would make a 
very interesting history of the development of 
Adirondack character. Raymond S. Spears. 
Recent Publications. 
“Gray Lady and the Birds; Stories of the 
Bird Year for Home and School.” By 
Mabel Osgood Wright. With 12 colored 
plates and 36 half-tones; 437 pages. Ne-.v 
York, the Macmillan Company. 
This is a series of charming stories of the 
work it is possible for any person to do among 
the children of our villages in educating them 
up to an appreciation of our song and insec¬ 
tivorous birds. The narrative is likely to at¬ 
tract and hold the attention of young readers, 
and the pictures are excellent and well chosen. 
Through both bird lovers can identify our birds 
and learn how to protect as well as attract and 
care for them during inclement weather. One 
of the illustrations is reproduced herewith. In 
verse as well as prose Mrs. Wright appeals to 
the better side of our young people. Here is 
an instance, in which she quotes one of Eliza 
Gilbert Ives’ little poems: 
ROBIN’S MATE. 
Everybody praises Robin, 
Singing early, singing late; 
But whoever thinks of saying 
A good word for Robin’s mate? 
***** 
And when next you praise the robin, 
Flinging wide with tuneful gate, 
To his eager brood of love-notes. 
Don’t forget the robin’s mate. 
“The British Miniature Rifle.” By W. W. 
Greener. 
This is a comprehensive work on all that per¬ 
tains to the .22 caliber rifle and its practical 
use. Some of the subjects fully treated are the 
history and development of the rifle club move¬ 
ment, Morris tubes, the first English minia¬ 
ture rifle; the War Office miniature rifle; 
air gun shooting; selection of caliber, ad¬ 
vantages of Martini action, description of rifles, 
varieties of sights; aiming; blur; orthoptic 
spectacles and sights; result of ocular defects; 
varieties of cartridges; difficulties due to varia¬ 
tion in manufacture, extraction; blow backs; 
missfires; effect of gas escape on elevation; posi¬ 
tions in firing; prone position; offhand position; 
kneeling position; shooting positions for ladies; 
sight adjustment, elevation and lateral correc¬ 
tion; internal and external ballistics; trajectory 
and how to ascertain it; velocity; cost of ranges; 
butts; bullet catches; lighting a range; target, 
apparatus, clips, screws, cardboard and novelty 
targets; cleaning the rifle; leading; fouling sol¬ 
vents; oils; obstructions and their removal from 
the barrel; kevholing; avoidance of accidents; 
rifle cases; cleaning apparatus; spotting glasses, 
telescopes, binoculars; eyepiece; sight protectors, 
cartridge holder; shot hole gauges, aim cor¬ 
rectors, all so clearly described and free from 
abstruse technicalities that the boy of even ordi¬ 
nary intelligence can comprehend its teachings 
without effort. 
“Canadian Wilds.” By Martin Hunter. Cloth, 
277 pages. Columbus, Ohio, the A. R. Hard¬ 
ing Publishing Company. 
Readers of Forest and Stream will remem¬ 
ber the author’s stories of the North country, 
some of which appear in the book. It tells of 
the fur trade and traders, of trapping, long 
journeys overland, and methods of hunting big 
and small game. Stories of the traders and 
trappers, of fact and fancy, and much valuable 
information are to be found in this little book. 
“The Call of the South.” By Robert Lee 
Durham. Illustrated by Henry Roth. Cloth, 
439 pages. Boston, L. C. Page & Co. 
This is a novel that deals with problems 
shelter for bird food. 
From Mrs. Wright’s Book. 
affecting the colored race in the South, and the 
time is supposed to be some years in the future. 
Vol. XXIV., of the American Kennel Club 
Stud Book, comes in bulkier form, an index to 
the broader scope of the club’s work with each 
passing year. There are registrations 102,970 
to 113,465, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 1, 1907. Besides 
the registrations there is a vast amount of mat¬ 
ter, such as the list of active members, associate 
members, bench shows and judges, board of 
directors, champions of record, executive com¬ 
mittee, foxhound and beagle trials, kennel 
names, prefixes and affixes, officers of club and 
associate subscribers, Pacific Advisory Commit¬ 
tee, standing committees, ratings for bench 
shows, etc., 2,691 pages in all. It can be ob¬ 
tained of Secretary A. P. Vredenburg, 55 Liberty 
street, New York. 
To Hunt Big Game. 
The Rev. Dr. William S. Rainsford, of New 
York city, recently sailed for Mombassa, in 
British East Africa, there to join a party of Eng¬ 
lishmen and take part with them in a big-game 
hunt in the interior. 
A Court Decision. 
Although limited to the State of Pennsyl¬ 
vania, the following is of special interest to the 
sportsmen of America and to the manufacturers 
of guns as being the most recent legal contribu¬ 
tion on the subject under consideration, and 
which fully explains itself: 
The defendant was arrested, taken before 
Robert Smith, an alderman of the City of 
Chester, charged with violating the provisions 
of the following act of Assembly of this Com¬ 
monwealth. 
He was, after hearing, convicted and sentenced 
to pay a fine of fifty dollars or suffer imprison¬ 
ment for fifty days. 
The statute is as follows: “Section 1. Be it 
enacted, that from and after the passage of this 
act, it shall be unlawful for any person to use 
what is commonly known as an automatic gun 
for the killing of game in this Commonwealth. 
Each and every person violating any provision 
of this section shall be liable to a penalty of fifty 
dollars for each offense, or shall suffer an im¬ 
prisonment in the common jail of the county for 
a period of one day for each dollar of penalty 
imposed. 
“Sec. 2. Each and every magistrate, aider- 
man and Justice of the Peace within this Com¬ 
monwealth shall have the right of summary con¬ 
viction in all matters pertaining to a violation 
of any of the provisions of this act, and all 
prosecutions for violation of any of its pro¬ 
visions shall be conducted and the penalties dis¬ 
posed of, in manner and form as is now pre¬ 
scribed by law for violation of the game laws of 
this Commonwealth.” 
He appealed (after leave of court). 
His defense is, that the fine was illegally im¬ 
posed, because the act is in derogation of the 
14th amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States, which declares: “Nor shall any 
State deprive any person of life, liberty or prop¬ 
erty without due process of law; nor deny to 
any person within its jurisdiction the equal pro¬ 
tection of the laws.” 
He also contends that it is in violation of Sec¬ 
tion 1, Article I., of the Constitution of Pennsyl¬ 
vania, which is as follows: 
“All men have -certain inherent and indefensi¬ 
ble rights, among which are those of enjoyins 
and defending life and liberty of acquiring, pos¬ 
sessing and protecting property and reputation 
and of pursuing their own purpose.” 
Also of Section 7, Article III., of said Con 
stitution, which prohibits the General Assembly 
from passing any law “granting to any individual 
any special or exclusive privilege or immunity." 
There is no doubt of the right of' legislation 
to regulate the manner of taking game, but in 
doing so, it must not discriminate in such way 
as to produce injustice to individuals. 
The statute prohibits the killing of game with 
automatic guns and permits it to be killed with 
all other kind of guns. 
This is a discrimination against the makers 
of automatic guns, and deprives them of the 
equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 
Constitution of the United States and the Con¬ 
stitution of Pennsylvania. 
The defendant is discharged. 
By the Court, 
Isaac Johnson, P. J. 
W. B. Broomall, J. 
