FOREST AND STREAM. 



313 



MACKINAC ISLAND AS A PARK. 



♦ 



WE most especially recommend to the notice of Con- 

 gress the measure introduced at the last session by 

 Senator Ferry at Michigan, as to the expediency of dedica- 

 ting to the public use as a park the Island of Mackinac, now 

 held by the United States as a military reservation. This 

 most beautiful Island, situated on Lake Huron, just at the 

 entrance of the Straits, which connect the two grand Lakes 

 of Huron and Michigan, is some 320 miles from Detroit, 

 ana lies almost directly in the way of the tourists and travel 

 ers who take the great fresh water road to Lake Superior. 

 The Island of Mackinac is celebrated for the magnificence 

 of its scenery. Covered mostly with a grand old forest, 

 which has so far escaped pretty much the ruthless axeman, 

 it lies placidly on the deep blue waters of the lake. It has 

 certain peculiarities which would make the preservation of 

 the Island for public use a most fitting one. From its geo- 

 logical formation, and from its configuration, sloping to the 

 water in some places, and with high bluffs in other parts, it 

 has a remarkable water drainage. When you go to Mac- 

 kinac, no matter how hard it may rain, in two or three 

 hours afterwards, as if by magic, the ground is dry. Mac- 

 kinac would then, of all places, from its salubrious climate, 

 be an Elysium for those afflicted with pulmonary diseases. 

 As a place of public resort from its situation, within easy 

 reach of Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis, and other great 

 north-western centres, the preservation of this Island would 

 be hailed with untold satisfaction. 



Measures of this character are as wise as they are 

 thoughtful. The worthy Senater from Michigan is not 

 thinking only of to-day but of to-morrow, not of us alone 

 belonging to the last quarter of the 19th century, but for 

 those who will come a hundred years after us. Surely if 

 our cities make appropriations for breathing places in their 

 midst, why should not the government imitate their ex- 

 ample on a grander scale? There is land enough for us all, 

 and since the Yellow Stone Park has been appropriated to 

 public use for the inhabitants of the Pacific slope, why 

 should we not have a grand Park for the North. 



In this particular instance, the Island of Mackinac belong- 

 ing to the United States, and necessitating no outlay on the 

 part of the government a concession of the character as 

 proposed by Mr. Ferry, could not meet with any possible 

 objections. If from the position of Mackinac it might be 

 of uge at some future day as a strategic point, there is no 

 reason why it could not be made to serve for this purpose, 

 for such is nature's cunning, and so charmingly does she 

 deck herself with her native braverie, that festoons of 

 creepers and fern might cover battlements and gun em- 

 brasures, and none be the wiser nor the Island the less 

 beautiful. 



The Forest and Stream most strongly advocates the 



founding of National Parks and thinks the people cannot 



have too many of them. 



«*«•* 



Sleep as a Medicine. — A physician says the cry for rest 

 has always been louder than the cry for food. Not that it is 

 more important, but it is often harder to obtain. The best 

 rest comes from sound sleep. Of two men or women, other- 

 wise equal, the one who sleeps the best will be the most 

 moral, healthy, and efficient Sleep will do much to cure 

 irritability of temper, peevishness, and uneasiness. It will 

 restore to vigor an overworked brain. It will build up and 

 make strong a weak body. It will cure a headache. It 

 will cure a broken spirit. It will cure sorrow. Indeed, 

 we might make a long list of nervous and other maladies 

 that sleep will cure. The cure of sleeplessness requires a 

 clean, good bed, sufficient exercise to produce weariness, 

 pleasant occupation, good air, and not too warm a room; a 

 clear conscience, and avoidance of stimulants and narcot- 

 ics. For those who are overworked, haggard, nervous, 

 who pass sleepless nights, we commend the adoption of 

 such habits as shall secure sleep; otherwise, life will be 

 short, and what there is of it sadly imperfect. 

 . -**4» 



The Tribune has a graceful column devoted to some new 

 incidents in the life of the great naturalist, Agassiz, evi- 

 dently written by one who knew him well. We give one 

 of them : 



"One day from my window I noticed ahorse that had been 

 carelessly hitched, had worked himself loose, and, having 

 moved a little way out in the street, seemed inclined to go 

 off with an empty wagon. A student and a minister of 

 the gospel in turn passed that way, but neither made any 

 effort to keep this horse from straying. Presently I saw 

 Agassiz coming down the avenue, apparently absorbed in 

 deep thought, his eyes bent upon the ground. He stopped 

 when he got to the horse, and, without seeming to take his 

 thought off the subject on which he was engaged, picked 

 up the hitching-strap, tied the horse, and went on, leaving 

 the owner ignorant that anybody had done him a favor." 

 .*»■». 



All About a French; Horn. — It is no easy task to wind 

 the French Horn — or even a cornet-a-piston — not mention- 

 ing the trombone or the opheclyde, without throwing a cer- 

 tain amount of moisture into the emboudiure — or mouth- 

 piece. How strange that not exactly a name — for the St. 

 Simons has always been illustrious in French annals— but 

 that the fortuuate career of this noble family may be said 

 to have arisen from the neatness with which one of its 

 members could blow the calls for the hunt on the cor de 

 ckttsse. It is told that Louis XIII, when hunting, would 

 only take St. Simon's horn to blow through, because St. 

 Simon's breath was sweet, and for the reason, besides, that 

 there never was any saliva in the mouth-piece. 



THE COMING MAN. 



WE have had occasion from time to time in discussing 

 the many topics which come within the scope of 

 our Journal to treat of that most important one, the future 

 physical and mental condition of the American people. 

 This subject was forcibly presented to our minds when read- 

 ing Lieutenant Butler's book, u The Great Lone Land/ 

 Speaking of the tired, travel-stained crowd of men and 

 women seeking their western homes in this land of ours, 

 some fair-haired with the pure Scandinavian type, others 

 with the dark lustrous locks of the South of Europe, this 

 great mixture of Celt and Saxon, Teuton and Dane, of Fin 

 and Goth, of old Roman and Greek, the author wonders 

 how this huge machine of American civilization will grind 

 up this heterogeneous mass, and what will be the character 

 of the future compound. Certainly the world never has 

 witnessed such a gigantic fusion. We may philosophise 

 as we please, but men and races have their marked different 

 characteristics— some of them, too, right sharply defined. 

 The gold, the brass, the silver, the lead, the dross, have all 

 their living prototypes, and when they are thrown together, 

 in this seething furnace of ours, one cannot help but specu- 

 late as to what shall be the final ring of the metal that comes 

 from it all. 



Are the worst characteristics, the idiosyncracies of each 

 nationality, to be tempered or bettered? Are we to have 

 nobler, stronger and higher instincts engendered? Arc 

 certain human families, like particular plants, which in- 

 digenous to some soil, take stronger root when transplanted, 

 and throw out more vigorous branches, laden in their time 

 of fruitage with richer, riper fruits? Will the German, the 

 Swiss, develop for his foster mother, stronger bonds of at- 

 tachment, than those which once held him to his Rhine or 

 Alp? Are we to have worked out in the United States the 

 wonderful problem of regeneration of the human race? 

 There is a dull heavy morbid philosophy, and a narrow- 

 sighted one which dreads change, that fears the coming of 

 this future race; that trembles at the old natural decomposi- 

 tion, which must inevitably occur before the newer elements 

 can arise! Let us hope that this transition maybe a gradual 

 one, and without shock or clash. 



What then we may expect from this newer type of man, no 

 man can tell. It seemed, ten years ago, that the Celtic 

 forms might physically shape our future race ; but to-day, 

 the Teuton element, if our statistics are to be trusted, seems 

 to be getting the predominance. European political ehanges 

 will have the most momentous effects on our future genera- 

 tions. There is not a petty difference abroad, from the 

 raising of a grosehen, a centime or a halfpenny on the 

 pound of bread, not a contest from a miserable barricade of 

 a few factious blouses in Paris, to the dire shock of armed 

 forees, hurled by the hundreds of thousands against each 

 other in Europe, which does not effect us instantly. As 

 this year of our Lord, 1873, passes away and is numbered 

 among the things that have been, we await the coming 

 years with hope. We are all in God's hands. Misery 

 may be meeted to some, happiness to others. All nations 

 are as individuals, and the Almighty holds in his hands 

 their destinies. 



In this great land of ours, with its limitless extent of 



country, there is room for all comers. They will shape 



themselves by some natural process, so simple, that though 



it be a mystery to us now how it can be done, our children 



wiser than ourselves will see in it only the most natural of 



sequences. We pray though most especially at this season, 



remembering the holy coming of our Lord. "Peace and 



happiness to all men." 



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— Sir Samuel and Lady Baker were the centres of attrac- 

 tion at the late meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, 

 held in London on the 9th of this month. Sir Samuel 

 Baker, after having been welcomed by Sir Bartle Frere, 

 gave a viva voce narrative of his famous exhibition. He 

 briefly sketched his exploration into Central Africa, and 

 the many difficulties encountered, and though but dwelling 

 lightly on his own personal prowess, all who heard him 

 were convinced that the success of the undertaking was 

 mainly due to his own pluck, courage and indomitable 

 energy. So thought, undoubtedly, the Prince of Wales, 

 who concluded the ovation to Sir Samuel 3aker and his 

 Lady with quite an able speech. 



— All our new subscribers express their pleasure at the 



excellence of the -articles they have received as prizes by 



accepting our most liberal terms. See advertisement. 



Skates, guns, rifles, fishing rods, prints, books, &c, given 



to all new subscribers to the Forest and Stream. 

 -*^+» 



— "The gun you sent me is just what I want, handy and 



serviceable. It did not give me much trouble to get up the 



club for the Forest and Stream," writes one of our young 



subscribers. See our Prize List. 



Department of Public Parks, Office of Menagerie, 



New York, Dec. 20, 1873. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: — 



List of animals donated to Central Park Managerie for 

 week ending Dec. 19, 1873 : — 



One Apella Monkey, Cebus apella, Hob. Brazil, presented 



by Mrs. Fred. Lewis, N. Y. city; two Canada Porcupines, 



Erethkon doi'satus, captured at last end of Hoosac Tunnel. 



Presented by Mr. J. H. Blood. W. A. Conklin, 



Director. 

 -♦«<*. 



Question for Christmas Cooks.— What is the differ- 

 ence between dressing and stuffing? The first comes before 

 church, and the last after church, at dinner. 



CREEDMOOR 

 ♦ 



THE SCORES AT CREEDMOOR FOR THE SEASON OF 1873. 



We resume in this issue the scores at Creedmoor. For 

 commencement of same see Forest and Stream, No. 18 

 of December 11. In our last in giving the score of the Am- 

 ateur Rifle Club, we were unable to obtain the names of the 

 rifles used by the contestants for the badge; we now fur- 

 nish this necessary data. 



ABBREVIATIONS FOR NAMES OP RIFLE. 



R. M.— Remington Military. Spg.— Springfield. 



R. S. — Remington Sporting. Ber.— Berdan. 



Slir.— Sharpe. Bal.— Ballard. 



\V\ B.— Ward Burton. Win.— Winchester. 



May.— Maynard. M. 1.— Muzzle Loader. 



Name. 



J. P. M. Richards ) 



Robert Omand j 



John Bodine* 



George W. Wingate 



L. L. Hepburn 



And. S. Fowle 



J. S-Coulin 



George W. Hamilton 



Bethel Burton | 



G. W.Yale j 



S. J. Kellogg. Jr 



A. V. Canfield, Jr 



And. Anderson 



A. Pyle 



William Robertson 



Hen. Fulton 



H. A. Gildersleeve j 



W. H. Richards f 



L. C. Bruce 



J Ross | 



L. W. Ballard f 



J. T. B. Collins 



Other competitors 



!K),r 



T»% 





vo 



• CD 



y 2 Ms 



100 



28 



25 



7 



97 



28 



72 



21 



28 



7 



68 



21 



45 



14 



41 



14 



H5 



21 



65 



21 



43 



14 



42 



14 



Average. 



v.; 

 gp 

 97 

 75 

 36 

 18 

 53 

 17 

 17 

 28 

 355 



14 

 168 



3.57 



3.57 



3.46 



3.42 



3.28 



3.23 



2.21 



3.1 



3.09 



3.09 



3.07 



3. 



2.858 



2.857 



2.7 



2.P 



2.57 



2.57 



2.52 



2.4 



2.4 



Rifle. 



■j Sharpe. 



M. & Rem. Sportg 



Rem. Sporting. 



Rem. Sporting. 



Rem. Sporting. 



Sharpe and M. 1. 



Sharpe. 



Ward-Burton. 



Sharpe. 



Rem. Sporting. 



Rem. Sporting. 



Sharpe. 



Rem. Sporting. 



Rem. Sporting. 



Sharpe. 



Rem. Sporting. 



Rem. Sporting. 



Sharpe. 



Sharpe. 



Rem. Sporting. 



Rem. Sporting. 



*First match Metford; 2d and 3d matches Rem. Sporting. 

 "turf, field and farm" matches for the season of 1873. 

 Distance, 200 yards: any rifle; position, standing. 

 FIRST MATCH— An c 2. SECOND MAT CTJ- Aug. 29. 



Name. 



/Score. 



Si 



Name. 



s 



6'core 



J. Bodine |R SI3 



W. F.Robertson... I R S 2 



J. T. B.Collins 



J. Eddington 



II. Fulton 



J. E. MeEwen 



B. Burton 



T. S. Dakin 



W. G. Burton 



Leon Backer 



P. Klein 



A. S. Fowle 



G. A. Strube 



Major Constable... 



A. Pyle 



W.J.Harding 



T. II. Banchl'e.. .. 



Asa Farr 



S. S. Kellogg, Jr. . . 



W. Hellier. 



L. C. Bruce 



A. .Alford 



G. W. Wingate.... 



J. L. Price 



J. B. Dewson 



C. F. Robbins 



H. Davis. . 



T.Lloyd 



Bal. 13 



R s|3 



May 2 

 R 8i3 



WB 



RM 

 WB 

 RM 

 R S 

 M 1. 

 WB 

 Win 

 R S 

 RM 

 RM 

 Bal. 

 May 

 R S 

 Bal. 

 R S 

 R S 



3 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 13 

 12 



I 2 

 Bal. 2 







Bal . 2 



4344 

 3 344 

 3 3 2 4 

 4323 

 33 4 3 



3 3 3 2 



4 232 



2 33 4 



3 3 23 

 333 3 

 2343 

 3323 

 3233 

 3 3 23 

 23 3 2 

 32 3 2 

 3 2 32 

 32 2 3 

 2223 

 2242 

 3222 

 304 3 



2 22 3 

 322 3 

 2223 

 2222 



3 2 2 3 

 2020 



G. W. Wingate. .. 



L. Backer 



W. Robertson . . . 



B. Burton 



II. Fulton 



E. Brower 



THIRD MATCH— Sept. 27. 



14 H. Meday 



14 A. Anderson.. 



14 Asa Farr 



14 A. J. Roux.... 



11 T. Henderson. 

 13 J. P. M. Richards. 



13 Alex Pyle 



13 A. Fowle 



13 C. F. Robbins 



12 W. J. Carmichael. 



12 J. Edington 



12 P. Klein 



12 A. Alford 



12 G. W. Yale 



12 A. Robertson 



12 J. Bodine 



12 J.Campbell 



12 J. Buchanan 



11 D Cameron 



10 W. G. Burton 



10 E. H. Madison.... 



6 G. Crouch 



T. Lloyd 



T. H. Banckle 



General Dakin 



Adit. Murphy 



J. E. MeEwen 



T.B. Fish 



| J. T. B. Collins.... _. 

 iG. Schermerhorn. . It M 



|L. C.Bruce |Bal. 



FOURTH MATCH 



Bal. 

 R M 

 R S 

 W B 

 May. 

 Shr. 



Win. 

 Bal. 

 R M 



Shr. 

 R S 

 M 1 

 Bal. 

 R M 

 R S 

 R S 

 R S 

 Shr. 

 R S 

 R S 



R S 

 W B 

 R 8 

 May. 

 Bal. 

 R M 

 R M 

 RM 

 R S 

 Allen 

 Bal. 



44442 

 33434 

 43343 

 4 3 3 3 3 

 3 3 3 3 4 

 3 3 3 3 3 

 3 3 3 3 3 



3 3333 



4 2 3 3 3 

 3 4 3 2 3 

 *2334 



3 3 3 3 2 

 2 3 3 3 3 

 24323 



4 2 3 2 3 

 23432 



4 3 3 2 2: 

 24224: 

 3 4 2 2 2: 



2 2 3 3 3: 

 32332: 

 23224 : 

 32233 : 

 23242 : 

 32323 : 



3 2 4 2 2: 

 3 3 3 3- 

 22233 : 

 22323: 

 23223] 

 22 3 22|11 

 32222 11 

 2 2 223 11 

 20 2 3 3110 

 30 2 3 2110 

 20232i 9 

 20 222! 8 

 -Oct. 24 ■ 



Name. 



& 



Score S. 



L. M. Ballard 



F. M. McMillan. . . 



B. Burton 



J. V. Meserole 



A. Pyle 



J. E. MeEwen 



E. H. Sanford 



A. Anderson 



E. Browe 



N. Engle 



J. L. Price 



H.Fulton 



Sergt. Collins 



L. Backer 



J. T. B. Collins... 



G. W. Wingate.... 



W. Robertson 



Sergt. Henderson.. 



C. F. Robbins 



A. Alford 



J. Bodine 



R. Hickman 



T. Lloyd 



A. R. Warner 



S. J. Kellogg, Jr... 



E. W. Price 



A. V. Canfield, Jr. 



W. G. Burton 



Col. Gildersleeve.. 



Robert Kelley 



Captain Ross 



Col. Hitchcock. .. 



T. D. Mather 



T. B. Fish 



Lieut. Heizman 



C. L. Fincke 



F.W.Linton 



Sergt. Phelan 



Sergt. Turner 



D. Cameron I 



L. C. Bruce | 



Capt. Cavanaugh..! 

 Lieut. Story j 



R S 

 R M 

 W B 



R S 



S s 

 w s 



s s 



R S 

 Shr 

 May 

 Rpg 

 R M 

 R S 

 R S 

 R M 

 R 

 B 



R S 

 R 



Spg 

 S M 

 R S 

 M 



R S 

 R M 

 W B 

 R S 

 S 



R S 

 R M 

 R M 

 M 



R M 

 R M 

 R M 

 R M 



R b 



M 



Spg 

 R M 



133424 



2 2 4 4 4 

 84433 



3 3 3 3 3 

 3 3 2 3 4 

 32442 

 3 3 3 3 3 

 3 3 4 3 2 

 3 3 2 4 3 

 33432 

 3 3 3 2 3 

 32324 

 3 2 2 3 4 

 3 3 2 3 3 

 33 323il4 

 3340 4|l4 

 32224 13 

 23 323,13 



33232 

 2 3 3 2 3 

 33232 

 2 3 2 3 2 

 2 2 2 3 3 

 23232 

 23223 

 23232 

 22332 

 4 20 24|12 

 2223 3 12 

 322 2 2 12 

 03242111 

 2 3 222 11 

 2 2223 11 

 22232!ll 



22322 



22223 

 32302 

 22222 

 22222 

 2 3 2 2 

 22220 

 22200 

 30002 



Name. 



L. M. Ballad 



B. Burton 



F. M. McMillan 



J. E. MeEwen 



A. Pyle 



Ed Brpwe '.. .. 



N. Engel 



A. Anderson 



E. N. Sanford 



Gen. J. V. Meserole 

 Sergt. Collins. 

 H. Fulton... 



L. Packer 



J. L Price... 



J. T.B. Collins.... 



G. W. Wingate.;.. 



W. Robertson 



A. Alford 



Sergt. Henderson. . 



C. F. Robbins 



J. Bodine 



H. A. Gildersleeve. 



T.Lloyd 



A. V. Canfield 



S.J. Kellogg 



E. W. Price 



R. Hickman 



S. R. Warner 



W. G. Burton 



J. R. Hitchcock 



T. D. Mather 



T. B. Fish 



C. S. Fincke 



Captain Ross 



R. Kelly 



Lieut. Herzman.. 



F. W. Linton 



Sergt. Turner 



Sergt. Phelan 



D. Cameron 



L. C. Bruce 



Corp'l Cavanaugh.. 

 Lieut. J. G. Story.. 



"sL' Score. 



R S 

 WB 

 RM 



R S 

 R S 



s s 



RM 

 Win 

 Shr. 

 May 



May 

 RM 

 Shr. 

 R S 

 R S 

 RM 

 RS 

 RM 

 Bal. 

 R S 

 R S 

 Shr. 

 R M 

 May 

 R S 

 Spg. 

 R S 

 WB 

 RM 

 RM 

 May 

 R S 

 R S 



RM 



RM 



3 3 4 2 4 

 24433 

 22444 

 32442 

 33234 

 33243 

 33432 

 23432 

 33333 

 33333 

 32234 

 3 2 3 2 4 

 3 3 2 3 3 

 3 3 3 2 3 

 3 3 3 2 3 

 3 3 4 4 

 32224 



2 3 3 2 3 

 23323 

 33232 



3 3 2 3 2 

 22233 

 22233 

 22332 

 23223 

 23232 

 23232 

 2 3 2 3 2 

 42024 

 23222 

 2 2 2 2 3 



2 2 2 3 2 

 22223 

 03242 



3 2 222 

 22322 

 3 2 3 2 

 22222 

 22222 



R SI23220 

 May|22 220 

 Spg.12 2 20 

 RM|30002 



Iri 

 16 



16 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 



12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 li 

 11 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 9 



WINNERS. 



August 2. . . .Captain John Bodine Remington Sporting. . . .Score, 18 



August 29... .Captain G. W. Wingate. .Ballard Score, 18 



Sept. 27 J. T.B. Collins Remington Sporting. .. .Score, 16 



Oct. 24 L. M Ballard Remington Sporting Score 16 



<*s-*^» 



— The Sultan is about to send to the Emperor of Rus- 

 sia a present of several fine Arab horses of the present 



breed. 



«#** 



— "I am perfectly satisfied with the rod you sent me. It 

 is much more elegant than I expected. I shall put it aside 

 for the coming season. I am working for a shot gun now, 

 and will have it before two weeks are over," writes a gen- 

 tleman in New Jersey. See our Prize List. 



