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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE 

 COMING WEEK. 



Friday, May 9.— Homing Pigeon Fl Ight, at Troy, N. Y. Intercollegiate 

 Athletics, at Mott Baven. Tournament of Texas State Sportsmen's 

 Association, at Waco, Tex. 



Saturday, May 10.— Colombia Rifle Association Meeting. Tourna- 

 ment at Waco, Tex. Ba?e Ball : Troy vs. Chicago, at Chicago ; Star 

 ts. Cincinnati, at Cincinnati; Boston vs. Cleveland, at Cleveland; 

 Providence vs. Buffalo, at Buffalo; Manchester vs. Capital City, at 

 Albany; New Bedrord vs. National, at Washington; Springfield vs. 

 Holyoke, at Holyoke. 



Monday, May 12.— Opening of Stockton Rifle Range, Philadelphia. 

 Base Ball: Xew Bedford vs. Albany, at Albany; Springfield vs. 

 Holyoke, at Holyoke ; Worcester va. National, at Washington. 



Tue&day, May is.— .Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association Conven- 

 tion, at Omaha. Tournament at Louisville, Kj. Base Ball : Providence 

 vb. Chicago, at Chicago; Boston vs. Cincinnati, at Cincinnati; Star vs- 

 Cleveland, at Cleveland ; Troy vs. Buffalo, at Buffalo. 



Wednesday, May H.- Convention at Omaha, Heb. Tournament at 

 Lonisvilie. Ky. Ya e Spring Regatta, Lake Saltonetall. Base Ball: 

 Worcester v-. National, at W ssnington ; New Bedford vs. Albany, at 

 Albany ; Mai cheuer vs. Btlca, it Utica. 



Thursday, May 15.— Convention at Omaha, Neb. Tournament at 

 Loulanlle, Ky Btycle TcnrLsmet.t, American iDstitute, N. Y. Base 

 Ball : l'i evidence vs. Ch capo, at Chicago ; Troy v?. Buffalo, at Buffalo; 

 Manchester vs. Albany, al Albary ; New Bedford vs. Utica, at Utica, 



A Wonderful Region.— Wc print this week a description 

 of one of the most remarkable phenomenal regions Known, 

 which will be found under the caption of " The Great Medi- 

 cine Lake." It is from lue pen of Col. N. A. Taylor, author 

 of the valuable book on Texas, printed last year by A. S. 

 Barnes & Co., of this city, and entitled "The Coming Empire; 

 Or 2,000 Miles Through Texas on Horseback." The cen- 

 tral attraction of this strange locality is " Sour Lake," a body 

 of water of wonderful medicinal virtues, aa will be learned 

 upon perusal of the skelch. There is a hotel with cottage ac- 

 commodations at this place, an advertisement of which will 

 be found elsewhere in our columns. It has already attracted 

 many distinguished visitors from all sections, and will here- 

 after become prominent among watering places sought by in- 

 valid?. The subject is worthy of the most considerate atten- 

 tion. 



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WOMEN IN ARCADIA. 



CHARLES E. WHITEHEAD, in that delightful book, 

 "Camp Fires of the Everglades," says : "Did it ever 

 occur to you, fair reader, that if that, gentler grace that wins 

 and governs man's young love should accompany him to his 

 scenes of pleasure, his out-of-door pursuits and natural stud- 

 ies, it would always exercise the influence over him that it 

 did when he was a boy ? Do you not believe that each would 

 gain— the one a wider field of opportunity and a more experi- 

 enced taste, the other the restraint of a presence whose ab- 

 sence is never for good ?" 



It is folly to say that the " gentler sex are not imbued with 

 the true sporting instinct," and that the pleasures of the field 

 are but for the so-called "lords of creation." It would seem 

 that the aim of the schools and drawing-rooms of to-day was 

 to perfect woman in artificial accomplishments, and so crowd 

 out her natural longings and tastes. The conventional, ac- 

 complished woman of America, with a few exceptions, is 

 never heard of for her skill at fishing, archery, rowing or 

 shooting ; to be accomplished means to possess a far different 

 line of graces. But the tide is destined at no distant day to 

 set in the right direction. Although opposed to "woman's 

 rights" in an Anthonian or Walkerian sense, we are willing 

 champions for her rights to health and happiness. If man 

 can go into camp, and with dog and gun and fishing rod live 

 in an enchanted world for weeks, his soul so filled with sylvan 

 delights and exquisite ecstacies that time flies by unheeded, 

 and, coming forth at last with bronzed face and stalwart 

 frame into the world again, the past seems like a pleasant 

 dream from which he has been awakened with a start to re- 

 sume bis old life with renewed vigor ; — if man can do this, 

 why should not woman ? The argument that the difficulties 

 to be surmounted in the way of rough travel and the hard- 

 ships of camp life offer an effectual barrier to woman partici- 

 pating in these things, falls to the ground in this age of rail- 

 road facilities, guides and good hotels. There is no place, be 

 it ever so remote, that offers inducements in the way of fish 

 and game to the sportsman, that cannot be easily reached ; 

 and once reached there will be found the inevitable comfort- 

 able hoBtelry smiling a hearty welcome from the shores of the 

 woodland lake. About this establishment will be waiting, 

 trusty guides, ready to pilot the party farther into the wilder- 

 ness if desired, their graceful little boats, tastefully furnished, 

 drawn upon the beach, forming a vehicle at once elegant and 

 comfortable for threading the water ways leading to quiet 

 camping sites inland. And what an added charm to camp 

 life does woman's presence lend ? After a hard day's work at 

 those heroic sports in which she cannot participate, how 

 pleasant to return and find that brightest ornament of the 

 home, whether wife, sister or mother, waiting to receive you ? 

 Ah ! the ministrations of the hands man loves are better than 

 the studied attentions of trained lackeys, and never so appre- 

 ciated as in the far-off camp. But don't let our lady readers 

 imagine that this article is written with selfish motiveB in 

 view. It is their companionship man wants, not their skill 

 at compounding from the " Sportsman's Cook Book" tempt- 

 ing dishes, nor the deft display of their orderly natures in 

 brightening up the camp. Far from it, although a willing 

 exerciBe of their culinary or aesthetic taste is no detriment to 

 their womanhood, and, if possible, lends an additional grace 

 to their presence. Be that as it may, there is a place in the 

 true sporting field for woman. 



In fly casting, than which no more delicate operation 

 graces the sportsman's category, a skillful hand and supple 

 wrist are necessary to bring about satisfactory results, and 

 woman possesses both these attributes to a much finer degree 

 than man. So, having them, why should she not foster and 

 exercise them, and become a partaker with man of the glories 

 of trout fishing ? Is there any good reason why she should 

 not become familiar with the " rise," the "struggle " and the 

 "capture?" Would it not add a new joy to her life, fresh 

 roses to her cheeks; something to dwell upon with pleasure 

 when back again to the old life ; something to hope for in the 

 years to come ? Would woman lose any of her womanliness 

 to go into the field with a brother, husband or father, and 

 armed with a suitable double barrel and dressed for the occa- 

 sion, tramp o'er hill and dale quail, snipe or grouse shooting? 

 No ; ask any of the noble few who indulge these pastimes 

 if they are not the gainers by it physically and spiritually ? 

 Ask them which is preferable, the field or the german, and 

 which season they look forward to with the liveliest anticipa- 

 tion—the winter with its balls, parties, and empty conven- 

 tionalities, or the quiet summer in the pleasant camp ? But 

 aside from the health and pleasure to be derived by woman 

 from a moderate indulgence in field sports, there is another 

 reason, and a weighty one, which should make her consider 

 the subject seriously, and that is, "The restraint of a pres- 

 ence whose absence is never for good." Oftentimes the good 

 which might accrue to man from far-off out-door life is sadly 

 warped by the lack of a tempering influence, and it is a disa- 

 greeable fact that young men have been known to abuse their 

 priviliges in a disgraceful manner while ostensibly camping 

 for health and recreation. 



Woman's influence is proverbial. From the cradle to the 

 grtve, man, although claiming superiority, is always bending 

 to her gentle will. First the mother holds the sceptre, then 

 perhaps a sister, who abdicates the throne in favor of the 

 wife. None of these are tyrants, for their rule is one of love, 

 and stalwart man, who will not give an inch to another ot his 

 kind, becomes a willing slave when woman speaks. There- 



fore, exerting as she does this powerful sway, how much of 

 good she may accomplish by diverging a trifle from her regu- 

 lar line of action. The joy and restraint of her presence, 

 coupled with the consciousness of doing good, are enough to 

 assure her that there is a welcome place for her beside every 

 camp fire, where a sphere of usefulness, happiness and health 

 will be opened up to her, the like of which she never 

 dreamed. 



INEVITABLE DEATH TO INSECTS. 



rN the American Naturalut for March, 1879, Lt. W. L. Car- 

 penter, U. S. A., has an article which proves from experi- 

 mental tests the efficacy of the PyretliTeum rouum, or Persian 

 insect powder of commerce, in destroying all manner of in- 

 sects, bugs, beetles, flies, spiders, grasshoppers, etc., whether 

 thin-skinned, hairy, or hard-shelled. Absolute contact with 

 the powder is necessary to destroy life. It isnot the odor of 

 the powder, but the fine particles breathed into the lungs or 

 swallowed which kill. Years ago we recommended the use 

 of this powder in killing fleas on dogs, and we have never 

 ceased to advocate its use, for we have had abundant evidence 

 of its efficacy from personal application, and from numerous 

 tests in divers ways. We have cleaned an old garret where 

 fleas swarmed in a single hour by sprinkling the powder lib- 

 erally all over the apartment, and into the cracks and crevices. 

 The great value of this blessed remedy is its absolute barmless- 

 ness to animals and men. It can be used with fatal discrimi- 

 nation as to vermin, and charming immunity as to the persons 

 or animals to which it is applied. When used on hairy or 

 fnr-bearing animals, it should be blown into the roots of the 

 hair, so as to reach the skin, with a rubber injector, such as 

 are sold at those shops which advertise insect powders at ex- 

 horbitant rates. The pyrctheum roseam is the base of all these 

 insect powders, but it is very much adulterated to make its 

 sale profitable. Of course increasing its quantity by the ad- 

 mixture of foreign ingredients diminishes its efficacy, and 

 purchasers are therefore often disappointed in results expected 

 from its use. It is wisest to buy from first-class druggists the 

 genuine pure powder, and so apply it. Travelers should never 

 be without it. A little of it sprinkled in beds of doubtful char- 

 acter will insure comfort and rest. A larger quantity will 

 cleanse a dirty cabin or deserted shanty. Every old forecas- 

 tle should use it liberally. Housekeepers should sprinkle it 

 on their carpets. Having made these observations unre- 

 servedly, we are pleased to substantiate them by the testi- 

 mony of Lt. Carpenter'which follows, resulting from several 

 trials with different orders of insects. He says ; 



"The insects were placed under a tumbler, which was 

 slightly raised to admit fresh air, and a small quantity of the 

 Pyrellireum roseum introduced on the point of a pen-knife. 

 The movements of the insects brought them in contact with 

 the powder, which readily adhered to the body ; in attempt- 

 ing to remove it from their appendages a few particles would 

 be carried to the mouth, and thus incorporated in the juices 

 of the stomach with fatal effect. 



"A honey-bee became perfectly helpless in fifteen minutes, 

 a mud-wasp in eight minutes, a small species of ant in five 

 minutes; a small species of PyraUda became helpless in 

 twenty minutes ; the large PapiUo asterias resisted the effects 

 of the drug for over one hour, and upon being released 

 seemed to recover, but died next day. A larva of the Noc- 

 tuoslilm did not seem susceptible; its jaws were repeatedly 

 tilled with the powder, which it invariably ejected by throw- 

 ing out its juices. At the end of two hours it was still able 

 to crawl feebly. A house-fly became helpless in ten minutes, 

 a mosquito in fifteen minutes, a flea in three minutes. 



"In experimenting upon the Coleoptera, an insect as nearly 

 the size of the carpet-beetle as could be found was secured 

 in Diabrotica diiodeaim-punctata, an abundant species here. 

 It was easily affected, and became helpless in twelve minutes! 

 A small pinch placed in the jaws of a large Garabus stopped 

 locomotion in thirty minutes. The Hemiptera, owing to 

 their peculiarly shaped mouths, were enabled to vigorously 

 resist the baneful influence. A species of Coreus was active 

 at the end of two hours, but was ultimately overcome. A 

 large-sized katydid was deprived of motion at the end of ten 

 minutes; Calopienm spretus likewise in eighteen minutes. 

 A dragon-fly (Libellulidos) died in one hour. Spiders sucl 

 cumbed in one hour and fifteen minutes. The scent from 

 the powder did not produce any bad effect upon insects sub- 

 jected to its odor where actual contact, was not possible. 

 But when cirried to the maxillae or maudibles, the effect is to 

 produce complete paralysis of the motor nerves. The legs 

 are paralyzed in regular order, commencing with the first 

 pair. Insects will sometimes live for days in this condition, 

 but death ultimately resulls from the introduction into the 

 mouth of the smallest quantity. These experiments prove 

 that all insects having open-mouth parts are peculiarly sus- 

 ceptible to this powerful drug. And as a result, ihe writer 

 does not hesitate to recommend tbe powder to housekeepers 

 as an infallible agent in destroying the carpet-beetle and pre- 

 venting its ravages. Twenty-five cents* worth of powder 

 liberally sprinkled upon the floor before putting down a car- 

 pet, and afterwards freely placed around the edges and never 

 swept away, will suffice to preserve a large-sized carpet. No 

 ill effects from its use need be feared by 'the household, since 

 if applied in this way, it will be only poisonous to all kinds 

 of insects." 



We take pleasure in recommending the long established 



and reliable drug establishment of Wm, H. Schieffelin & Co., 



Beekman & William streets, who advertise this powder in our 



columns. 



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To Contributors.— We beg our good friends who add so 



much to the interest of our journal by voluntary sketches of 



sport, to have patience with us. We have now on band 



38 ucpublished miscellaneous contributions of the character 



usually found on our first reading pages. Mauy of ihes e are 



from very best professional wiilcrs at home and abroad: At our 



closest calculation it will require about two months to woik 



off the sfcumulation. All will appear in due time. Wa 



