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tach to your work-table by means of some 
| simply devised standard and a clamp. The 
horizontal position of the vise best facili- 
\ tates the work. In addition you should ac- 
| quire a pair of sharp nail scissors with long 
[ slender curved blades and sharp points; one 
! Use ordinary sharp-pointed nail scissors 
or two pairs of hackle pliers, easily fash¬ 
ioned from spring steel or tempered brass 
wire of about an eighth of an inch in di- 
Wire hackle pliers 
I; ameter; a bodkin, or stiletto, made by se¬ 
curing the butt end of a darning-needle in 
Darning-needle bodkin 
a slender wooden handle; and some special 
wax for waxing the tying, or winding, 
silk, to be had of the tackle-man for five 
or ten cents. For the tying-silk itself, you 
need gossamer-fine silk thread, number oo, 
or, better, ooo, in brown, white, or black; 
the first is about the best all-round color, 
though the white will wax to a brownish 
hue. You can even use a single strand of 
this fine thread. 
(to be continued next month) 
A WINTER HUNT AMID 
THE PALMS 
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snipe for a couple of hundred yards, dogs 
that will point a single quail at thirty feet 
; or better according to the weather condi- 
: tions, and yet I have seen them pass over 
a wounded bird, actually stepping on it. 
We set our course for a big “Hammock,” 
to the north. These Hammocks are a beau¬ 
tiful feature of the Prairie country— 
:> clumps of palms and cypress from which 
' flow beards of moss and ropes of climbers. 
So lovely was the scenery that we were 
1 soon absorbed in it, scarcely noting the 
dogs till they came to a swift point just 
ahead of us, and on the instant a fine big 
covey rose, fully twenty strong. 
This covey must have been entirely free 
>' from shots before we found it, for we 
| trailed it through the thickets, sometimes 
( flushing and bagging a bird, sometimes 
I starting one or two only to have them fly 
I to a small tree, where they were easy game. 
[ Part of the flock scattered, and these we 
ft picked up one at a time, as the dogs pointed 
l them on the edge of small thickets scarcely 
( waist high. For half an hour we had the 
sport glorious with those prairie quail. And 
t when we foregathered for lunch we had an 
even dozen — enough for all our present 
J need. So, making our way through the 
1 noon sunshine to a lovely group of palms 
and cypress, we prepared our meal, oranges 
fresh from the trees, luscious razor-back 
: ham, enough to tempt even a Son of Israel, 
; cookies that melt in the mouth, and all the 
other things that taste so good after a 
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THE SHORES OF THE CREEKS AND LAKES OF ST. VINCENT’S 
SURPASS IN BEAUTY ANY QTHER WILD SECTION 
OF FLORIDA. 
AN IDEAL GAME PRESERVE 
^ G4T1? /IN ORDER TO CLOSE\ 
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ST. VINCENT’S ISLAND, FLORIDA 
The only perfect and complete hunting and fishing preserve left in 
this country. Situated in the Gulf of Mexico, eight miles from Apalach¬ 
icola, Fla. Contains 11,290 acres. It is nine miles long, and four miles 
wide, about one-half covered with original forest, grand pines and pal¬ 
metto. There are five large fresh water lakes, connected by deep creek, 
which flows by manor house to sea. A dozen other ponds afford fresh 
water for deer, wild boar, wild cattle, turkey, Wilson Jack snipe, great 
numbers of all species of duck, and some alligators, as well as great 
quantity of large and small fish. Contains at a low estimate 1,000 deer, 
perhaps a thousand wild pigs. There are a half dozen bungalows, a yacht, 
vehicles, mules, milch cows and decoy live duck go with the place. Address 
V. M. Pierce, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Send for Descriptive Booklet. 
COLEMAN 
HOUSE 
ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY 
A magnificent Hotel with an 
unobstructed view of the 
Boardwalk and Ocean. 
Commending itself to people 
of refinement. 
Service American and Euro¬ 
pean 
For booklet and rates write to 
A. M. SEXTON, Proprietor. 
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50 to 58 West 77th Street, New York 
I 300 Rooms, 225 with bath and shower 1 
Opposite Museum of Natural History 
1 Surrounded by parks, half a block of entrance to f 
Central Park. Convenient to everything. § 
I Room with use of bath.$1.50 per day | 
= Parlor, bedroom and bath with shower 
for one or two persons.$3.00 per day f 
1 Parlor, two bedrooms and bath, 
shower, three or four persons 
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| Excellent Restaurant, Moderate Prices 1 
Club Breakfast, 30 cents 
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