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FOREST AND STREAM 



In the two stoves in the room above the gas is generated. 

 Tlio stoves are known as the Rosebud pattern, No. 13, hold- 

 ing about 5 a bushel of charcoal each ; each has a pipe 22 feet 

 ti inches in length, with a cross-pipe running into the chimney. 

 This length of pipe is necessary that the gass may be cooled 

 before reaching the animals. There are four valves, or damp- 

 ers in the pipes, two marked E and F in the cross-pipes, and 

 two just above them in the main pipes. There are alBo valves 

 ilt the end of each pipe where it enters the lower room ; these 

 v.iives are opened and shut by the pulleys (which are not con- 

 nected with anything else) ; they are "ground seat valves," 

 six inches outside diameter, or in other words, to fit a sis inch 

 pipe : they are make of copper. 

 The mode of application is as follows : 

 S: art the fire with a light substance, such as paper, and 

 gradually fill the stoves with charcoal. Have the dampers 

 t mned on so as to send all the smoke and heat up the chimney. 

 As soon as the fires are well lighted call the dogs into the 

 lower room by window A or 13, and put in the wire sashes. 

 As soon as the blue blaze appcarson the fires shut all the win 

 dmvs of the lower room, reverse the dampers so as to cut off 

 c imuiunication with the chimney, and send the gas into the 

 lower rpom j also open the valves at the end of the pipes. 



Not more than a minute ought to elapse before the dogs 

 full insensible. After that they will soon cease to breathe ; 

 leave them in, however, 8 or 10 minutes. After that time has 

 elapsed open the lower windows to let the air escape that no 

 one may breathe the injurious gas. 



The theory of this method is based on the poisonous nature 

 ol' carbonic oxide gas. This gas burns in the air with a blue 

 M I 1 1 1 when so burning it iB converted into carbonic acid 

 gas, which is not so deadly. When the fuel is in condition 

 to burn on top with a blue gas, and then the upper part of 

 rhe stove is closed tight so that no air can get into it, the 

 flame will be extinguished, and the poisonous gas will pass 

 into the box through the pipes. The expense of this process 



is small. 



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Fox Hunting in Nouth Carolina.— Our correspondent, 

 T. G. T., sends us from Gaston, North Carolina, the follow- 

 ing graphic account of a fox hunt : "On the 4th of September 

 1 iigain crossed the Roanoke to repeat my sport after the red 

 foxes. The old male I put. to earth on the 2d had ample time 

 tii recover from any bad effects of that race, and I had closed 

 his hole against future retreats. The morning was an ex- 

 ceptional one. The dew was very heavy, and about day the 

 wind turned to the south; it became cloudy, and there was 

 every indication of rain. I consequently prepared for it, and 

 took* along my umbrella. The party met me by appointment 

 and to time. 1 had sent Lord Elgin around the day previous, 

 so that I might have an animal not addicted to the bad habits 

 which tlie old mare so incautiously practiced in the first race. 

 We moved down the Roanoke and came right upon the fox 

 without trailing him at all. fie had hunted still lower down 

 the river, and lay between the Sturgeon Hole (my crossing 

 point) and Dr. W. W. Clement's. We witnessed the start. 

 Logan raised his head as we approached a high fence, gave 

 mouth as he did so, and leaped it, and was off in a second. 

 Every dog soon was in place. I hesitated, and did not dash 

 after die puck. I feared Logan had started a deer, as he was 

 as fond of that game as of the red fox. I went leisurely along 

 until 1 came to the road on which the pack had gone, and 

 there saw the track of the red. This delay placed me under 

 ureat disadvantage. The fox went before the wind and up 

 the river toward the Sturgeon Hole. The pace was rapid, the 

 contest fierce and furious. It lasted but a short time No fox 

 could. stand .lung such a press. Be threw up the sponge be- 

 fore he was half way to "any hole. The run was off from the 

 river, rounding toward it. Thus ended the life of the mule. 

 1 rested, ub usual, one day, and on the (5 th crossed the Koanoke 

 again, making the same arrangements with the party as 

 before, and all were to time. We set out up the Roanoke for 

 Curl's Hill, but struck a trail in the Allen field, which carried 

 us immediately there. It was too warm a trail to be enjoyed 

 in noting the varied manoeuvring of the pack. You know 

 the traifot a red fox is always faster and more direct than 

 that of a gray. Every practiced huntsman from this fact 

 readily distinguishes the game. Nor can it be mistaken for 

 that of a deer. The hound never smells on the twigs and un- 

 derwood unless the track is that of a deer, and then he in- 

 variably docs. We trailed over Curl's Hill, and half a mile 

 above in a dense forest we started. The race was a short one, 

 too short for sport and not enough varied to justify a descrip- 

 tion. It was straight and not of a minute's duration. The 

 Roanoke was rising when I crossed early in the morning, and 

 in a few hours it was impassable. Being water-bound, I ac- 

 cepted the hospitality of my friend Hardy to remain with 

 hitn until the water fell. In the evening he proposed to go 

 some three miles off and hunt a gray. I consented, and about 

 4 o'clock we arrived in a large body of woods, a favorite re- 

 sort of gray foxes. We hardly got fairly into the woods before 

 Comet struck a gray, and very soon he was up and off ; but, 

 like the red in the morning, he soon came to grief, and in a 

 briefer time. Both were voung foxes. T. G. T." 



Gaston, N. C, Oct., 1878. 



fleas were si ill Ihere and seemed to have a death grip, as it 

 was almost impossible to pull them out. They showed no 

 signs of life, however. In the course of a few hours I ex- 

 amined the dog ami found one live flea, but have been unable 

 to make a like discovery since. 1 believe the oil did the busi- 

 ness completely. Yours veiy truly, C. A. Post. 



Peterboro, Canada, Oct, 17, 1878. 



We believe that petroleum is sure death to fleas, but it is 

 dangerous to use unless washed off immediately as in the case 

 mentioned by our correspondent. — Ed. 



Fleas Again. — The Manufacturer and Builder claims that 

 the oil of pennyroyal will drive away fleas without fail, but, it 

 says, where the herb grows it is cheapest to make a decoction 

 of it and dip all your pets in it once a week ; but let the de- 

 coction get cold before you dip them. You may also gather 

 the herb and put it in their nests, or scatter it in the pig pens 

 once a month. If you cannot get the herb, saturate strings 

 with the oil and tie them around the necks of your pets, not 

 too tight, and pour a little of the oil on their backs and around 

 their ears. In about a fortnight the fleas will have disappeared . 

 It is a common remedy against lice in horses to tie such strings 

 once a day around the necks and tails of horses. Another 

 remedy against tteas in the house, it is said, is to put camomile 

 flowers in i he beds and on the carpets. Snuff has also some 

 reputation in this respect. 



Editor Fobest and Stream : 



A few weeks since a friend of mine here gave me a young 

 hound pupy, probably a month old. The little fellow was 

 literally covered with fleas. The young lad who brought me 

 Ihe dog cautioned me about the fleas and said, "Rub him 

 •with coal oil; that's the way father does." As soon as the 

 lad had gone I took the puppy in one hand and oil can in the 

 other to the yard, and thoroughly soaked the dog's hide with 

 the oil (it was Canada petroleum, as used for lighting pur- 

 poses) taking care of the eyes, nosti'ila and mouth. The 

 oil remained on about five minutes, when I took warm rain 

 water and the ordinary laundry soap, washing out the petro- 

 leum as well as I could, and then rubbed the dog dry. The 



Flbab on Bogs.— A correspondent sends us the following 

 recipe for removing fleas from dogs : " My dog was infested 

 with these pests (fleas) to such an extent that by constant 

 scratching most all his hair came out, and making his skin 

 very sore. I use Buchan's carbolic soap for dogs and a solu- 

 tion of about \ oz. pure carbolic acid, with i oz. glycerine ad- 

 ded to a pail about half-full of water. With this solution and 

 the soap I produce a copious lather all over the dog and rub 

 it thoroughly in the hair. Now, the main thing is to leave 

 the lather on the dog for about an hour, or until it is through- 

 lv dry, and then sponge it off with pure water. This will 

 not only remove ihe fleas I ut will kill them. The action of 

 the carbolic acid producesa healthy skin, removesall dandruff. 

 scales, etc., and brings out a beautiful glossy coal . This I 

 have tested on several dog-, especially on my red Irish setter. 

 Grouse. His coat, formerly a dull-yellow, is now a beautiful 

 dark chestnut. Slnuld the kennel be infested With fleas," by 

 using the remainder of the solmion and washing it thoroughly 

 with this it will effectually hiuish them and disinfect the 

 kennel. Youtb truly, G. L. W." 



[For an occasional application this will do very well, but 

 we believe that the frequent use of carbolic acid is very in- 

 jurious to a dog's coat.— En. J 



Kiuend.— The Fay ton, Ohio, Journal publishes a long des- 

 cription of the red Irish setter bitch Friend, winner of the 

 champion stakes at the Minnesota Eield Trials, from which 

 we lake the following : 



"She is a very hauesomc bilch, of dark, rich blood-red 

 color, eyes soft brown, well set and full of intelligence. 

 The only mark about her is a white blaze in the face. Sne 

 was bred by the Rev. J. G. Leigh, of Liverpo il, by his well- 

 known Flash, out of his Stella, both Irish setters ol undoubted 

 purity, and their pedigrees are clear and unbroken for many 

 generations, and recorded in the kennel registers of England 

 and America. The strain is well-known, having won many 

 prizes in England ano Ireland. Being a true type of this best 

 strain, she is entitled to her position." 



In stating Friend's winnings, the writer of the article is in 

 error in stating that Rory O'Moore, one of her get, tied with 

 Paris for the prize for the best seller in the show at New 

 York iu 1877. There was no lie about it. The four judges 

 were divided, and, an extra one being called in, he decided 

 in favor of l'aris. Nor can we understand why, if her first 

 and only litter wa-i sired by Rufus, as the article states, how 

 she could have been shown at St. Paul with two pups by Bob. 

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Worms in Prr>s.— A Pennsylvania correspondent recom- 

 mends some milk for worms. 



Breeding Notes.— The pointer bitch Gipsey (Col-Psyche), 

 the property of Messrs Lincoln & Hellyar, of Warren, Maps., 

 whelped on" the 31st ult. eight puppies, sired by Champion 

 Snapshot. 



—Dr. Wm. Jasyis' imported red Irish setter bitch Hose 

 (Palmerston-Flora) whelped, on the 11th iust., six puppies, 

 four dogs and two bitches 



— D. Edward J. Forster, Boston; has bred his black setter 

 Daisy, to Luther Adams' Drake (Prince-Dora) 10th October, 

 1878. 



—Mr. A. 0. Waddell's (Topeka, Ivan,,) smooth-coated black 

 and tan Burdetle cocker spaniel, Josie, has been bred to Mr. 

 3. H. Whitman's cocker dog. Doctor (first prize at St. Paul, 

 September, 1878). Doctor is black and while and heavily 

 feathered. 



Sales.— The Llewellen setter dog Brussels has been sold by 

 Mr. '1'. Donoghue, La Salle, 111., to the Topeka Kennel, To- 

 peka. Kansas. Brussels was bred by L. H. Smith, Blrathroy, 

 Canada, out of his celebrated bitch, Dart, by Leicester, and 

 therefore brother to Mr. Smith's Paris, Pride of the South, 

 Blrathroy, etc., the latter a winner at St. Paul field trials. 

 Brussels is a large, well-developed dog, and will be placed in 

 the stud. Color, black, white and tan, and blue belton. 



—Mr. W. T. Irwin has sold to Mr. A. C. Waddell mow of 

 Topeka, Kansas) a fine black and white bitch puppy, of the 

 Pedigree (now dead)-France lilter. 



— In our issue of Oct. 10, in a notice of sales made from the 

 kennels of Mr. G. II. Goodrich, the address was given as To- 

 ledo, Ohio, when it should have been Toledo, Tama Co. , 

 Iowa. 



Namus Claimed,— Mr. W. M. Tileston claims the name of 

 SlaDley for a blaek and tan seller puppy bred by Wm. Stanley, 

 Esq-, and out of his imported Belle, winner of 1st prize at N. 

 Y. Dog Show of 1877, and sired by Young Jock, he by old 

 Jock (imported) out of Emerson Foote's Mab. 



—Mr. Henry Smith, of Boston, claims the name of Rufus 

 2d for a four months old setter dog puppy, out of Mr. D. T. 

 Charles' (of Albany) bitch Nina, and sired by Mr. Adams' 

 Rook. 



—Dr. J. W. Downey, of New Market, Wis., claims the 

 name of Grouse II. for a black and tan setter puppy, whelped 

 September 7, out of Mr. Tileston's Low by Mr. Jerome 

 Marble's Grouse. 



— Mi-. Arthur W. Leroy, of New Durham, N. J. , claims the 

 name of Young Lark for his orange and white setter puppy, 

 10 months old, by Mr. P. H. Morris' Lark, out of his Juno IP 



—Mr. H. C. Glover, of the Imperial Kennels, Toms River, 

 N J , claims the name of Vista for a black and tan bilch 

 puppy, whelped Sept. 7, out of Mr. Tilesions Lou by Mr. 

 Jerome Marble's Grouse. 



—Dr. Edward J . Forster claims the name of Neptune for his 

 bull pup, whelped August 12, 1S78, by -Barnard's To i I 

 Nellie) out of Barnard's Kate. 



— Mr. O. W. Donner claims the names of Lassie II. and 

 Quince for two liver and while English setter puppies, sired 

 by his imported Ranger II. (by Mt. Macdona's champion 

 Ranger) out of Lassie I. 



§mn$ 8*8 and §mu 



GAME IN SEASON FOR OCTOBER. 



Moose, Atettl 



Caribou, Torn 

 Elk orwapiu, 



mlehit. 



a<Um<it. 



Black-bellied plover, ox-eje, Stflt*- 



King plover, 



tot. 

 BU.it, or long-shanks, Hfowwitoplts 



mgrtcnllii. 



rice bird, Detichonvi oryz- Woudcoek, Pbllahtla viiiwr. 

 umrovii. Hed-breusied snipe, or duwltelier, 



Wild turkey, MekagrU gctfbpavo. M&cror7taimphv& fffitetis. 



Pinnated jrrofi.se or prairie chick- Bed-backed sandpiper, or ox-bird, 



en, Cupidoniacu]rido. ZVtoaaamcrttiaiia- 



En lied grouse or pheasant, Eonaaa. Great 'marbled godwit, c 

 umliettui. LinwmfwJoa. 



■■■ Orli/jc cir./inia- Willet, yw.w.i/* ."twij.atmnrfi'*. 



„.,„ Tratrlur T„t„, 



Squirrels, red, black and gray. 



Hares, hre-wuand pray. 

 Heed 



c niarllo, 



"Bay birds" generally, Inclnding various Bpecica of plover, Rand 

 piper, snipe, curlew, ojater-eatcher, sun birds, pnalaropca, avoeets, 

 etc., comlug under tne group Limacola: or Shore Birds. 



;sol gauie here luenuonci. 



Uamk in Market —Pinnated grouso (prailio chickens), Jtl Iu 

 81.10 per pan ; partridge fraffod gruime), 5(1 cents to 91 25 per 

 pair ; mallard duoka, 75 dents to 3)1 per pair : black do., 50 to 75 

 cents per pair; Widgeon do , 50 cents per pair; broad bill do., 50 

 cents per pair; leal do., 50 to 75 cents per pair ; red head ducks, 

 75 to $1 per pair ; wild turkeys, 20 to 2± cents per pound ; Wilton 

 1.00 to &2.50 per doz.; plover, $3 per doz.; bay bird*, 

 large, 50 cents per do/..; roed birds, 30 eouta to *l por doz.; 

 Phildelphia squabs, $2.50 per floz. 



Poultry— Philadelphia and Bucks County dry picked chickens, 

 lii to 22 cents per pound ; do. fowls, 10 to 18 cents ; do. tmkow, 

 15 to 20 cents ; do. ducks, IS to IS cents; do, geese, 11 to la 

 cents ; State and Western chickens, 15 to 10 cento ; do. turkeys, 

 15 to 10 cents ; do fowls, 18 to 16 centa j do. ducks, 12 to 15 oenlB; 

 do. geoue, 10 to 12 cents ; Boston green ^eose, IB to 20 cents, 



MABsaoHOSBTia— (Masse*, (Jet. v.i — Coot shooting for the 

 past two weeks hns been fine aud weather all that could be 

 wished, lligh line for one man, 32; two men in boat, 47. 

 The law beiug off, quails were about all killed ibis week 

 about here. Have not heard of over six to one man 



B, K., Jk. 



—From Connecticut, where the close season for woodcock, 

 quail and grouse expires simultaneously, we hear that in some 

 localities the woodcock shooting has been remarkably good, 

 while in others, owing to the absence of frost, the cover stall 

 remains too thick to permit of good shooting. We also are 

 informed that in certain districts in that Stale snaring has 

 been carried on to such an extent as to entirely destroy all the 

 birds. The game protective associations should look to this. 



STielter Island, Oct. 19. — The weather has been too warm 

 for the sea fowl, still some have been lulled. Early this week 

 two boats were in the bay, Off the shore, waiting for llicm. 

 One boat got nine and the other one six.' Home few fowl, 

 chiefly loone, are flying in the morning over the beach. If the 

 coot shooting here is as good as it wbb last fall and winter I 

 will duly inform you of the fact. Yours very truly, 



Isaau. 

 —The warm weather has interfered with duck shooting, 

 although we have heard of one or two good bags of broad- 

 bills being made at Good Ground. There has also been si .me 

 flue coot shooting at the Thimble Islands, io Long Island 

 Sound, but some cold weather is much wanted before Ibe 

 ducks will fly well, and until then, shooting over decoys, in 

 this vicinity at least, is alraosl labor lost, 



Snipe '. Snips! — Present weather appearances indicate that 

 the regular fall flight of English snipe will soon be along. In 

 -•as a small flight last week, but the birds were 

 very wild and neither doga nor sportsmen had much chance 

 with Ihem. On the Hackensack meadows, up to the time of 

 writing, there has been fair sport, considering the lillle grass 

 that was cut, but there has been no shooting whatever on the 

 Pine Brook, Hanover Neck or Whippany Meadows. Shoot- 

 ing has also been poor on the Newark meadows. Such birds 

 as have appeared are in small wisps, bul by the lime this 

 paper is in press the birds should belying singly and the 

 shooting better. For several weeks there have been scatter- 

 ing birds, and tbe Von Lengerke Bros, have killed over their 

 dogs— the ' ' Jerseys "—about 100 birds. 



— The rail are lingering in their favorite localities, notably 

 on tbe Hackensack, and quite a number of late birds have 

 been picked up by local gunnel's. Aprojws of rail, we have 

 have had a number of specimens scut to us this season which 

 were killed in mountainous districts, probably in localities 

 where they were attracted by swampy ground, with small 

 streams lined with rushes. Although the appearance of this 

 bird at such high altitudes is undoubtedly of rare occurrence, 

 yet the rail is a visitor to extremely high latitudes, as they are 

 found in large numbers even beyond St. Paul, Minnesota, 

 and other places equally far north. 



Pennsylvania- - McVeytuwn, Oct. 19.— As all game could be 

 legally shot en tbe loth Inst., the hunting season has but 

 rightly Opened. Seven or eight deer have been shot in Lick- 

 ing Creek Mountains since trie 1st. Wild turkeys are very 

 numerous, and quite a number have Been shot Bince ihe 

 15lh inst.,one man shooting two inside o£ an hour or two. 

 Babbits, partridges and other small game are being shot in 

 abundance. After the election in November a large party are 

 I'oing on an extended hunt inlo the Seven Mountains, u few 

 miles west of this town, and a famous deer resort. Upon 

 their return I will give you a full report. Parties are 

 every day (or the mountains, and the sport is getting 

 ing. I was out iL.-diiy md stirred up t u <> large coveys of 

 partridges, but. il being very windy, and having no dog, I was 

 unable lo secure unv- B- J- B. 



Bkomslmrt/h., Oct. 10.— Shooting fair, with the weather 

 quite dry ; iuade a fine bag to-day— thirteen woodcock, five 

 partridge. Mil. 



