FOREST AND STREAM. 





a the Roman Cui- 



Enflw ihe patron saint ul those afflicted with 

 toothache is found in St. Apollonia. She is 

 specially invoked by racked suilerern. ac- 

 cording to Bishop Jewel; arid the " Fanta- 

 sie of Idolatrie," printed in Fose's "Acts 

 and Monuments," has : 



"To Saynt Syth for ray purse ; 



Saynt Laye eauo mv horse ; 



For my tothto S«yut Apolyne." 

 In the Hojal Library at Stockholm is pre- 

 served a manufC'ipt charm for toothache, 

 i iing of a Latin prayer to this saint. At 

 Bunu-on-t.he-Ubmc a tooth, said to have been 

 one of hers, is shown in a gluns case in the 

 c s.u ek on the saint's day, and is devoutly 

 kissed— f. e., the ense containing the tooth, 

 not the precious relic itself— by people of 

 both sexes, as a preventive against toothache. 

 One pf the most popular charms against the 

 complaint consists in carrying the following 

 form of words somewhere about the person : 

 " As Sunt Fetter sat at the geats of Jerusalm 

 our Blessed Lord and Sevour Jesus Christ 

 pased by and scad, What Eleth thee bee scad 

 Lord my Teeth eeketh hee sead arise ane 

 follow me and thy Teeth shall never Eake 

 Euy moor. Fiaif Fialt Fiat." This is a 

 transcript of a Lancashire version, and should 

 he worn inside the vest or stays over the left 

 breast. Under slightly differing forms this 

 charm is very common throughout England, 

 Seal land and Ireland. Two copies are pre- 

 served in tie Edinburgh M useuin which were 

 worn as late as 1855 and 1879. Another form 

 of written charm was given up by a young 

 woman at Chelsea to the late Cardinal Weld. 

 It was carefully sealed, the penally for open- 

 ing it being a return of the toothaohe, and 

 consisted of the words : 



"Good devil cure her, 



And take her for your pains." 



A. cure the girl would probably dislike at the 

 cost. Bishop Hall, in his character of Yir- 

 lu-s and Vises, says of the superstitious man : 

 " He wears iWaceisian characters for the 

 tOJthachc— All the Year Mound. 



"Going A-Fisiirso." — The man who in- 

 vented the fishhook will some day have a 

 monument. It will be a granite column five 

 hundred feet high, built by the boys alone: 

 A boy might possibly get along with marbles, 

 tops, Btilte, balls and kites, yet he would feel 

 t'tat there was an aching void somewheie. 

 A kite does well enough as long as it will 

 outsuil all other kites and the string doesn't 

 break, and a pair of stilts arc good propert}- 

 until afier the first fall; but for real solid 

 pleasure the fishhook can never be beaten. 

 A boy will always expect more and get less 

 from it than anything eke invented, but he 

 never gets too discouraged to try again. 



The Smith boy was observed trying his 

 lack yesterday in a poud on a vacant lot on 

 Alfred street. As far back as last December 

 his mother promised him half a day out of 

 school as soon aa the fish began to bite, and 

 yesterday was the glorious day. Where 

 there's water there ought to be fish, accord- 

 ing to every boy's reckoning, and this youth 

 "surrounded" that wee little pond-hole with 

 its barrel of muddy water with just as much 

 enthusiasm as a man would throw a line into 

 Lake St. Clair. He had ham, sweetcake, po- 

 tato, dried beef and boiled egg for bait, and 

 when ho had spit on the bait and cast in his 

 hook all the Seth Greens ever born couldn't 

 have convinced him that be would fail of at 

 least one good big bile. For two long hours 

 ho fished for sturgeon and pickerel and pike, 

 changing the bait now and then and never 

 forgetting to spit on it, and as he hauled up 

 for the last time he would simply admit that 

 it wasn't just the right sort of day to go fish- 

 ing. If he had bBd a little one to carry home 

 his triumph would have been more complete, 

 but yet his eyes were like diamonds as he 

 met two boys on the corner and ealied out : 

 " fifty I I've stayed out of school a whole 

 half-day and been a- fishing! I didn't catch 

 any fish, 'cos thev were all on their nests, but 

 you ought to have seen the big frog which 

 tumbled off a stone I" 



Dogs.— The Philadelphia Ledger says :— A 

 correspondent— who has just come to ub 

 from England and who sees many things 

 here to approve and disapprove — has written 

 this timely communication on left-tailed 

 dogs which will evidently be read with 

 pleasure by all who intend patronizing the 

 coming bench show : 



Mfc 'EdV.or: Upon my arrival here a few 

 weeks since after a pleasant trip from Liver- 

 pool in the splendid steamer Ohio, of the 

 American line, I was surprised to find this 

 Bliqb a beautiful and great city, Your ex- 

 cellent American oysters, roast beef, poultry 

 and superior shad have, I fear, caused a very 

 provoking attack of gout, which will prevent 

 me fromVisiting the bench show of degs 

 to open on Monday next, If the- dogs to be 

 exhibited prove to be no better breed than 

 the dogs I have noticed along your streets 

 the exhibition will not prove very creditable, 

 At least ninety in every one hundred dogs I 

 icedinthia city curl their tails to 

 the left— au evidence of low breed and dan- 

 ger. Dogs that curl their tails tj the right 

 are never afflicied with hydrophobia; that 

 fatal disease prevails only among dogs that 

 curl their tails left. No gentleman in Lon- 

 don or any city of the Continent will own a 

 dog or allow a clog to follow him that ourla 



Its tail to (lie left. It visitors ul 



ebow will observe what I here assert they 



1 this singular fact. Hop- 

 ing you may find room for this in your in- 

 tCM?sting newspaper, I am very respectfully 

 yours, H. LASDP.UM, 



St. George's Hotel, Philadelphia, April IS, 

 1*70. 



Dp.inkint, Assai in Para. — Observe these 

 baskets of black berries, like grapes in color 

 and size j they are the fruit of the Assai 

 palm, the slender, graceful Euterpe that we 

 saw. Here is an alliterative proverb ; 

 '■ Quern vciu para Para paron ; 

 " yncni bebeu Aetal ficon f 

 which we may translate, us Mrs. Agaesiz has 

 done : 



" \V no came to Para was glad to stay ; 

 " Wlio drank assai went never away." 

 It is well, then, for us to learn how this 

 famous vmlio $ assai is made. 



In a dark little shed at the back of the 

 court, two mulatto women are rubbing off the 

 black pulp of the berries in great bowlfl of 

 water, crushing thtm vigorously with their 

 bare hands and purpling their arms with the 

 chocolate-like juice. After the first batch has 

 been rubbed out, the liquid is decanted from 

 the hard nuts to another lot of berries ; these 

 latter being treated in lika manner, the re- 

 sulting thick soup is strained through a 

 Wicker-work sieve and dealt out to the eager 

 customers. 



Yes ; the Americanos will have assai com 

 auuear ; so the litre shirtless Bon scampers 

 off after sugar : ordinary customers at the 

 stand are of the lower classes, who drink 

 their two cents' worth of assai with only a lit- 

 tle mandioca meal by way of seasoning. In 

 the forest, where sugar was* Ecarce and the 

 fruit plenty, I learned to like it quite as well 

 so myself ; its brisk, nutty flavor is rather 

 spoiled by the sweetening. However, our 

 newcomers may prefer the civilized side ; so 

 the sugar is added, and we take a taste of the 

 rich liquid. Even the squeamish ones empty 

 their bowls, and begin to suggest to them- 

 selves the possibility of entertaining another 

 half-pint. -Talk no more of sherbet and gin- 

 ger bter and soda water ; hereafter we abjure 

 them all, if we may but have our purple assai. 

 And obEerve, — as Mr. Weller has it, — ttiat 

 " it's wery fillin'." One can make a respec:- 

 able lunch of it and nothing else. — ScriOner's, 



Why Flowers Turs to tot Sun. — Wies- 

 ner has presented to the Vienna Acadamy a 

 monograph upon heliotropism and geotropism 

 in plants. After an historical sketch, the 

 author treats of the influence of light on 

 heliotropism, and shows that with decreasing 

 intensity of light the strength of heliotropic 

 effect increases to a ceitain point, and beyond 

 this point decreases. The lower limit of light 

 intensity coincides with the lower limit of 

 heliotropic effect for the stoppage of growth 

 in length, while the upper limit does not 

 coincide, or only occasionally coincides, 

 with the upper limit of heliotropic effect for 

 growth in length. In the cise of very sensi- 

 tive heliotropic plants, the upper limit of 

 light intensity for stoppage of growth in 

 length lies higher, and in less sensitive plants 

 lower, than the upper limit for growth in 

 length. He next considers the relation be- 

 tween the refrangibility of rays and their he- 

 liotropic effect, and shows that portions of 

 very sensitive heliotropic plants, as Vicia sa- 

 tiva, curve in all lights, even in the ultra-red 

 and ultra-violet, except the yellow. Experi- 

 ments on the joint action of heliotropism and 

 geotropism are next described, and the author 

 concludes that the phenomenon of heliotrop- 

 ism is due to unequal growth upon unequally 

 lighted side3 of the plant. — Harper's. 



Scotching Yellow Fever. — Any efforts 

 on the part of the Government to prevent or 

 mitigate the horrors of another plague of yel- 

 low fever, is certainly most laudable, and 

 will be gratefully received by the country ; 

 yet it is very questionable whether the recent 

 appropriation of $200,000 to build a steel 

 refrigerating ship, could not be much more 

 effectively spent in draining some the Mis- 

 sissippian swamps. On the theory that the 

 yellow fever germs cannot survive a frost it 

 is proposed to build a steel ship, bo arranged 

 that it can be reduced to a very low tempera- 

 ture. By this means it is expected thai the 

 cargoes of vessels coming from infected ports 

 can be cooled below the freezing point and so 

 disinfected. Circumstances, however, do not 

 hear the theory out very well. The steamer 

 Plymouth, for instance, came to Boston last 

 Fall, after a cruiBe in the West Indies, with 

 yellow fover on hoard. After being thor- 

 oughly fumigated and exposed to all the 

 severity of a .New Engknd winter, she again 

 started South early in March. According to 

 the cold theory, the germs ought to have 

 been frozen solid long ago, yet before she 

 had arrived at the Bermudas, the fever ap- 

 peared, and the ship was forced to return. 

 If all the storms and cold of Boston Harbor 

 will not kill the germs, certainly a few hours 

 in a refrigerator will not be of any use. — 

 Christian Union. 



— Mr. L. Deltnonico has been telling the 

 public the best ways of cooking fish. "Boil- 

 ing seems to him the " most legitimate," as 

 well as quickest and most convenient. His 

 direction is to " put thorn in cold spring 



water- -ihe less the quantity of water the 

 fish can be boiled in the belter — with a band- 

 ful of salt. Hub a little vinegar on tie skin 

 of the fish, to prevent it from cracking, and 

 to make tho fleah solid. Ten minutes to the 

 pound should be allowed for a salmon, and 

 three or four minutes for almost any other 

 kind ; but a good general rule is that the fish 

 is done when the fins pull out easily." Mr. 

 Delmonico also says that broiled fish should 

 bo " carefully split in two from head to tail, 

 diied, seasoned with salt and pepper, greased 

 with a little oil (which is preferable to but- 

 ter), and broiled to a nice brown color, the 

 gridiron having been previously well greased, 

 too;" that baked fish to be eaten in perfec- 

 tion, should be, " cooked with wine, either 

 white or red, in the baking-dish, besides 

 chopped onion, salt, pepper, and nutmeg, 

 and while cooking this sauce should bespread 

 over it several limes ;" and that the fish may 

 be " delicious'y fried in oil, after dipping in 

 milk and then flour, or in very hot grease, 

 after being breaded with beaten eggs and 

 crumbs." 



—Anew project for the creation of an iulan d 

 sea has been advanced by General Fremont. 

 The removal of a barrier ridge, be affirms, 

 would admit the waters of the Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia into an ancient basin, and would cre- 

 ate a navigable inland sea 300 miles long, 

 50 miles broad, and 800 feet deep. This 

 piece of engineering would convert what is 

 now a desert region into a commercial high- 

 way, and greatly improve the surrounding 

 country. The region selected for the under- 

 taking^ an arid and sandy plain, lying be- 

 tween Arizona and Southern California, and 

 the plan of leading into this depression the 

 waters of the Gulf of California is to cut two 

 canals, one ten and the other fifteen miles 

 long, to be connected by a lake twenty tnilos 

 long, which exists midway between the head 

 of the Gulf and the basin of the proposed 

 sea. Abundant geological evidence exists to 

 prove that the sea recently filled this same 

 basin. One million dollars is estimated to 

 execute the work, and General Fremont is 

 reported to have visited Washington for the 

 purpose of securing the appointment of a 

 commission of engiueers to make the neces- 

 sary surveys to demonstrate its entire practi- 

 cability, as a preliminary to presenting the 

 scheme to Congress for an appropriation. 



Cat Fishing.— A gentleman who resides on 

 Adams street and has a fountain in the front 

 yard stocked with small fish had been puzzled 

 for some time over the disappearance of the 

 fish from the basin of the fountain. One 

 night last week he and several friends sat up 

 and wa'.ched. About 10 o'clock they saw the 

 house eat stealthily approach the rim of the 

 fountain and scratch in the ground. The cat 

 caught a worm, which she moved around in 

 the water for a few minutes, then, when the 

 little fish would rise and bile at the bait, the 

 oat, with the other paw, grabed and ate them. 

 "Puss" was the " lone fisherman" of the 

 place. The above story is authentic, yet it 

 reads as if it was apocryphal. Here is an im- 

 portant fact for scientists who draw a dif- 

 tinction between instinct and reason. — Mem- 

 phis Appeal. 



—A dress woven from the webs of the 

 large spiders common in South America has 

 been presented to Queen Victoria by the Em- 

 press of Brazil. It exceeds in fineness any 

 manufactured silk known, and is very hand- 

 some. Spainards, nearly two hundred years 

 ago, endeavored to make glove-,stockings, and 

 other articles of spiders' webs, but they i ield- 

 ed so little profit, and necessitated so much 

 trouble, that the manufacture was abandoned. 

 In 1710 the calculation was made that the 

 webs of 700,000 spiders would be required for 

 about 40 yards of silk. Such dresses are oc- 

 casionally seen in South America. 



CAPPING AmOHQ THE 

 ROCKY MOUNTAINS. * 



An expedition, under tie management of the un- 

 dersigned, will Btart from Kansas City, Mo., abnnt 

 June IS, proceeding thence through Kansas nud 

 Colorado lor a JPunr Months:' Can.phnj Turn- Among 

 tile Rocky Mountains. The Parks and Trout S'reania 

 of Colorado, ihe Mining Towns and lie Woodeilul 

 Nahral Scenery of the R gion are Included in the 

 name. Complete Traveling and Camping 

 Out.tits, food, attendants, me., etc., provided by Ilia 

 Manager. Each man allowed .lulus i f baggage. 

 Terns: For round trip, *;ii)>; one-half to be de- 

 posited with Kansas City r-'avines Association, sub- 

 ject to tnv order, hy May S5 ; balance deLO.-lted be- 

 lore starting. Address, for further particulars, 

 MAHLON GORE, Box 1,993, KaosaBCity. Mo. 



Grand Official Opening 



Schuotzen Park, at Union Hill, 

 N. J. 



MAY 29 AND 30, IS79. 

 A grand prize snooting will be connected wltli the 



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under conuitions o( tho shcotlng orosramme. 

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—A correspondent of the Lancet writes 

 that, when travelling in the upper Sikkim 

 Himalaya, at elevations above 12,000 feet, 

 he took whiskey in small quantities, to coun- 

 teract the effects of strong exertion in a cold 

 atmosphere. The consequence was the re- 

 verse of what was expected, being drowsiness 

 and lassitude, lasting an hour or more. Cold 

 tea, on the contrary, was found to produce a 

 feeling of exhilaration and capacity for re- 

 newed efforts. 



— Some years ago a large tract of peat-bog 

 was drained at Grangemouth, Scotland, the 

 loose mud and moss being carried clown the 

 drains to the estuary. The consequence 

 was, that the oyster-beds in the estuary were 

 covered over with mud, and the bivalves 

 entirely destroyed. "Nothing," wiites 

 Erank Buckland, " is so fatal to'oysters as a 

 mud storm, except it be a sand-storm. The 

 mud and sand accumulate in the oyster's 

 delicate breathing-organs and suBocate it." 



Hunting, Fishing and 

 Yachting Carments. 



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 sort of garments and material desired. 



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FIRST-CLASS POINTER FUFPI ES FOR SALE.— 

 Seven eholce pups, whelped March 21 by natce 

 It. oat. of ourD'isy. For rail jifiduive, piiee, etc., 



FOR SALE— Liver-color Pointer Dog, partially 

 nrouen. Kohl (or want of use. Pedigree. Ad- 

 dress J. H. W1NSLOW P. O. Box 1.633, Portland, 

 Maine. mavS st 



FOK SALE.— Two hraoeof red Irish seller rmp. 

 pies, whelped Mare.h 29, by champion Eicho 

 outot Diffenlerrfer's li-st ahrfhv SdUiia'Dish one of 

 Dr. Strachan's imported Belle. 'The pups are red, 

 with a very li' tie wrote. Price $.30 each. Apply to 

 E DYER, Mllford, Coud. mays Bt 



FOR SALE.— Thoroughbred pointer and water 

 Spaniel whelps. 10 pointer pups, sire Yankee 

 bred by W. C. Howard, Dayton, O., dam Blix; Box 

 by Strong's Fete and Woodbridge'a Xell : 8 eonl 

 h'aeS, white ticked cheer, 1 pair liver dogpnpi 

 Price, $1B each. Fonr Irish water spaniel pupa, die 

 Fat, dam Daisy ; $10 each. THua. F. CANT A'ELL, 

 Brainord, Minn. aprai st 



RATTLKR— In the Stud.— Blue beltou, Llowellin 

 setter, winner of three bei ch prizes, oy cham- 

 pion Rob Roy, winner of live English held irids, out 

 of the pure Laverack bitch, Fickle*. Will servo 

 bitches at J20. Litters warranted. iLqulre of L. P. 

 WHITMAN, Detroit, Mich. ]an2 tf 



BEAGLES.— From Wehb's Hanger and Lucy, lit. 

 ter sister to Bcbs. winner <I 1st prize atBoa- 

 ton, March, W8, two dog pups, black and ian. eight 

 weeks old; $12 each, b'Tn 1 and delivered at express 

 ouice. Souyed bitches from same lluer for sale 

 -oon. For pedigree, eto., address N. ELMORS, 

 Granby, Ct. mayls tf 



FOR SALE OR FXCHA.NHE for a good breeoh- 

 loider, a j( blood Irish Setter, a blood poluter 

 ui'ch (been Bpiyed), comirii three years old in 

 Migusr. Very intelligent, a aood worker and hand- 

 soma as a picture. For particulars lnqoiro ot 

 JiiRTIS W.HAINiS, Ylnceutown, N. J. may!51t 



FOR SALE, criEAP-Two Gordon Setter Dogs," 

 by champion prize-winner Kent, out of im-i 

 ported Zaidee, Apply at No, i West 17th Street, 



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