4:02 



FOREST ^AND ' STREAM. 



The appearance "T thfsplant is very handsome ; t lie 

 i long, slightly curved. ;mii strtnted yellow in color! 



The plant is a vory vigorous one, P. tefrax oookii Is a com.' 

 pact i>l»ut, the leaves of which ave cdmparatively short, stiff} 

 straight, and of a variegated yellow color, This variety, from 

 which numerous suckers may be obtained, has the Fault of 

 being uK'Hiisiiini j it almost always produces suckers thai are 

 completely green, unci others from whiob the sliglil variega- 

 tion rapidly disappears. /'. tenax mundersi is a dwarf and 

 stiff plant, the leaves of which are short, slraighi and upright. 

 The small dimensions of this variety fit il tor introduction 

 into small beds. P'. tenant atro-purxmrmimi Is a very robusl 

 and vigorous variety, of a fine appearance, which reminds 

 one of its type. Its leaves arc very large, not variegated, but 

 having a beautiful glaucous violel tint, which varies accord- 

 ing to the growth Of the plant, but never disappears. This is 

 a highly ornamental and very remarkable plant, Which un- 

 fortunately is still uncommon. The -New Zealand Flaxes re- 

 quire a consistent and rich soil; a mixture of friable and leaf 

 UlOUld is adapted to Btrong plants; the offsets should be 

 planted in dry soil, coarsely broken up, that is to say. not pul- 

 vcii/.cd. Waterings, 'which must nevei he neglected, should 

 be frequent and copious when tiie plant* are rapidJi Browing 

 ,>;,.,.■ are propagated from off-sets, which produce 



plains a bed .should, about the first fortnight in May, be made 

 in Ihc open air or under a frame; this is then covered with 

 sand, and peal, in which the plants arc placed : the soil is cov- 

 civd with a good mulching, and it is kept damp with frequent 

 waterings, in the autumn the plants are lifted and ihe off- 

 sets detached. They are then potted and placed in a close 

 house, in which there is a brisk temperature. Winn the ap- 

 pearance o| the parent plant IB not si mailer of consideration, 

 rtff-SUlS may be more rapidly obtained by piercing here aud 

 ti.i re with The blade of a grafting knife the leaves which form 

 tin. heart of the plants. — Jtevue Iforlicole. 



The cor]-: tree has been domesticated, or acclimated, or at 

 the very least cultivated sit Sonoma, California. A resident 

 of that place has succeeded in growing five trees Which are 

 now twenty-five to thirly-ftve feet in height, and from ten to 

 twelve inches in diameter in the trunk. One costi Of cork, 

 one and one-hall inch thick, has been stripped off, 'the 

 seeds were brought ji'om Spain twenty years ago.^ Ex. 



os Tint Hum:.- Tuo northern slopes of the Alps 

 and the s; i r.ndai y mountains in the south of Gcrmuuy abound 

 in pines, and the mode -of conveying timber on the Rhine in 

 gr< al rafts is worth recording. A little below Andornach the 

 iilnne 1'oi his a little bay wherethe pilots are accustomed to 

 unite together the small rails of timber fionted down the trib- 

 es into ihe Rhine, and to cousin icl enormous llonis, 

 ed to Dortrecht and sold. These machines 

 .. e of a floating village, composed of twelve 

 ittls huts on a large platform of oak and deal tim- 

 j arc frequently from 800 to 000 feet long, and 

 to seventy feet in breadth. The rowers aud work- 

 men sometimes amount to 700 or 600, superintended by pilots 

 and a proprietor, whose habitation is superior in size and ele- 

 gance to in.- rest. The raft is composed of several layers of 

 . one on the other and lied together. A rati, draws 

 not less thiiri from six to seven feet of water. Several smaller 

 om s are attached to it, by way of protection, besides a string 

 of boats loaded with anchors and cables, and used lor the 

 purpose of souuding the river and going on shore. The do- 

 nichlic economy canuot be more complete ; poultry, pigs and 

 Other animals are to be found on hoard. The dinner hour is 

 announced by a basket stock on a pole, at which signal the 

 pilot gives the word of command, and the workmen run from 

 all quarters to receive their messes. These rafts are uol of 

 modern invention, and are not confined to Europe. Evelyn, 

 on the authority of Le COOipte, 80ys lhal the timber mer- 

 chants of China transport immense trees, or tloats, upon 

 i\ Inch they construct huts and little cottages, where they live. 

 —American Builder. 



CANINE MEDICAL AUTHORITIES. 



IN our issue of May 24 will be found, under the head of 

 "Valuable Information," a criticism on Mr. Ilallock's 

 new hook, "Sportsman's Gazetteer," to Which, our "Western 

 Contemporary took exceptions in 4 reply to a correspondent, 

 which called forth the following in the Field of June 20: 

 Aiicui-.i: ON mayiii.w. 

 Editor (Jhiciujii Field— Sir — In your issue of June 1) I find 

 und r the head' of "Answers to Correspondents," Ihe follow- 



1 ..,: RlEit, NB\S V..vl:.-I)ii 



k .n i<<icxt ti'i'l Strati 

 value, nun iliai. lie was iu 

 (SUlKdlj «ve<lo n'ji. " >■ iioi 



of Mr. Bollock' 

 line? Ans. -lie 



■ ■■iid class i omprises by i. 

 lion of medicinal substances; the cause ol 

 removed, the effect ceases and the resul 

 Medicines act simply by assisting iniluri 

 iler with which the psitient 



the 



they would be spc< 

 in every case of the 



die. 



tnda 



xpn-ij 



s would possess 



like 



lotion 









cspeetivc ol te 







person, or the idibs 



vuen 



sies i 



f diss 



OSe, The in an 



ciiv 



i heal- 



rag power — the V is 



M. ,1 



ralru 



\.,:- 



rat- will, undo 



ilileillv. 



ihc majority ol cas 



:s, re 



ievo 



liseas 



■ without the at 



sisla 



nee ol 



medicines. The cr 



du 1 



HIS (I 



ic is 



too often nsci 



lli.-.l 



to Ihe 



drug or drugs wine 



1 hav 



e bee 



i adn 



inislered al Hie 



timi 



of. or 



just previous to, r 



•eovi 





Ihe s 



phorism that, 



" \\ 



il.-il is 



good for everything 





>od to 



r noil 



ing,"is especia 



Iva 



jplica- 



hie to therapeutics; 



hen 



x, th 



b asse 



•tion thai any 



one 



sei of 



medicines are servi 



■eahh 



, or i 



nfallible, can have 



ip r 



ittnda- 



lion. The ureal fault w 



llh ( 



aniuc 



therapeutics 1 



es i 



i such 



assumptions, and ir 



the 



act t 



nit m 



edicines are in 



nun 



sfered 



empvryxtily in the n 



:i|or 



IV ot 



:ases- 



—proscribed h\ 



tho 



(•who 



have no idea of em 



■» sin 



lefee 



t. ant; 



are consequently 



triable 



to distinguish bet 



weei 



hi.. 



worki 



ngs of nature 



am 



dis- 



ease or of ihe sieii 



m ol 



med 



cities 



If ihc antm 



ll IL 



covers 



udil is instantly saddled upi 



■well: it 

 3 to 





.ill of God.' 



igu. 



wonder to my mind is. that 

 iugsthey receive al the liar 

 Mayhew and "Answers t 

 of om - papers. All are ope 

 equal degree: and ihc moit 

 rank disciple of Paracelsu 

 cause for the selection of tl 

 jority of cases. 



Who would think of applying to s 

 by a medical man — for like informal 

 and children? None but the moBt a 

 prescribe in ihe loose manner thai <■ 

 ids, particularly if they 



mdent ' 



me critic 

 would p 



islers, influenced by 



" in the columns 



am, and in an 



. l/./.lc the mOSI 



to define the ailment., and the 



prescription given, in Ihe ma- 



paper— eveu one edited 

 i regarding man, women 



neighbors 



system so rare in m 

 be scarcely ever rec 

 the canines I hat wo 

 mistaken zeal of tin 

 ami humanitarian p 

 ot the humanitar 

 farther on. The an 

 Mayhew. M. U. 0. 

 mail, had no right I 



profound and inexc 

 that the workshoul 



Thi- ••commons 

 tines of the 



;„:,j,-cl 

 u, and so vag 



•ant kr.av. 

 w all give 



are the pi 

 ) diseases ' 

 i' in their ay 

 ibledly a iargi 



■u 1. 1 dare to 

 lvice for our 

 party of our 



ihe nervous 

 to 



The e.ccuii 

 ached to Ihe 



i tube." 



a lilt! 



This shows a degree of ignorance whie 

 ed lor except llisit the author mistook 

 treatise from which he borrowed his 

 which says on page 49: "The intestb 

 large and small, approximate so closely ii 

 qunitiicd with the anatomy of the animal 

 heve the dog does not possei 



The assertion that the < 

 pondage, a colou, is ridicule 

 deuin The author. If hi 

 its collar, he would hac 

 could then beemptieda 

 I hus a world of trouble 

 the colou and left the 

 with food and medicine 

 digested and useless 



pioins as 

 ■ per cenl . o 

 ft alone, ale through the 

 d by the •• common sense 

 idiew. 



the author I will speak 

 is not original with .Mr. 

 le by the way, the gentle- 

 when backed up by the 

 evinced, can not demand 



■•-Mi'.): "The intes- 

 ilace il has no colon 

 a small appendage. 



eannoi be nccoiint.- 

 hc language oi thai 



;: thai 



a! ■ 



■uld be led to be- 

 without thai necessary ap- 

 id sufficient of itself to con- 

 y suspended the stomach to 



id filled at the 



ie saved ; but 



,ith no -\ 

 Hants. 



falsehood of the assertion and exposes his ignorance when he 

 says: "The Ciccum is no more than a small appendage, etc.." 

 Almost every schoolboy knows that the cecum is the blind 

 pouch or (Ml de sac at the commencement of the colon ; there- 

 fore, no colon, no cecum 1 Luckily for the animal he pos- 

 sesses both. 



The error regarding the cieeum is not so palpable ; he does 

 not distinguish between the ca-euin and its vermiform appen- 

 dix. This would not be strange in one ignorant of anatomy, 

 as the appendix in the dog is so lar 



litle of intesUn 



.eat extent < 



■mil 



which 



with Hit 



■in- 



nt 



what musi we expect of i 

 Mow, let us look al his 

 recommends hydroeyani 

 and thai no mistake! may 

 Pharniacopu-a. This is o 

 hydrocyanic 



given, it boing to a 



in. If so grossly and 

 irk of his profession, 



.Mayhew 



op doses ; 



■.. London 

 from 



le, he adds L. I'. 

 •cly different preps 



i dOutiim" of the I'. S. I'. Allow 



to quote from the L. I'.: '*So powerful a pi. 

 deiitly unsulted for ordinary medical puri 

 placed on I he tongue of a dog killed il in 



applied |o Ihc eye ol a (■;,! cslliSed desUh 

 ■lUr (lilutii acid is a powci ful and direct 

 drops two to four, bnl the small 



A > 



in i.nr opinion, atrial error. 



] presume Ihe above is not from the pen of " .Mohawk;. " 

 aq I have been led to believe him a physician. If 1 am right 

 njecture, I have no doubt but that he will beu me 

 .ml iii ihe following "criticism of the critic's critic." 



fflrst A wrong inference is drawn by the implied assertion 

 li, :l i Vlayhevi is inferior to YoiiaU. and Blaine iu the treal- 

 mcni of diseases of canines. This has no foundation on fact, 

 as ihe writer in the Forestund Stream merely asserts that the 

 jlltter are superiors in psilhological sciences, which is not only 

 Irne, but these auihors sue acknowledged to have laid the 

 eliminations Of Canine pnlhology, to which no veterinary has 

 since loiilribuledono jot or little. 



HeatnU h is assumed thsil .Mayhew it of value in Ihe treat- 

 me : i ..f canine ailm< nls, lor " ^^'e nave seen Mayhew's reme- 

 dies very thoroughly tested, and have known ihuii io work 

 (VOndci lul cures." 



i. (j [i own mouth •Will I judge thee!" Medicines 



..;■.■■'■■.,.■.' Wen- thai Hie ease, there would be no 



rmedii iecce. Alliiieclieinesaeteitherrf/>f^^ 



CeUy. '. M tii,- lirst. class, or I hose which ncl directly, 



... , I,.,.. i i i lies in caiitliuriiies, on theneckof Uie bladder; 



i /ii... ■. u.ua, on the iris; and in cuuslics appUwl to ulcera- 



at the commence 

 dilute acid, of tl 

 healthy dog, toe 



Mr. Mayhew | 



cut.' 

 L. P., pi 



11 



hi gr. 



t . E 



army . 



ssy ljsi 



ihe strength of tl 

 difficulty saved theani 

 coach dog at night ; in Hi 

 any one has exceeded ll 

 grain wjthoul end. 



thank the 



Again, Strychnll 

 least suffii 



Ihe. former in «'/,.</ d. 

 canine ; yel he recO 

 entirely on these pn 

 As mix coi 



the to 





n doses ol 



■!IW:.\S hi 



Irop of the 

 of a large 



rom one to 



ieoll ill the 



i his seller 

 ith 



isd's 



rily, and 



t fro 



iifinnitar 



life. 1 gave th: 



uorning the animal was d< ad. If 



or approached within one 



ing the life of his aumial, he must 



whom he obtained the drug. 



brueia are identical iu action, or al 



for practical purposes. Mr. M. says that. 



' s, no matter how small, is fatal to the 



mends mix vomica, which is dependent 



iipL - i..i its efficacy, in doses of two 



r per cent, of strychnia, he gives 



i of strychnia, ihe doseofwhioh for 



symptoms he gives scorn to huvc a sameness thai is ool inter- 

 esling, and ai. so " boggled" that t In \ apply to all diseases 

 pretty much alike. 

 With regard to Lho doses which have "the mosI possible 



etleci upon Ihe system." 1 can only surmise lhal Ibis has ref- 

 erence to calomel. Mer< urv in any form is a dangerous agent 

 in the hands of the non-professional man; but its 



not more lobe deplore. I than s c others, as antimony, which 



.Mayhew uses largely, under ihe name of "grtj powder" 

 Eclectics object to calomel; indued to all mineral drugs, yet 

 they all use them surreptitiously, One of ihis class, a perso- 

 nal friend of my own, remarked, " 1 never knew one of our 

 profession but tried to use calomel, and always obtained sali- 

 vationas a result." Iodine will salivate; podophyDin produces 

 ptyaiisui, to which nierciirisii salivsiiion is preferable, yet all 

 thesedrugs are of the grcatesl value. 



The irealiiieni ol lilaine and Youatt I do not uphold. It 

 was iu accordance with the light of their days, oi .Mayhew 

 we may say that he advocated a mode of hygiODic procedure 

 which, though aol original, and extremely unpopular in that 

 day, and moreover very imperfect, is nevertheless valuable. 

 .I.< n work of 'reference flit book is valueless; at tin opitom of 

 treatment, useless; at a specimen of veterinary tynwanee, •■>■ 



His reputation among sportsmen is entirely due to the pen 

 ut \Vm. Henry Herbert, who, however much we may adniire 

 the man, had unl possess, d strong prejudicos, 



that even led him to acts of folly -as preferring thai ins wife 

 should die through the ignorance ,,f an English quack, rather 

 than recover under the care of an educated American 

 physician, 



As a c< preseatativc of the " Light little isle." you will allow 

 the to deny that Mayhew is highly regarded, ot even reCOg- 1 



ni/.ed, by file best authorities IB England. The ulter ineoui 



pctencc of the author is well kuown and generally acknowl- 

 edged. No one with a modicum Of anatomical and 

 therapeutical knowledge could, alter once reading ihe woi'k, 

 form oilier than the most unfavorable opinion. The sporis- 

 iillin who must have this work will find his library references 

 Incomplete without the sporting adventures of " Baron Mun- 



ChllllM.ll.o 



ke up the volume as published 

 to tauli to find. Hutchinson's 

 le to suffer greatly by the asso- 



; 1 a. a-, n i "ax to grind,' being 



f domg justice, Withall ihcu 



■ . bigli medical 



hirope; Mayhew uev. r. The 

 and scientific basis, which tho 

 i accredit to the latter in die 



ii'ense Will be taki II. OS nolle is 



ok, oorits proof sheets, htit if 



disesiscs il canines, sill should 



Of the worts tha 



n the I'n'u.d Stat 

 "Dog Bn i] 



"in conclusion, te 



faults, Vouattan.l Blaine 



authority in Ana rica u 



former have an inlcllee 



most vivid imagination c 



slightest ill gree, 1 Imsi 



intended, my aim being 



have nol seen Mr. Halloci 



any new lighl is shed upo 



unite in thanking that gentleman tor ins eiions, 



1 mav say that 1 am fortunate enough to possess a copy of 

 that rare work, tho "Sportsman's Dictionary," and Can verify 

 the evidence of the critic i:i the Fobksc .usd Strbajt. 

 Trusting you will pardon my prolixity, I am truly yours. 



A is. mas. 

 _.^__ — _ 



Abb !>">•■- I'r.osaasrv '.-- -In our last issue we noticed the 

 ham vs. Swinger as being on trial. It will bo re* 

 niembeied lhal this suit arose from Swinger shooting a valu- 

 ablO seller belonging to Jlr. Eastham, at l'iqila, Ohio. The 

 latter had loaned Jim to a friend, who, when returning home 

 after a day's sp.'il, allowed the dog to lag behind. Swinger 

 shot ihe dog on Ihe public highway, and was sued I'm- Ihe 

 value Of Ihe animal. .Indgmeiii was rendered sigains! him, 

 whereupon he appealed the ease Io a higher court, when ihe 

 former judgment was affirmed. As a lust resort the case was 

 tal-.en io ihe Supreme Cdurt which decided adversely to the 

 {defendant last week. 



.Mr. Swinger's bit Of nriliiv has cost him iu.81 |002.&7, in- 

 cluding the judgment of $100, thai, being Ihc sum at which 

 the dog was valued ami taxed, c<*nsequently his legal value. 



This is gratifying to owners ul valuable eanmes. Ii consti- 

 tutes dogs property, and goes far to eusuie Hn-ii protection, 



ii trifle over L-18 o 

 munis l-;mol-8. 

 On pages 77 and 107 castor oil is condemned, ETesays; 



"It often does the ill which months of care are needed to 

 efface, even if the life be noi destroyed ; * * * to the dog 

 it is an active purge." This is sill very true to a certain extent, 

 and this information is drawn from the " Sportsman's Dic- 

 tionary, as is Bill Ol value iu the work that is not taken from 

 ,. ...ii mill lilaine; yel iii Ihe face of this we lied him re- 

 commending in other places castor oil as si "gentle Ittscative,* 

 Insight l'o on and multiply evidences as f. [noi tlCi a n 

 efficiency. In the whole w'ork there is not a single hint as to 

 ■if medicines, and the why and wlierct'nre of their 

 giving ; there is not one jot of pathological information ; the 



l-'nr.N-. u llot.-.xns. The QctSCOn hounds are noled for their 

 partialilj for wolf hunting. Though very strongly built, ihcy 



men.. I reinarkablv swill, bill very steady on ll»- SCSnl The 



peculiarity oi He- bind Is th?l it contains a marked Lupine 

 Btrsln, the custom of crossing with wolves behnr introduced 



early iii the liiirleenth century. M. Mirainou de Monlbruu 

 refused $8,300 for a couple of these dogs. 



Iowa Knci.i> Tisiais.— The Iowa Field Trials will be held 

 at Hampton, lowa, by the State Sportsman's Association, and 



under the auspices Of the National Kennel Club, commencing 



•• op, n to ihc world." The following are 



I, all prizes being in cash: 



I'linin senses r.,r pointers and Buinirs ander ts months. Parse isss ; 



$lii.. I,. ni^: e ■■ in. rl. sin i uri.li ; sa> entrance. 



r- ■■ sinv inn-. P 

 .•:.i. s;.i ii. tmiil, Sin m r- .iii-t li : fin erilruiiee. 



-, , !„ r ,:,,il. n> lir-l, /.I |ii;r ivill. to 

 . un, |. Ik,, .injjrt ii.-i.ii^iiiK tu (llirureut iiersons 



Entraneofor PappJ ""'i ffluunplon S isuay, itlg, 



loth, alnl niiisl i.e lusiile Willi eiiiranee fee iiii'.loseil I" 



1)11. J. I. l.HAS, 



President towu State Sporlsnisu's Assoelatton, 



1 ! ;mi I .: . .11. Iowa. 



pjaos Btaitcs •■..■-' Tuesdaj alfilit, Boaitember -i. us Bid Ciuinnffl 



Doeb will la) trananot'Latl free mi iii<- I'lm-si!.'.) h n.miii Western, llll- 

 iiui.-i Central, Milwaukee ft St. Paul, and Iowa Central Railroads, 



—Mr. Wui. At. Tilcston's imported red [risb setter bileli 

 l.ill 111. (by Shamrock out of Kathleen whelped, on tho i itl> 

 in, i. nine ptrppies, Svedogsand four bitches, the sira being 

 Kleho. A portion of this litter has been taken I rom i he dam 

 aud the little ones are being successfully raised on nursing boi- 



ll - —. - 



Afi I M'i.i:as\:. i I'uo.sCK.i.T.— The sublimity ol ., 



was displayed in si barber's "hop. Ona of i 



sees sdog of ungainly aspect .■ itly walclfc 



ing him. " Why does tli.ii ■ i h Why, sir, 

 ocesisionfiiiy my I wnd slips, 



., i pi] a hal then r" "W r hy, then 



