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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[.Tout 0, 1881, 



jects wove supposed to be buildings, and certain small mov- 

 ing bodies were undoubtedly the inhabitants of the distant 

 planet eugaged in the pursuit of their daily avocations. 

 All of -which was good. 



THE AMEHiuajn A 4, .^cc 

 ING. 



THE thirtieth meeting of Hie American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science will be held at Cincinnati. 

 Ohio, commencing at 10 o'clock A. m. on Wednesday, Au- 

 gust 17. Great cfToitsare being made by the Local Committee 

 to insure the success of the meeting and, from present appear- 

 ances, it, seems probable that this will be one of the largest 

 and most important scientific meetings ever held in the West. 

 The general programme for the week has not yet been an- 

 nounced, hut is in process of preparation and, when com- 

 pleted, will, after having been approved by the Standing 

 Committee, be made public. 



The headquarters of the Association will be at the. Music 

 Hall, where members arc requested to register as soon as 

 possible, after their arrival. The hotel headquarters will be 

 at the Grand Hotel, on Fourth street. The offices of the 

 Local Committee and of the Permanent Secretary wilt be at 

 the Music Hall, where also the general meetings and those of 

 the sections, sub-sections and committees will be held. The 

 special arrangements made and to be made with hotels, rail- 

 roads, etc. , will be announced later. 



At the Boston meeting several changes in the Constitution 

 were proposed, which will come up lor action at Cincinnati, 

 the object of the changes being the reorganization of the 

 sections, and also to extend the scope of the association. 

 Should these changes be adopted the association will embrace 

 eight sections of equal standing, each presided over by a vice- 

 president, and having its own secretary and sectional com- 

 mittee. The following is the division proposed and upon 

 which final action will be taken at Cincinnati: 



Sec. A. — Physics. Sec. B.~ Astronomy and Pure Mathe- 

 matics. Sec. C— Chemistry, including its applications to 

 Agriculture and the Arts. Sec. 1),— Mechanical Science. 

 Sec. E.— Geology and Geography. Sec. F.— Biology. 

 Sec. G. — Anthropology. Sec. II. — Economic Science and 

 Statistics. Also I.— A Permanent Subsection of Microscopy, 

 which shall elect its own oilicers ami be responsible directly 

 the Standing Committee. 



Several excursions will be arranged for by the local com- 

 mittee, and will be announced on their circular. Special ex- 

 cursions will be arranged for the Anthropological Section to 

 "Fort Ancient," Madisonville, and other places of interest. 



All communications relating to the local arrangements for 

 the meeting should be made to the local Secretaries at, Cin- 

 cinnati, while all matters relating to membership and to the 

 presentation ft papers will be all ended to by the permanent 

 Secretary. 



The following is a list of the oilicers or the Cincinnati 

 meeting: 

 President— G. J. Brush, of New Haven, Conn. 

 Vice-President, Section A.— A. M. Mayer, of Hohokcn, 

 N.J. 



Vice-President, Section B.— [Dr. Engelmann was elected 

 but has resigned, as he is in Europe.] 



Chairman of Permanent, Subsection or Chemistry-William 

 Kipley Nichols, of Boston, Mass. 



Chairman of Permanent Subsection of Microscopy - A. B, 

 Ilervey, of Taunton, Mass. 



Chairman Of Permanent Subsection of Anthropology- 

 Garriek Mailer.y, of Washington, I). I L 



Chairman of Permanent Subsection of Entomology— John 

 G. Morris, of Baltimore, Md. 



Permanent Secretary— F, \V. Putnam, of Cambridge, 

 Mass. 



General Secretary— C. V. Kiley, of Washington, D. G. 

 Secretary of Section A- John Trowbridge, ol Cambridge, 

 Mass. 



Secretary or Section R— William Saunders, of London, 

 Ontario. 



Secretary of Permanent Subsection of Chemistry— H. W. 

 Wiley, of Lafayette, Ind. 



Secretary of Permanent Subsection of Microscopy— S. P. 

 Sharpies, of Boston, Mass. 



Secretary of Permanent Subsection of Anthropology— J. 

 G. Henderson, of Winchester, Hi. 



Secretary of Permanent Subscctioa of Entomology— B. 

 Pickman Mann, of Cambridge, Mass. 

 Treasurer— William S. Vaux, of Philadelphia, Pa. 



TnE Junb Meeting ol' t,' c Coney Island Jockey Club prom- 

 ises to be a very interesting one, and the list of events for 

 the nine days racing oilers unusual attractions All the 

 prominent stables are well represented in the list of entries 

 published, and there is every indication that the June meet- 

 ing Of 1881 will be a memorable one in the annals of racing 

 at Coney Island. One ol' the most interesting of all the races 

 to be run at Coney Island this year is that for the Great Long 

 Island Stakes, four mile heats, to be run at the hist day of 

 the fall meeting of the club. It is a sweepstakes for all ages, 

 $250 each starter, with $5,000 added ; $t!,500 to the first, 

 $1,000 to the second, and $500 to the third. To this is added 

 the Woodhiwn Vase, to become the property or the sub- 

 scriber winning the race two years in succession. Entries to 

 close September 1 . 



CONEY ISLAND. 



THE delegates from the different Sportsmen's clubs will 

 be welcomed to Coney Island by a poem of greeting, 

 entitled "Field Sports," written by Mr. Win. E MacMasters, 

 or. the Albany Argm and the Philadelphia Press. 



Papers on topics within the scope of the State Association 

 have been promised ; and it is proposed that these shall be 

 read and discussed at the evening sessions of the convention. 

 A paper by Gaston Fay has the suggestive title, "What 

 Shall We Do About TlV" 



In response to some inquiries received concerning the 

 feature of the week's programme, the Foi:kst and Stueam 

 suggests that the amount of time devoted to such matters 

 will depend wholly upon the choice of the members assem- 

 bled. We know that the President of the Association has 

 secured the promise of a number of essays, which will serve 

 as the groundwork of conference if anybody wants to confer. 

 Those members of the New York Association for the Pro- 

 tection of Fish and Game who resented the suggestion in 

 these columns a year ago that that body was at present mis- 

 named, will have an ample opportunity at Coney Island to 

 make good the Association's claim to being a "game and 

 fish protective organization." It is to be hoped that the pub- 

 lic may be set right ou this point. We shall see what we 

 shall see. 



Whatever may be done, if anything, beyond the pigeon- 

 shooting and other contests, the Coney Island meeting of the 

 New York sportsmen will be a memorable one. The whole 

 entertainment will be on a scale never attempted before, and 

 a most beautiful souvenir of the event has been prepared by 

 the indefatigable executive of the society, Mr. Abel Crook, 

 in the shape of an illustrated hand book. This will be a 

 volume, of the current monthly magazine size, of one hun- 

 dred and fifty pages, and handsomely illustrated. The en- 

 graved antique title-page is a real work of art, and the 

 frontispiece— well, that is art, too, in its way, hieing none 

 other than the famous "Shot 'Em on de Wing," which is 

 loaned for the occasion by the Harpers. The contents of 

 the hook will comprise an elaborate history of the State As- 

 sociation, which has been prepared by Mr. Crook, together 

 with the records of the prize winners in previous years: a, 

 history of the Long Island Association : an illustrated sketch 

 of Coney Island, past and present; the programme of the 

 meeting; the well-known I'wneh cartoon, "They Will Fly 

 Into It Sometimes," and the cards of the prize donors. 

 Taken altogether the book will reflect credit upon the Long 

 Island clubs and upon those who have been most concerned 

 in its preparation. 



The prizes, which are to be contested for, are now on ex- 

 hibition in the show-windows of the Brooklyn Furniture 

 Company, Nos. 559-563 Fulton street, Brooklyn. The 

 window was arranged under the supervision of Mr. C. W. 

 Wingert, of the prize committee, and (he tasteful manner iu 

 which it was done reflects great credit on that gentleman. 

 The display surpasses anything of the kind ever seen bei'.ac, 

 and gnus, fishing-rods, silver cups, gold watches, medals, 

 etc., arc there, in profusion. The prizes on exhibition, 

 Tuesday night, were those secured by the clubs of the 

 western district, although the Washington Gun Club have 

 obtained a number of prizes that have not yet been de- 

 livered. The street in the vicinity of the window was 

 thronged with people, all trying to got a glimpse at the gor- 

 geous display, and it is well worth a day's journey to sec the 

 exhibition. For the benefit of the delegates coming to the 

 convention, excursion trains will be run on the Erie and New 



York Central railroads. 



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Tor New Yokk Fbu Commission.— The Governor has 

 signed the appropriation bill giving the Commission $15,000. 

 He vetoed the bill last year, and it, was feared that, he would 

 do so again. The press of the State has generally urged the 

 necessity or the appropriation. There was great danger Of 

 losing the results of the labor of former years at the Stale 

 hatchery and of making a break in the series of hatchings 

 of shad and other fish.. Governor Cornell is a close econo- 

 mist, but he has probably learned that it is not economy to 

 withhold the appropriation from the Fish Commission. The 

 Commissioners have agreed to expend one-third of this year's 

 appropriation on the fisheries o£ Long Island, which have 

 been sadly neglected. The salt water fisheries have never 

 received the slightest attention from the Commission, and 

 they are worth more than all the rest of the fisheries of the 

 State. It is a matter for rejoicing that our economical Gov- 

 ernor has had his eyes opened to what are the true interests 

 of the people in this important matter of food supply. 



U-SSUCCKSSFfl. SUII'MENT OF CAUr ECOS.— Ill OUT lllSt WO 



recorded the arrival of Mr. Geo. Eckhardt, Jr., from Ger- 

 many, for tlie purpose of studying American fish culture. 

 Mr. Eckhardt attempted to bring over 100,000 eggs of the 

 leather carp to Prof. Baird. They were packed in the re- 

 I'r'gcraling boxes which Mr. Mather successfully sent white- 

 fish eggs to Germany in last fall, but on opening them in 

 Washington they weie all dead and covered with fungus. 

 Dr. Hessel is of the opinion that they cannot statu! a tem- 

 perature as low as the refrigerator gives. We incline to this 

 opinion also, as the eggs of summer spawning fish do not 

 seem to hear what those of the winter spawners will thrive 



under. ^ 



Gun G bounds Neah Nbw York.— The Jersey City 

 Heights Gun Club have leased a tract of land, of which they 



propose to make commodious club grounds. The location is 

 within twenty minutes of the New York Post Office, and as 

 the Club propose to arrangefor the accommodation of outside 

 individuals and clubs the new grounds will prove a very de- 

 cided acquisition to the gunners of this city. It will be just 

 the place to ran out to try a new gun, to test one's skill with 

 the glass balls, and to repair for an afternoon's target shoot- 

 ing. The grounds will be opened within a short time, 

 when further particulars will be given iu these columns. 



Mktat.t.ic Caktrtdgks. — Wo are informed by Messrs. 

 Hartley and Graham, of this city, that Judge Lowell, of the 

 United States Circuit Court, has rendered a decision in the 

 case of the Union Metallic Cartridge Company, of Bridge- 

 port, against the United States Cartridge Company, of 

 Lowell, Gen. B. F. Butler, President, on the Allen Header 

 Patent, sustaining the patent on every point. This suit was 

 commenced in 1874 and covers one of the most important 

 principles in the manufacture of metallic ammunition, It is 

 used by the principal cartridge manufacturers in this country 

 and Europe, and by most of the Governments. 



Tub bill known as the Armstrong Bill having passed at 

 Albany, and been signed bj r the Governor, is now a part of 

 the game law of this state. We publish its most important 

 provisions to-day, and will supplement them Willi the re- 

 mainder next. week. Whatever merits or defects this new 

 law may be thought to have, one thing about it, at least, 

 gives satisfaction ; that is the conspicuous absence of any 

 thing like the "refrigerator amendments" which the market- 

 men of this city attempted to foist upon us. 



Fisuhribs Exhibition fou Scotland. — The English 

 Exhibition at Norwich has been a graud success, and it 

 is now proposed to hold one at Edinburgh, in April, 

 1883. This is one of the most important points in Great 

 Britain to hold such an exhibition. The Scotch her- 

 ring fisheries are of the greatest value, and the whole fishing 

 interest of Scotland centres iu Edinburgh. 



The members of the Michigan Sportsmen's Association are 

 rejoicing over the adoption of the game bill which they pre- 

 pared, and for the passage of which they have beeu working. 

 The new law is, therefore, the result of their concerted, 

 systematic and persistent effort. 



Tuv. Piiizbs in the coming New York State shoot aggre- 

 gate $12,000. In solid worth they have never been equaled 

 by those of any other shooting in this country. Coney Island 

 may some day become the Monaco of America 



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 101 



TrniPr.ANof the Middlesex, Conn., Circe. Association, as 

 detailed in our issue of May 2G, is recommended to the at- 

 tention of sport snieu who are about to organize game pro- 

 tective associations. 



The name of Berliner's Monthly is to be changed to The 

 Qcnlury. The magazine has over a hundred thousand pay- 

 ing readers now; with its new name may it have another 

 hundred thousand. 



Somf. further particulars of the Gaston Cii lb are given in 



our game columns. 



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GOLDEN OPINIONS. 



E give a very few— Bay one in ten thousand — of the opin- 

 ions, moro or less approving, eulogistic and encouraging, 



Which come hi the Foeert ajji> SmsISAM'S mail, from all the fixe 

 quarters of this Yankee nation, and some also iroiu Queen Vic- 

 toria's] toprinwn across the, line. However gratifying it might be 

 to our personal vanity to publish all the flattering letters we receive, 

 sneh a task would involve too great a tax upon rmr space, aud wo 

 must, therefore, content ourselves with the following. We are as- 

 sured that the regular weekly issue of this journal is its own best 

 voucher. If we may believe the Mud words of old and new friends 

 it is now imivOi'Sftlly conceded that in the successive volumes of 



the Fouest and Stream is containai Oie best spgrlstiien'sliteratttre 



i-tvr fnrnUhrtl to/ aw/ publication in the tnurld. Head what is said 

 of the paper: 



HETTEB THAN EVEn BEVODE. 



Tie in;, ,,n: ■ ,i:„! u:,].:-; ;.f Y,.i, XV crmc a;-. hrlvM ;n ,: dollar 

 and fully as valuable. I have, every number of thefuacM ami 

 Stream 'and the Eon and Gen in all their changes ever published, 

 and prize them highlv, hut, would consider them comparatively 

 valueless without the index, t think Fokest ami. Stukam better 

 tq day than ever before.— E. S. IIoemes (Graud Rapids, Mich.) 



I have introduced the 1'ouest and Stiucam in many localities 

 throughout the United States and the Canadian Dominion, with 

 the object of assisting by my mite (or might) the establishment of 

 a sportsman's paper of glier •■■■■■■■ is,> ..,-, ■■. „, x, ,<>!.■. icX.-o ■■ 

 this continent, and hope that its financial success baa proved 

 commensurate with the marked success and steady improvement 

 in other respects.— Eyebett Smith (Portland, Me.) 



I have beeu a constant reader for' the past, tour years, and esteem 

 your journal very highly. The original articles in Natural History 

 are ahme worth many times the price to all true sportsmen who 

 haunt, forest and stream for instruction and recreation rather than 

 to "kill, burn and destroy."— J. T. C. (Victoria, Out.) 



I have taken the Forest ASB Stream for sometime; have be- 

 come very much attached to it, and think it grows better every 

 year.-I). S. (Lebanon, N. II.) 



We are receiving very flattering results from our advertisement 

 iu your paper, in fact we should have written you before but for 

 the great number of answers we have bad to write in regard to tho 

 boats. -Hmvr& Co. (Chagrin Falls, O.) 



IS OOEO! MAGNIFICENT KIBVU'E. 



The Fobest ant. Stream is doing magnificent service for sports- 

 men and the public generally. It is courageous iu defence of prac- 



