FOREST AND STR» 



MISSISSIPPI LACROSSE. 



Editob Fobest and Stbeam ! 



In the same of Indian ball between tie Sixtowns and Tur- 

 key Crook's, the necessary acoutrements were the ball and bats, 

 the ball being smaller than a base ball, but equally as hard. 

 The bats are made of hickory, about three feet long, one inch 

 in circumference at largest end, and taper to small end. 

 About one-third at small end is flattened and bent like ihe 

 bow of a whip or like a wide TJ, one side being shorter than 

 the other. After it is bowed it is fastened to handle with 

 buckskin thong, and a netting of green deerskin fastened to 

 it like a snow-shoe, the meshes being too small to allow the 

 ball to pass through. 



The game is to get the ball home. They select a clear field, 

 about 800 yards long and 100 to 200 wide, the boundaries at 

 ends being' ' ' home. " The players gather at the field selected, 

 bringing their squaws, the squaws their camping outfits and 

 papooses. The big chief calls for a palaver, upon which the 

 players arrange themselves' in rows. When the peace pipe is 

 handed around and all take a pull at it, the big chief— the one 

 occupying position of referee and judge — makes a talk, to 

 which the chiefs of each tribe respond. In meantime the 

 squaws are busy getting things arranged in camp, and making 

 coffee (this they keep up during the game), and by the time 

 the palaver is over and the pipe has again gone its rounds, 

 the coffee is ready for players, which they drink without 

 sugar or milk and as hot as possible. 



After each player has retired to his wigwam and drank his 

 fill of coffee, the game is called, a line drawn in centre of 

 field, the players take their places, each provided with a bat, 

 upon each side of line facing their gaols, with opponents be- 

 tween them and the goal, leaving space between of about 

 twenty yards. The big chief walks to centre of space and 

 throws the ball as high as possible. As quick as it leaves his 

 hand each tribe utters a yell and goes for it. The excitement 

 has commenced, and the manner in which they catch and throw 

 the ball with their bats is startling (they are not allowed to 

 touch it with their hands) and the ball is sent flying over their 

 heads by some good player ; they yell and run for it ; it is 

 thrown back and caught by another and sent spinning into 

 the crowd ; it falls into clear space, and on the ground they 

 rush at it, struggle for it, and fight for it. A player has it and 

 is running for home with it; with a yell, like bay of hounds 

 after fox, they are after him ; it's a race for it ; one player 

 gains on him, is neck and neck, and by a dexterous movement 

 of his bat takes ball from out the other's bat and starts back 

 with it ; the crowd meets him ; he dodges and doubles like a 

 fox; hard pressed, hut of no avail ; his ball is taken from 

 him and again thrown into crowd to be struggled and fought 

 for. Thus the game goes on for hours, neither tribe seeming 

 to gain an inch, when, by an expert play, the ball is sent 

 "home " in favor of Bixtowns, when they yell and adjourn to 

 drink coffee, smoke, and teli tales until dark, when the fiddles 

 are brought out, a fire started and the dance commences and 

 continues until daylight— iml ess they get too full of fire water. 

 The dance is conducted as wildly and madly as the game, with 

 the exception of yelling. Coffee— black, strong coffee— flows 

 freely all the time. "When daylight comes they go their 

 several w T ays rejoicing. At annual meeting they keep it up 

 for a week at a time, and are decked out iu paint, feathers and 

 gay colored ribbons. 



If a person wishes to become thoroughly intoxicated with 

 excitement, let them attend a game of Indian ball, and if they 

 choose to bet they will be accommodated, as the squaws will 

 bet anything from brass buttons to the clothes they wear, and 

 if you lose you must pay and if you win you must take the 

 wager. Val. 



Jasper County, Mtis., July 26. 



ARCHERY CLUBS, 



IN forming archery clubs two methods may be adopted — the 

 members may own their own outfits or the equipments 

 may be the common property of the club. The latter is the 

 better method ; because, as a rule, the members do not know 

 the weight of bow best suited to them, and therefore it is not 

 until after considerable practice that an archer knows his or 

 her strength. It also enables the club to start with much less 

 expense and leaves it optional with the members whether to 

 own bows or not. The Oritani Archers started as follows, 

 and the plan has worked well : They bought three low-priced 

 bows and four targets for the club and three arrows for each 

 member, and for which they are held responsible. The whole 

 outfit, including one tasseL two gloves and two arm guards, 

 cost the members $1.50 each. Many have since bought fine 

 bows for their own use and to cmble them to practice between 

 the weekly meetings. The number of members in this club is 

 fifty, and is limited to that figure, but it is better, if possible, 

 not to have over twenty-five, as it requires much time and 

 Bpace for so many to shoot. Ladies should commence with a 

 bow from five feet to five feet six inches long and pulling 

 twenty to thirty pounds. Gentlemen should use a six-foot 

 bow pulling from thirty-five to fifty pounds. The distance 

 should be, for beginners, that at which they can hit the target 

 once out of an end (an " end " is three arrows). As soon as 

 they can strike it twice out of three times they should go back 

 a yard. Most of our archers use too small a target and shoot 

 at too short a distance ; twenty-four inches in diameter is the 

 smallest that should be used, but four feet is the regular size 

 and the full distance is seventy-five yards for ladies and one 

 hundred yards for gentlemen. The best wood for cheap bows 

 for beginners is lance wood. Fair American bows can be 

 bought for from $2 SO to %i; fine imported lance wood bows 

 cost from $5 to $13. Arrows, good enough for practice at 

 short range, cost about §3 per dozen; but, for long range, 

 arrows carefully finished and footed with hard wood, with 

 parallel steel points, are the best thing ; they cost from $9 to 

 $12 per dozen. In using heavy bows an arm-guard and glove 

 or set of finger tips are necessary. The members at the club 

 meeting should divide into sides, those making the highest 

 scores at the last meeting acting as captains. Each member 

 should fire three arrowe, making an "end," and repeat after 

 each has had his turn The centre or gold counts 9 ; red, 7; 

 blue, 5 ; black 3, and outer or white 1. The ladies should 

 have their targets one fourth the distance nearer. In the next 

 article 1 will give a few necessary rules for governing clubs 

 and their shooting matches. The following are a few of the 

 archery clubs recently organized: Brighton Beach Archery 

 Club, N. Y.; Brooklyn Archery Club, N. Y.; Glen Cove 

 Archery Club, N. Y.; Juniata Archers, Tyrone, Pa.; Oritani 

 Archers, Hackensack, N. J. ; Oyster Bay Archery Club, L. L: 

 Palisade Mountain Archers, Englewood, N. J.; Bobin Hood 



Archery Club, Le Roy, N. Y.; Staten Island Archery Club, 

 Staten Island. N. Y.< Wabash Merry Bowmen, Indiana. 



W. H. Pres. Oritani Archers. 



Abchtot in the West.— We Bhould expect the West to 

 be at the front in the archery movement, for Mr. Thompson 

 is an Indiana man, and the President of the flourishing Craw- 

 fordsvUle, Ind., club. Chicago has a number of clubs, and 

 Milwaukee has just organized the "Locksley Club." A 

 match recently shot at Highland Park, 111., between teams of 

 Highland Park and Chicago, resulted in the following score : 

 Highland Park. 80 Yds. 40 Yds. eo Yds. Total. Hats. 



(J G Hammond 109 66 17 192 47 



FDHall 126 48 31 195 31 



W M Goodridge 148 44 19 20(1 44 



H C Carver 149 84 59 283 59 



Total •. 518 242 416 876 184 



Chicago. 30 Yds. 40 Yds. 60 Yds. Tatal. Hits. 



JCHainea 86 88 19 193 45 



AG Spalding 125 110 12 257 53 



ISColUna 84 84 22 190 48 



SEEgan 77 99 19 193 19 



Total 373 



379 



82 



833 195 



Bioyolino. — Brave Bostonians boldly bestride briskly 

 bouncing bicycles, etc. , (we could do that as long as bicycles 

 roll), and from this city, which is the " Hub" of the machine, 

 the sport is winning its way into favor in other cities. One 

 Boston young man, Mr. M. E. Parkhurst, an amateur rider, 

 makes his bi-weekly trips between Clinton and Boston, a dis- 

 tance of 45 miles, in a trifle over six hours. The machine 

 used by him is a 48-inch duplex Excelsior bicycle. He also 

 makes daily trips to towns in the vicinity of Boston, frequent- 

 ly riding to South Framingham, iNTatick or WeJlesky, setting 

 out after dinner and returning before nightfall. Mr. Parkhurst 

 averages about 30 miles every pleasant afternoon. Mr. W. 

 R. Pitman, a bicycle expert, who has been traveling through 

 the State of Maine, reports a great interest in the "silent 

 steed " among young men in all the principal cities. In 

 Bangor a bicycle club has been organized with nearly 20 

 members. At the coming Maine Stale Fair, at Portland, a 

 series of amateur matches will take place on the race course, 

 when Boston amateurs will display their skill, and l hence we 

 may expect to see the sport imitated by emulous riders 

 throughout the State. At Detroit, Mich., last Fourth of July 

 a masquerade procession mustered three hundred in line. It 

 is stated that there are 3,000 of the old-fashioned velocipedes 

 in that city. The devotees are still faithful to the old "bone- 

 shakers," but the bicycle will probably usurp their place as 

 soon as it becomes known . San Francisco papers advertise 

 the new silent horses, which means of course that dealers are 

 selling them to the muscular men of the Pacific Slope. In- 

 quiry at the principal stores in New York, where the machines 

 would be found if in the city, developes the fact that the craze 

 has not yet struck the Metropolis. The long-past furor over 

 the old-fashioned clumsy velocipede has left in its wake a 

 general hesitancy about again investing in a like machine. We 

 are strong in the belief, however, that this mode of locomo- 

 tion has a great future here as all over the country. 



A Long Swim. — Kunno Dimmers, a Bowery photographer, 

 and Hans Tuellf, formerly of the Prussian Army, dived from 

 Harlem Bridge at a quarter past ten o'clock last Monday 

 morning, and started out on a swimming race down the Ea«t 

 River and the Bay to Staten Island. The race was J or $300 

 a side to determine the relative abilities of the two men, each 

 of whom had a good reputation as an expert swimmer. 

 Dimmers, being near-sighted, woro spectacles. Three boats 

 accompanied them, and they were cheered all the way by the 

 enthusiastic gathering of spectators along the docks and by 

 the shrill whistles of the tugs and steamer j. The waves 

 caused by the vessels gave the swimmers much trouble. The 

 river was crossed four times in order to take advantage of the 

 tide, which was on the ebb. The worst eddies encountered 

 were near Hell Gate. The swimmers made good time, how- 

 ever, although their zig-zag course increased the distance by 

 over six miles on the East River alone. They kept close 

 together until Thirty-fourth street was reached, wlien Dim- 

 mers was seen to be slightly ahead, and he gradually widened 

 the gap between himself and Tuelfl so that he led by two 

 hundicd yards when the Battery was reached. He was 

 swimming vigorously. TeuUf , opposite Bedloe's Island, was 

 seized with cramps and was obliged to give up the contest. 

 Dimmers now had the race in his own hands, but the hardest 

 pari of the work remained, for the tide was against him 

 after passing Governors Island. His pilot, Wm. Allen, took 

 a course considerably to the left of that usually taken by 

 Staten Island ferry boats, and led Dimmers nearly in a straight 

 line. When Dimmers arrived opposite Clifton he changed 

 his course and swam directly for the shore, reaching it at 5:51 

 p. M. As he approached the dock bis strokes could be plainly 

 seen. They were slow, but full and vigorous. On reaching 

 the dock between Staplelon and Clifton he was rowed ashore. 

 He looked and acted as if he could have gone a greater dis- 

 tance. Mr. Dimmers claims that he swam twenty-five miles, 

 and the referee and pilot are of the same opinion. Dimmers 

 complained of the sun, and his face was much burned. He 

 drank nearly a bottle of brandy and ate a number of sand- 

 wiches on the way. As the boat containing Dimmers' clothes 

 had stopped at the Battery with Tuellf, he was obliged to 

 borrow a shirt and a dilapidated pair of pantaloon to wear 

 on his way back to New York, where he arrived al 7:30 p. ii. 

 Dimmers is a powerfully built man, about six feet in height ; 

 he weighs 225 pounds, and is twenty-five years old. He is a 

 native, of Dusseldorf. 



The Wheei.baebow Man. — There was some general in- 

 credulity when the Albany pedestrian, Mr. R. L. Potter, 

 started out from that city last. April to wheel a barrow toward 

 the Setting Sun. But the plucky fellow is still at it, anil wo 

 hear of Mm now and then in the papers, as he goes along. 

 The Laramie City (Wy. Terr.) Daily Sentinel, of July 31st, 

 heralds his entry into that town on the 3Utb_, and Bays : "Pot- 

 ter is in excellent health and spirits, and says he has gained 

 eight pounds in weight since starting. He has now been on 

 the road 112 days, and has traveled about 2,057 miles, leaving 

 but 1,428 to finish the journey of 4,055 miles, that being the 

 distance from Albany to San Francisco, by way of San Jose, 

 he not being allowed to cross the bay at Oakland. He will 

 pull out this evening or to-morrow morning.'' There are still 

 103 days allowed him, and if he goes on at the present rate be 

 wdl reach San Francisco a month ahead of time. 



O'Lkakt on the TKiinr Again. — Last Monday evening, 

 at'8 o'clock, in the Boston Music Hall, O'Leary started on his 

 walk of 122 miles, which he will attempt to finish in less time 

 than 22 hours. The track i3 259A feet in circumference, re- 

 quiring twenty circuits to the mile. 



lew gttbHq»Hott$. 



Hoksebaci Riding, Feoit a Medical Point or \ 



Ghiskni Diirant, M D,, Ph. D. New York: Tasscli, 

 Petter & Galpta. 1878. 



Horseback riding Las ever been accounted uniting the more manly 

 and noble or sports. If IK seek a philosophical reason for the ex hilar- 

 tion and pleasure it affords we may ilnd it.in the poetry uf motion, the 

 buoyant emotions always excited by rapid progression, J be acme M 

 this exultant reeling Is experienced on the ocean whfep ;i 

 paohl latohei tiespttUffl •■ -.,'-■ Is over the waves, on 



the Jand there la no situation so nearly approaching this as that of i lie 

 novice on a speeding la omotlve. The same reelings are experienced 

 in a lesser degree, by the horseback MdW. Ir. is subjecting toouruse, 

 and mating subservient, to our will, a more poweiful organism, and 

 also a doubling and trebling of Our own powers. Horseback rifling IS 

 suggestive of the fresh, open air, as yon may and it. in the 

 iog on the hills. Pr. Durant tells us tha", in addition to the 

 Influence of this early air, which at a e led into, | 

 circulation of the blood, and a cousequen 



by the. exercise, bo that we are eni . i fal benefit of the 



DIstme, Tile effect of muscular exercise upon the quantity of air which 

 enters the tangs lias thus been tabulated : Lying down, I; standing, 

 l.SH; walking at Migrate of a mile an hour, 1.9Q ; riding, al a walk. E.30; 

 riding, at. atrol, MIS ; a i .m:;. -'. ■ I i anlng ... 



Dr. Durant's easay. iu so tar as it fndors | aystcal ex- 



ercise, and, by drawing attention (oils healthful results, to 

 to practice it more, may be regarded as a valuable contribution to the 

 cause of physical Improvement. 



The Wkwhbby ok Archeet, by Maurice Thompson. New 

 1 orfc : Charles Seribuer'a Sons. 187S. 

 This is a handsome volume, made npof Mr. Thompson's contribu- 

 tions to the magazines. The articles in Beribiur'i and Barptr's 

 descriptive of the sport to be had with the loug bow, and the great de- 

 gree of skill to be attained wii h that implement, have given a notable 

 i B game. Tt is not a matter of any great surprise iliat the 

 result should have been as it, was. A better audience, both in intelll- 



"irabers, than is afforded by the readers <$. these 



popular of American magasslnes could uot be asked by the most ardent 

 eo o: pastime. That limm ■■■. ie appearance 



of his enthusiastic sketches Mr. Maurice and his publishers should 

 have been overwhelmed w .:n lett raft nj ..- world was 



nothing to be wondered at. It was ju-t what writer and publisher 

 might have expected. Mr. Thompson may be accorded all tin; credit 

 of the revival of the sport in thf . . ["he boos now before 



us will doubtless increase tills interest, besides heme If r-irouied as, in a 

 more convenient lorm, containing the combined charms of the 

 scattered magazine article. The append!* coi tains vet] plain and 

 practical instructions for the govern re. :nj al lubsahd practice. 



Letusadd that the illustration, " A Prize .Shot," represents an im- 

 possibility. , Such a fair-faced young woman n w lave shot that 

 hare, and have held It up as she is represented as doing. 



The Amebigan Natiteaijst.— A vigorous article from the 

 .pen of Dr. Cones on " i a Inellgl hi the Kuropean House 



Sparrow in America" opens the Au| and deals wiih 



aqiieaiionof very greal Interest Wall who love our natWe birds Bt; 



Coues deals with this question In a v , r, and, although 



the .Sparrow question has become a lather tiresome one, w« welcome 

 this latest contribution as giving a new interest even to such a worn- 

 out topic. SVe are glad to fee in tins number another 

 of Mr. Loel-lngtou's charming sketches, " Walks Round San Francisco 

 —The Bay ijhore." The present ail Iclc equals in interest the former 

 one from the same graceful pen, to which we called attention in a recent 

 number of Fokest aDI> Stkeam, Prof. A Si Packard oontrrtmti 



interesting article on "Some Characteristics of I 



Reo-geographlcal Province of the United States,'' In which he gives ua 

 the reaults of his studies on the distribution of certain insects, ano es- 

 pecially tne i'hlliopod Crustacea in the ifocky Mountain region. The 

 "Report of the Committee of the American Association 

 logical Nomenclature, - ' by Prof. fi. D. Cope, is a paper or great 

 but Is of inters?: i i i | King naturalist. A'. ... 



willread with pleasure Mr Barber's paper on "The. Ancient J i 

 or the Ttuinsof the Valley of the Bio San Juan." We cannot have too 

 lnli records of the manners of life of these lob i, whose 



only monuments arc these ruins, now fast talUug to decay Mr. 

 Barber's article is U'ustrated hy a number of plan? ami sF.eielK's, 

 perhaps, serve to convey to the mind of the reader a batter idea of 

 these ancient fortresses and dwelling places than my ..iciei onion 

 Prudent housewives vnu oe traTor-aSrhffcen by Mie title ol the CohciucU 



itig articleof this number. "The Hew Carpet 



pluiifiruCi," by J. A. Lintnor, The picrture. drawn hj i. 



dUnlnhl Vepesti ? - :.-. I i ; ivi ... - g aevsr 



been ob - bill we 



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iu their dwellings it will be all 0081 .'. | i| i i... ,,, 



parlments or ''Secant Literature", and "General Soteg" are even more 

 full and interesting than usual, and the August number, as a whole, ib 

 exceptionally excellent, 



The LTttnteb, or Hints to Young Sportsmen. By Charles P. 

 Crosby, revised edition. La Cross, Wis.: Crosby & LUxon, 



Publishers. 1S78, 

 This is a pamphlet of some thirty-nine pages, written by a hoy o 

 eighteen who has written a boot, set it up, pr nted it, s Id one edition, 

 and now wants to sell another. Trie pages ol the amateur author are 

 full of information anil directions oi i 



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the woods, and If there are occasional lapses of such i- n i 

 should expect in sneli a wort luduigcul, readers should pass re . 

 faults and considerately regard only the good points. We may add that 

 the linn which last . ttg gazette, for 



which they charge the modest aura of tweuty-nve cents per year. 



HOOKS BEOE1VK0. 



The Moders Abohek ; or, Instructions for the Use of the 

 Long Bowt New York . Peck & Snyder. 1878. Price, 

 25 cents. 



A nisunal designed to give practical directions for aciinirlngakui with 

 the long bow, rules for archery practice, 



Oi u JNatiosal P,uik: A Oayusc Ride Through the Future 



Grand Watering F'.ace of Hie Wurni. By A. H. Bishop. Attic! 

 Press, Attica. N. v, 



iCfinttT fop. Ru'lk Peautioe; Including .Suggestions for 

 Practiceot Long Rauge, and for HelTormatloTi and .Management, of 



EWe Associations. By Gen. Gto. W (Vlngate, l ,' .rector ol 



Rifle Practice. 



Church, 2is Broadway. I8J8. 



A Hkakt Twice Won ; or. Second Love. % Eli.ni . 

 Van Loon. One volume, vellum, oi,. 

 delptria : T. B. Peterson & Brotlmrs, 3u« Do 



