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portant inducement. Out correspondent writes from that 

 lawn: 



: of Louisiana is the healthiest portion of the State. 

 A few miles east of Opelousas are the lowlands of the bayous 

 Teche and Courtableau, and Atchafalaya River where deer 

 and bear abound ; on the west, reaching to Texas, lie the 

 prairies, where we hunt the pinnated grouse (called pheasants 

 here), and in the immediate neighborhood of Opelousas ia as 

 partridge (Bob White), snipe and, some winters, wood- 

 cock hunting as' can be found in the world, and ducks are al- 

 ways plentiful in winter. One can visit the coast at no great 

 distance from here, Bay at Calcasieu pass, mouth of the Cal- 

 casieu Hiver, where oysters, fish, ducks and geese abound. 

 This is an out-of-the-way place, where northern tourists sel- 

 dom come ; but. we have here a greater variety of game, of 

 people and of agricultural productions, than any other part of 

 the South. There are two routes from New Orleans— one by 

 rail to Morgan City, thence up the Teche by boat to New 

 Iberia, thence forty-seven miles through the prairie by stage 

 to Opelousas; the other route, the pleasantest and most 

 traveled, is by boat here, up the Mississippi to the mouth of 

 Red River, then down the Atchafalaya to mouth of the bayou 

 Counabltau, ana up the latter to Washington, six miles from 

 Opelousas, where hacks are always ready to convey passengers 

 to the latter place. The best hotel in the State, outside of 

 New Orleans, is in Opelousas. 



Texas— Gahestm, September 20.— The Galveston Gun Club 

 organized last, week, with the following oilicers. C. C. Pcltil, 

 President; J. D. Settle, Vice-President ; A. Cannon, Secre- 

 tary and Treasurer. Directors. 0. G. Bowman, 10. MoCor- 

 miek, O. PainpMe, J. M. Foshey, A. Brock. The list of 

 members comprises the names of some very accomplished 

 sportsmen The new club will do much to foster the in- 

 terests of the fraternity here. Bx.ce Wing. 



Minnesota. — Melrose., September 14. — The recent cold 

 weather has brought the ducks and geese here in great num- 

 bers. The ponds, sloughs and grain fields swarm with them, 

 and there is very good decoying and grass shooting all through 

 this section. Deer are very abundant, although there is no 

 mast this year, neither acorns nor hazel nuts. Prairie fowl 

 are gradually becoming scarce. Sharp-tails cannot exist with 

 civilization, but the chickens or pinnated grouse will ever 

 loiter around the farmers' barnyards when not molested. 



Hal. 



—Our whilom correspondent, H. O. Pierce, Esq., of the 

 Waters, Pierce Oil Company, St. Louis, Mo., complimented 

 us with a call yesterday, having just concluded a hunting 

 cruise among the Rocky Mountains, and barely saving his 

 Ecalp on one occasion. He brought numerous trophies of 

 deer, bear, elk and antelope, and glowing accounts of the 

 scenery, with the TJtes omitted. 



California.. — In Sylvan District, Centre township, on the 

 8th inst. , a shooting club was organized with the following 

 membership: F. T. Miller, Thomas ward, Lewis Daly, 

 Ebsha Daly, Jr., George Wheadon, Mat. Gephart, Thomas 

 Slater, Prank Cavilt, William Cavitt, AlmaAiston, AsaLind- 

 ley, James Dwyer, L. B. liobb and V. Arrasmith. 



Mobs Wild Rice. — Any of our readers who want wild rice 

 will probably be able to secure a quantity for planting by ad- 

 dressing the Hon. William Mulliken at St. Cloud, Minnesota, 

 who has arranged with a half-breed to secure him fifty 

 bushels, if required. The price will be f 4 per bushel. Orders 

 Bhould be sent at once, as the season is already well advanced, 

 and the seed should be planted as soon as gathered. We print 

 this notice for the benefit of several parties who have applied 

 to us this year for wild rice, and took the pains to personally 

 interest Mr. Mulliken in the matter, and to him obligations 

 are due. 



How to Clean Shells. — Put all the shells in a can after 

 firing them off, and pour boiling water on them; then pour 

 off and put a piece of brown soap aB big as a marble iu the 

 can and cover with hot water ; let stand about four hours. 

 Wipe all clean and they look like new. A. B. 



Outfit fob tub Chickens. — Intending raiders upon the 

 prairie chickens will find a good fitting-out station at Burk- 

 liard's, in St. Paul.— [See adv. 



Don't— Don't point your gun at yourself. Don't point 

 your gun at any one else. Don't carry your gun so that it's 

 range- includes all your hunting companions. Don't try to 

 find out whether your gun is loaded or not by shutting one 

 eye and looking down the barrel with the other. Don't use 

 your gun for a walking-stick. Don't climb over a fence and 

 pull your gun through muzzle foremost. Don't throw your 

 gun into a boat so that the trigger will catch in the seat and 

 the charge be deposited in your stomach. Don't use your gun 

 for a sledge-hammer. Don't carry your guu full cocked. 

 Don't carry your gun with the hammer down. Don't be a 

 fool. Don't you forget it I 



A Swimming Torket.— " Did we ever hear of a swimming 

 turkey ?" Tes : every Christmas. Swims in gravy ; and that's 

 the only proper element for a civilized turkey to swim in. 

 Swims on his back. Never swims but once. E. B. B. of 

 Vail, Iowa, who has not fruitlessly pursued the wild inhabit- 

 ants of the darksome glens writes •. 



Some eighteen years ago while hunting wild turkey in the 

 Cedar River bottom in this state I shot a large gobbler which 

 was sitting in a tree directly overhead, and as it came tumbling 

 through the tree tops to the ground I ran to pick it up " but 

 not so," his lordship picked himself up, and started towards 

 the river (which was only a. few rods away) at a gait that 

 astonished me, I followed him up, thinking I had him sure 

 when he reached the water, but imagine my "disgust at seeing 

 him wade in and paddle off as bold as any old gander. The 

 river at this point was fully one hundred and fifty yards. wide 

 and had it not been for my dog coming to my aid he would 

 have reached the opposite shore in safety, for he was within a 

 few feet ot the opposite bank when overtaken and brought 

 back. He weighed twenty-three pounds after being dressed. 

 Have any of the readers of Fobest and Stbeam ever had 

 similar experience ? 



The Redoubtable Bear Slatees or Tennessee. — At the 

 moment of going to press the following account of a Tennes- 

 see hunt i3 the latest bear story received at this office. The 

 postmark is Fayettesville, Tenn., Sept. 19. There is some 

 poetry with the article which we prudently refrain from pub- 

 lishing : 



Great excitement has prevailed in Fayettesville and vicinity 

 for a week over the frequent appearance of a huge bear at 

 various places across the creek west of town, he had been 

 seen by various persons at different times and places, and 

 on Saturday evening he was seen on this sido of the creek, in 

 the edge of town. About dusk on that evening a note was 

 received by courier from Mr. Hill, who lives about a mile 

 east of town, stating that he. had just shot at the bear, and 

 would keep on his track until reinforcements could be sent 

 from town. Captain W. Bear Nicks immediately organized 

 a large force, both cavalry and infantry, and started in hot 

 pursuit. The wildest excitement prevailed in town, and our 

 citizens waited in breathless anxiety for the result of the raid. 

 About 10 o'clock the rattle of lire arms was heard in the di- 

 rection of the enemy. It sounded like a regular battle, yells 

 and all. Then our citizens commenced to breathe easier. 

 They knew that the gallant Captain W. Bear Nicks with his 

 brave and interpid lieutenants J. E. Caldwell and Horton 

 Lamb, would not leave the spot until they had killed or cap- 

 tured the fearful and dreaded enemy. Their confidence was 

 not misplaced. Captain Nicks had met the enemy, and he 

 was his'n. The huge bear was found comfortably ensconced 

 upon a projecting limb of a large tree on the hill one mile 

 west of town. Captain Nicks and bis brave squall of fifty to 

 seventy-five men and boys, both white and black, were soon 

 riddling the huge monster with bullets and buck shot. As it 

 fell to the ground, one colored individual, Tobe Bonner, cried, 

 " Marster Captain Bear Nicks, let me stick him with my 

 case knife," Ouffey ran up, and with one well-aimed stroke 

 severed his head, exclaiming, "Fore God, Marster Bear Nicks, 

 it is rmffin but a bag of straw !" and on examination it was 

 found that at least five hundred shot had penetrated the black 

 calico, and the straw with which it was stuffed was pro- 

 truding from each wound. The gallant Captain and his brave 

 men rode triumphantly into town, bearing the bear-skin 

 aloft, and were greeted with tho most enthusiastic demon- 

 strations of approval by the citizens in whose defense they 

 acted so bravely and daringly. The name of Captain W. Bear 

 Nicks can never be erased from the grateful hearts of this 

 people. Three cheers, a tiger and a bear for Captain Nicks. 

 Eltc. 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



Scobes Deferred. — Owing to the demand upon our space 

 by the Creedmoor Meeting, we are compelled to defer many 

 rifle and pigeon scores. 



Montreal Gun Club.— Third quarterly meeting of the Montreal 

 Gnu Club, took plack at Back River, September II. Owing to tlte high 

 wind and unfavorable state of tie weather there was a limited attend- 

 ance. Contest for gold medal ; 21 yards rise ; six birds each ; club 

 rules to govern : 



Hocking 1 110 0—3 Hamilton I 1 1 1 1—3 



Strachau 1 1 1 1 1—5 Blackwood 1 1 I 1 l 1—6 



Bachlaw tuoiio 0—1 



Maine— Brunswick, fic.pt. 19.— Riverside Clcb ball shoot ; Bogardus 



CGoud i oiiiiiiiiiino i—i2 



Keyes 1 lllllloioillo 1—12 



York 1 110 1111111111 i_14 



AJGoud 1 1111111111111 l—u 



Perry 1 1111111111111 i— is 



Hall. 1010011000011 1— T 



W. A. S., Secy. 



New Yokk -Buffalo, Sept. 13.— The third contest far the Sutter 

 the members or tho Bultalo Audubon Club ; Byron Sehultz's 

 new shooting pu-K at Buffalo Ham; conditions, ten wild hire's: 20 

 yards rtfle. plunge traps, N. Y. S. rules. The ultimate owner must 

 hold the medal three times in succession against all members contest- 

 ing. It has been now held at the first content by J. P. Flsi.er, at the 

 second by S. A. Roberts, and at this, the third eoDtest, by Mr.WUhelm 

 H. Jaeger : 



Roberts ft 11110110 0—6 Collins 111100011—6 



Hemold....l OlloloouO— 1 Suhultz 1 111110110—8 



Ward 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— S Jaeger 1 11111111 :— 10 



Relgelman..l 001 0010 1—4 Vine 1 10111011 0— 



Btugeni....O 110 10 11—6 Downs. .....1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 8 



Heiotz 1 00110100 1—5 Valley 1 111111110—9 



Maticr 1 11110 1111-9 Tiber 1 011111011—8 



Beler, Jr...O OOOOOllll— 4 Smith o lOlOlliii—T 



J. A.D, 



Excelsior Gux Club.— Brooklyn VriHng Park, Sept. 19.— Regular 

 monihly match, It and T trips i 21 yards, except McGnl, 30 yards : 



Berlugar o 010000110—3 



GUI -....1 11110 111-8 



Kamp'muller l 10111100 1— 7 



Hofgessmg l i i o l o l 1 I l— 3 



Huber o 111110 11 1—9 



Watts 1 1110 10 1 1— T 



Hedemann o liooiuoi 1— s 



AHeabrand l 11011101 1—9 



Tie on nine. 



Hnber o o l— 1 Alteabrand l 1 1—3 



J. H. B. 



Pennsylvania— Sharon, Sept. 10.— Semi-annual shoot of the Sharon 

 ShoottugClulj for Uii: gold medal. Mr. Old has held the medal since 

 last January, and if lie can hold it for one year it will become his per- 

 sonal properly. Ten glass balls, 18 yards rise : 



Ohl I 11111111 1-10 DtoSeos....! 1 w 



prohthwaitet 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 9 Morgan 1 10101010 1— 



Tribby 110 1111111—9 



Same Day —Sweepstakes; flrat maioli : 



Tribby 1 11 1 1-6 Slrawbridge 10 111-4 



Crosthwaite 1 1 1 1 1—5 Reeves „l 101 i_i 



Oti I 1 1110-4 



Flrat money divided. 



Ties anfoar— 21 yards rise. 



Ohl I 1 1—3 Reeves 110—2 



Strawbrldge 1 1 0—3 



Second match ; 



Tribby 1 1 1 1 3—6 Strawbrldge 1 1 1 1— 1 



Orosthwaite 1 1 1 1—4 KeeveH 1 1 1 1 1—5 



Ohl 1 1 1 1 1-5 Roy 1 1111-5 



Ties on five— 21 yards. 



Tribby 1 1 X— S Beeves w 



Ohl 1 1 1—3 Roy 1 1 1—3 



Tribby, Ohl and Roy divided first money, and Crosthwaite and Straw- 

 bridge divided second. 



Third match : 



Oil. ...1 1111—5 



Ohl won first and Tribby won second money, 



Fourth match : 



Tribby o liio—s Reeves 1 Oil 0—3 



Crosthwaite 1 1 1 1 1—1 strawbrldge 1 1 1 l 0-4 



Ohl 1 1 1 1 1-5 



Croathwaite and Ohl divided first, and Strawbrldge got second. 



Mateo, between Strawbrldge and Reeves ; Five balls 1 

 Strawbrldge 1 1111—6 Beeves n 1 1 1 l-t 



Mr. Reeves has only one arm, the left one, having lost the other on 

 the frontier fighting ihe Indians, 



Louisville Toubnaitent.— A grand pigeon Bhooting tournament 

 will be held at Louisville, Kv., October 1, 2 and 3. under the auspices 

 of the LoulBville Gnu Club. There are $2,300 in cash prizes. For full 

 particulars address L. W. Noel, 186 West Main street, Louisville. 



Tbnnksske— Columbia, Sept. 17— The "Hit or Break" Gan Club has 

 been doing very good work du>ing the jammer, and are ready to back 

 their challenge made some time ago, and still reoiainlniz on the boards, 

 viz.: The Hit or Break Clnb having members (honorary'! in live emuitii-s 

 of this State, proposes to shorn, a match against a club selected In the 

 Smte of Kentucky, or, in other word-., five counties in Tennessee will 

 shoot against the whole State of Kentucky. Tai.. 



Wisconsin— Baraloo, Sept. IT.— A few shooting men ot this city 

 organized a glaaa bail club. The first shooting was done to-day : 18 

 yards rise : 



Brewer 1 11111111 1— 10 Kaatack....! 00111 u 10 1— 6 



Baaaett 1 110101111-8 Wistance...i 1 1 1 1- 5 



Potter 1 100011111—7 



Michigan— Howell, Sept 20.— Fourth contest for Jewett revolver ; 21 

 yards rise ; Bogurdus new model trap behind screen, ut Better's outton; 

 Paine balls, Bogardua rules, Sept. 13th last: 



Beach l 1 1 1 w Wllber ....1 1 1 1 1 w 



Rumaey....O 1 1 t w Rubert 1 1 w 



Fisher 001 w Ira Holt.. ..n w 



Wllbox w Jud Holt....! 1 1 w 



Mulliken. ...0 w Jewett 1 11111111 L— It) 



On account of scarcity of balls those who missed withdrew. 



Rifles and Glass Balls.— The lime may come when breaking elasi 

 balls with the rifle will be as popular a form of sport hs the present 

 Shot-gan matches of Hint 'iliar.tol.ei-. The impetus has been av.»i ,n 

 the sport by the exhibitions of Dr. Carver, aud from all parts of the 

 country come reports of more or less satisfactory scores. The Kngliah 

 are manifesting their interest also. Sir Henry rial ford writes that he 

 has been practicing with the rifle and glass ball t, at a riinsto of twelve 

 yards. This Is a greater distance than that at which Carver shoots. 



THE OCTOBER MONTHLIES. 



The literati are giving their experiences in the Contribu- 

 tors' Club of the Atlantic. The novice in the work of the pen does 

 not always find the path to literary distinction smooth and flowery 

 He must be content to put np with some hard knocks, and over- 

 come repeated rebuffs with untiring perseverance and persistency. 

 There are in the present number of the Atlantic three papers de- 

 voted to a discussion of the social and political problems of the 

 day: "Certain Dangerous Tendencies in American Life," by an 

 anonymouB writer : "Abuse of Taxation/' by Brooks Adams, and 

 "The Relations of Labor ant] Capital," by Eraetus B. Bigelow 

 The fiction^eompriBes the continuation of James' ''The Europeans'' 

 and Soudder's " A House of Entertainment,'' and a story by Mrs. 

 Stowe. There are poems by Stoddard, De Forest, Augusta 

 Lamed and T. R. Bacon. 



"The Multitudinous Sea," by S. G. W. Benjamin, has the 

 place of honor in Appieton's. It is accompanied with six illustra- 

 tions. D. C. Macdonald, in "A Motley University," gives a de- 

 scription of Aberdeen University, Scotland. Fanny Foster 

 describes " The Csardas," which is the national dance of Hungary, 

 and Lyman H. Weeks describes 'a trip "Among the Azores." 

 There are four stories, by J. Stanley Hall, Elizabeth Stoddard, 

 Amelia E. Barrand Christain F.eid. Nora Perry, Edgar Fawcett, 

 Joel Benton, F. S. Salters, JohnMoran and Constance Fenimore 

 Woolson contribute the poetry. 



St. Niclwlas is as charming as ever with its stories, poems, 

 pictures and puzzles. If the boys and girls nowadays have no 

 artistio taste it is certainly not the fault of the good people who 

 publish their magazines. If we were a good niar>y years younger 

 than we are now, and had just money to subscribe to one maga- 

 zine with, we should hardly know which to have, St. Nicholas or 

 Wide Awake. Probably we should give it up in despair, and 

 divide. Wide Awake haB a most happy combination of amuse- 

 ment and instruction, things fanny and things serious j and 

 altogether, every boy and girl who ia fortunate enough to receive 

 it may find something to his and her taste, 



Harper's has a varied list of contents, the descriptive pieces 

 treating of topics so widely diverse as, "A New England Dairy 

 and Stock Farm," "The St. Gothard Tunnel," Stanley's journey 

 "Through the Dark Continent," "New York in Summer," "A 

 Japanese School," and "Around the Peconica." The two serials, 

 " Macleod of Dare" and " The Return of the Native," are contin 

 ned ; and the department of fiction is supplemented with three 

 short stories of merit. Robert Herrick's " Ye Bellman" has a 

 full-page illustration by Abbey. Tho Editorial departments are 

 up to the usual standard, the Drawer containing its usual complo 

 rnent of solemn humor. 



The opening pages of Scril/nei-'s are devoted to " The Ar6 

 Schools of New York," illustrated by drawings from life aud from 

 casta by the students of the National Academy of Design, the Art 

 Students' League, and the Cooper Union. A paper descriptive of 

 some wild sport is given by Mr. Henry W. Elliott, who describes 

 the life, pursuit and oapture of the sea lion of Alaska, " A Trip 

 with Lincoln, Chase and Stanton " in 1862 will, of course, exoito 

 interest. Mr. James Richardson writes of "Neophonography,' 

 the very formidable name of a short-hand system of writing. 

 There are a score of sketches, stories, poems, etc. , the Editorial 

 departments being especially timely in then- subjects. 



One of the best things in Lippincott's is Mr. George Ken- 

 nare's paper on the " Unwritten Literature of the Caucasian 

 Mountaineers," which is full of queer proverbB and curious folk- 

 lore stories. " Warwick and Coventry," by Lady Blanche Mur- 

 phy, and " The Taris Exposition of 1878," by Edward H. Knight, 

 are the illustrated papers. The fiction and poetry are contributed 

 by well-known writers, and the number is an excellent one. 



Amekioan Ornithology ; Or, The Natural History of the 

 Birds of the United States. Illustrated with plates en- 

 graved from drawings from nature. By AJexaudu 

 Wilson and Charles Lucien Bonaparte. Popular edition. 

 Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 823 Chestnut st, 1878. 

 We have already paid our tribute to the excellence of this "Amer- 

 ican Ornithology," and we are pleased to see the really good 

 editions of the work multiplied. The volume before us is a handi 

 some, well-printed book, and a most desirable addition to th? 

 natnrahit's library.; 



