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deranged lock or trigger, time and location prevent its being "mended." As a weapon of the economy it is also to be commended, as the hunting arrow is made so that the rear shoulders of the long, tapering blade slope backward, thus fasciltiing is withdrawal from the wounded game. On the other hand, in the war arrow, the rear shoulders slope forward, forming barbs, as it intended to remain and eventually kill. The possession, which being his first childish plaything, is still, no matter how well armed or how rich he may be, an indispensable possession. At short distances, it is a terribly effective arm, and the Indian expert can seize five to ten arrows in his left hand, and dispatch them with such close quarters they prefer to rely on it to depending on the rifle, as it can be of deadly force hunting, where the horseman and can approach near, it is invaluable and economic, and is often buried to the fathers. "Two Lance," an Indian chief, during the Grand Duke's hunt, sent souvenir of his hunt on the American Plains.

THE BUFFALO.

The buffalo is the true vision of tLe ancients. It is distinguished by an elevated stature measuring six to seven feet at the shoulders, and ten to twelve feet from nose to tail. Many are under the impression that the buffalo was never an inhabitant of any country save ours. Their bones have been discovered in the superficial starts of temperate Europe; they were common in Germany in the eighth century. Primitive man in America found this animal his principal means of subsistence, while to the pioneers, hunters, emigrants, settlers and railroad builders this last disappearing monarch of the plains was invaluable. MESSERS CODY & Co. have a herd of healthy specimens of this hardy bovine in connection with their instructive exhibition, "The Wild West," rendered interesting as the last of their kind.

A PRACTICAL "ALL-ROUND SHOT."

In contradistinction of the many so-called "fancy shots" that have for years been before the public, "BUFFALO BILL" is what may be termed a "practical marksman," and