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FOREST AND STREAM. 



reed-birds. The remarks about serving and arranging 

 dinners are invariably practical. 



Master— Can you give a sample of its value which I 

 can appreciate? 



Mistress— -Oh, yes. Mrs, Henderson devotes part of 

 her space to beverages. 



Master— That's a "hot 'un" for me, but let me hear 

 what she says about a milk punch. 



Mistress (reads)— Milk punch (Mrs. Filley). Ingredi- 

 ents: Four quarts of Jamaica rum, three quarts of water, 

 five pints of boiling milk, three pounds of loaf-sugar, - 

 twenty-four lemons, two nutmegs. Cut thin slices, or only 

 the yellow part of tne rinds of the twenty-four lemons. 

 Let these thm parings and the two grated nutmegs infuse 

 for twenty-four hours in one quart of the rum. It should 



be put in a warm place. At 



Master Interrupts (Laughing)— Four quarts of rum! 

 Three pounds of sugar! Not to speak of a couple of dozen 

 of lemons, water, milk and nutmegs! Surely that's a 

 pretty stiff drink. I couldn't swallow it, and should 

 like to *ee it done, but next time I order a milk puuch I 

 must ask the bar tender if he gives it a la Henderson. I 

 always thought it an innocent sort of a beverage. Nine- 

 aud a half quaits of liquid, to carry weight besides, and 

 to order it tue day before you drink it! 



Mistress— If you had waited until I had finished read- 

 ing, you would have found that the punch need never be 

 taken all at once. The book states that it will keep for- 

 ever. 



Master— That's no recommendation. No man wishes 

 to keep his drink that length of time. 



Mistress— You may laugh, but the book is the best I 

 ever had. 



Master— Well, I am satisfied. But to be serious, there 

 is another bock also published by Harper & Bros., and 

 though not exactly a new one, yet deserving of our notice 

 at this time. I mean "The Poets of the Nineteenth Cen- 

 tury," selected and edited by the Rev. Robert Aris Will- 

 moit, with additions arranged by Evert A. Duychinck, and 

 illustrated with one hundred and forty one engravings. It 

 is an admirable specimen of typography and taste, and the 

 illustrations are marvels of beauty. It covers the ground 

 well, and there arc very few cases in which I would differ 

 from the choice made'by the editors. And now what of 

 the other things you have read? 



Mistress — I visited Knox's the other day, and was lost 

 in admiration of his stock of hats, furs, caoes ami gloves. 

 At iris Fifth avenue store he has a Centennial pavilion, a 

 perfect gem among structures of the kind. For both use 

 and ornament he bhows an endless yai'^ty of goods, and 

 one's only difficulty ia to make a choice. Speaking of hats, 

 don't you think you had better get a soft felt lur for even- 

 ing wear- at your club? A silk hat might get— well, it 

 might be accidentally exchanged, or lose some of it's "fail' 

 proportions." 



Master— You are back to the "beverage" question I 

 see, but I disdain to follow you. Try again. 

 Mistress— H'm, his furs are lovely. 

 Master— And his canes? 



Mistress— Would do to keep sarcastic gentlemen in 

 order. 



Master — I see you mean to carry me by storm, so you 

 shall have the furs. 



Mistress— Aud now that you are so good, I'll give 

 you something from Gorham's. I have not vet chosen it, 

 fori had there the same difficulty in making up my mind 

 that I felt at Knox's. The silver ware is so very beautiful, 

 and the designs so original, that I came away perfectly be- 

 wildered or dazzled. 1 had no idea that silver could be 

 made into articles of so many different kinds— alike only 

 in all being exquisite. 



Master— I have seen nothing more artistic than Tiffany's 

 Limoges enamel. The illustrations from "Jerusalem De- 

 livered" are, I think, the finest I ever met with. It might 

 be a little too njuch for your purse- $1,500— it certainly is 

 for mine, but 1 advise you to see it. Or, perhaps, you 

 might fancy a mirror set in onyxes, which mane literally a 

 glorious frame. Or have you a penchant for bionzes? If 

 sb, go to Tiffauy's, and forget those of Russia or Japan. 

 As lor jeweli y and trinkets, there are in that line gifts to 

 suit loveis, friends, and even husband's and wives. But 

 let us leave the table for the pailor and talk over old times. 



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Lessons in Politeness. — According to the author of La 

 Politeness Francaise, a work recently published in Paris, a. 

 gentleman, when he gives his hand to a friend, must press 

 his friend's hand but not shake it. If he is to shake hands 

 with a peasant, he must present his hand ungloved, or the 

 peasant will consider himself insulted. If he is about to 

 shake hands with a lady, he must, keep his gloves on. 

 When he offers to conduct a lady to the piano he must, in 

 taking her hand, half close his own. In dancing with a 

 lady he must "not permit himself" to squeeze her hand; 

 and he must, if he wishes to show himself a true gentle- 

 man—or a t least "un veritable gentleman"— spend 18,000 

 francs, or $3,500 a year on his gloves. A gentleman who 

 spent this much a year on his gloves of various kinds and 

 colors, would probably, if only for the sake of consistency, 

 treat himself every day to at least one new hat. All, how- 

 ever, that we are told on the subject is that a gentleman's 

 hat should always be "bright and orilliant " A gentleman 

 never altogether separates himself from his hat, though it 

 is not etiquette to wear it in a room. In the street, on 

 meeiing an equal of his own sex, he takes it off for a mo- 

 ment. On meeting a lady, or superior of his own sex, he 

 remains uncovered until he is told to put his hat on. Do 

 not eat in the stieet, do not smoke a pipe in the street, do 

 not smoke a cigar in the street, if you are walking with a 

 lady— -not even if you happen to be this lady's husband. 

 It seems odd to tell a gentleman who is supposed to spend 

 $3,500 a year ou his gloves not to smoke a pipe in the 

 street, but we have reproduced this caution as we find it. 

 When you bow, bow properly, but not so deeply that your 

 verteoral column will make a right angle with your legs. 

 If aa officer in uniform salutes you, do not make yourself 

 ridiculous by returning his salute in military fashion. A 

 lawyer will not only think you silly, but will be greatly ir- 

 ritated if, visiting him on a matter of business, you ask 

 him how he is, inquire after the health of his wife, express 

 a hope that the children are all well, and so on. This sort 

 of talk should be reserved for friends whose time is not 

 valuable, or who have no right to charge for it 



THE BETIOTTLE. 



-A lady has this year won the Joseph Hume Scholar- 

 lli$ ia Jurisprudence, awarded W\k% Lom ! '?« L'mY<^if'y 5 



and it is stated that this lady has already taken the first 

 place in all the classes that, women are permitted to attend, 

 and is now making her way in ouch active business as the 

 law is allowed to persons who are not called to the bar. 



— Ladies in Australia play cricket matches for the benefit 

 of local charities. 



— Mme. Essipoff* will remain in America until spring. 

 Her husband, Leschectizki, the composer, is the Steinway 

 agent at St. Petersburg. 



— A Philadelphia paper propounds the following radical 

 query:— 



"Why should not the boys be taught to cook as well as 

 girls? A husband who understands how to bake, broil, 

 stew and boil, is a real treasure in a household, however 

 accomplished his better half may be in the same direc- 

 tion" 



There is, in fact, no limit to the extent to which male 

 education might be carried in the direction referred to. 

 It would appear to be all the more necessary that study of 

 the above science should be pursued by "boys" and "hus 

 bands," since the complaints are loud of the incompetency 

 of "mothers" and "wives." 



— The Home Journal objects to the wearing of diamonds 

 when traveling, and bases its objection upon the ground of 

 the vulgarity of such a proceeding. There are thousands 

 of people who may be met any day, who appear to be glad 

 of the excuse furnished by a dictum so authoritative for 

 leaving their diamonds at home. We take it for granted 

 that they all read the Home Journal. 



— "That humor is a thing of late and slow growth may 

 perhaps be seen in the want of it in women. Just as they 

 cherish a number of ideas and institutions that tend to be- 

 come obsolete among men, so they are tardy and backward 

 in their appreciation of humor." 



Thus wisely says a Saturday Reviewer. The fun of it is, 

 that the writer, from the serious manner in which he 

 brings his indictment is apparently so insensible to the 

 charms of a joke, that it has escaped his notice that he has 

 just perpetrated one of the hughest kind. 



V Superiority op American Game and Fish. — A par- 

 tridge, fat and tender, is as good as a mushroom. Truffles 

 do not improve woodcock. The birds can, afford to go it 

 on their own hook without any assistance whatever. So 

 with such fish as the pompano, the mountain trout, the 

 jack salmon and the shad. They are able to stand alone. 

 In Europe they don't stand at all. Their best fish is the 

 crawfish and the snail, for the lobster is indigenous every- 

 where, and is not to be counted in the list. They know 

 nothing of the soft shell crab, of the terrapin, or of the 

 oyster as a cookable viand. Their turbot will not compare 

 with our halibut, nor their sole with our shad. The Eng- 

 lish white-bait is simply a minnow, and only a trifle better 

 than a smelt. In soups, which is a thing of condiments, 

 they do excel us. As a general rule their service is neater 

 than ours. But you can give, on a few hour's notice, a 

 better dinner at the St. Nicholas in Cincinnati or at Kufer's 

 in Louisville, wines included, than you can give in Paris at 

 the Cafe Anglais or in London at the Burlington.—//. Wai- 

 ter son of Louisville Journal. 



National Rifle Association. — Mr. George S. Scher- 

 merhorn, Jr., Secretary of the N. R. A., has presented his 

 report for the past year, one prolific of events to the rifleman 

 as having seen the greatest of International Rifle contests. 

 Mr. Schermerhorn repeats the proceedings of the Associa- 

 tion regarding elections of officers, change of office, death 

 of honory members, etc., etc., and continues thus: 



The roll of annual members continues about as last re- 

 ported, but there has been a marked and gratifying addition 

 to our affiliated club list, owing mainly to the amended regu- 

 lations as to affiliation, passed February 1, 187(5, and in this 

 connection the Secretary has to report that the first of 

 the "conventions of riflemen," as provided for in these 

 amended regulations, was held at Creedmoor on the 20th 

 of May last, during the spring meeting. The following 

 clubs and associations were represented by delegates : 

 Amateur Rifle Club, Scottish-American Club, Seventh Regi- 

 ment Club, New York City; Jamaica Rod and Rifle Asso- 

 ciation, Long Island; Twenty-third Regiment Club, Brook- 

 lyn; Hudsou River Rifle Association, Poughkeepsie; Yon- 

 kers Rifle Association, Yonkers; Parthian Rifle Club, Hud- 

 son, aud Connecticut Rifle Club, Stamford, Conn. The 

 contract with the State of New York, giving to the mem- 

 bers of the National Guard of this State, in uniform, the 

 free use of fifteen targets upon the range at Creedmoor, on 

 Monday, Thursday, and Friday of each week, from June 

 1 to December 1, for the sum of $4,000, was reserved for 

 the year 187(5. There have been fifty-seven matches shot 

 at Creedmoor, during the year, under the auspices of the 

 Association, as follows: Spring meeting, 6; fall meeting, 

 17; special matches for badges and trophies, 34. In addi- 

 tion to these, and inserted in the programmes of the Asso- 

 ciation for the spring and fall meetings respectively, were 

 the Leech Cup match and the Irish-American return match 

 of 1876, shot under the auspices of the Amateur Rifle 

 Club. 



Thanks are returned to various gentlemen and firms 

 who have presented medals, etc., and the report concludes 

 with a reference to the reports of the sub committees. 



Col. George W. Wingate, Chairman of the Range Com- 

 mittee, has prepared and presented a very elaborate report 

 on the target question, the conclusion of which is that can- 

 vas targets are not suitable for Creedmoor. We make the 

 following abstracts. The report we presume will be printed 

 in full in the Association report for 1876: 



At the opening of the season, the feeling among the 

 members and officers of the Association in favor of canvas 

 targets was very strong, and the Committee was charged 

 with the task of introducing them, at Creedmoor, and have 

 jl fS $ ijtaig \>*m sn-'teftY^rs t© giye tjssp &. fifty m& ihproygh 



test. Having procured drawings of the plans held in most 

 estimation in England and Canada, they erected three 

 different targets, namely : One upon the plan used in 

 Canada, consisting of a frame sliding up and down upon 

 two rods, with a 'counter balance; another, constructed 

 with a dummy, moving like a window sash, designed by 

 Mr. E. H. Sanford upon the model used at Wimbledon, 

 and the third turning sideways upon a pivot, something 

 like a pendulum, and exposing a signal when depressed, 

 devised by Major H. S. Jewell, Inspector of Rifle Practice, 

 Fifth Brigade. Mr. Sanford's target had a wooden frame, 

 the others were all of iron, knife edged. A triangular disc 

 was used to hook into the bullet hole until the second shot, 

 when the aperture was pasted over with paper. These 

 targets were covered with canvas, over which paper targets 

 were pasted when a new surface was required. 



The Committee regret to say that the result of the ex- 

 periment was unsatisfactory. The Jewell target from the 

 first worked comparatively easy, while the system of mark- 

 ing was generally admired. Both the iron frames, if not 

 used frequently, were difficult to operate. The Canada 

 target was stiff at first, but subsequently worked easier. 

 The dummy target worked the hardest, and, when the 

 firing was rapid, required two men. In the latter part of 

 the season the "dummy" was given up, and a regular tar- 

 get substituted, making it double, the shot being signalled 

 by showing a disc over the place struck ; the lowering of 

 the target raising the other, which could be shot at while 

 the first shot hole was being pasted over. The expense of 

 operating the canvas targets has been found to be fully as 

 great as iron ones, including even the glass. During the 

 practice of the National Guard, six quarts of paste a day 

 nave been found necessary at eacli target, and the disburse- 

 ments for paper, canvas, etc., amount, in the course of a 

 month, to a considerable sum. The Committee have not 

 been able to calculate this exactly, but have been intormed 

 by the President of the Jamaica Rod and Rifle Association 

 that a canvas target, erected on the double system last 

 mentioned, upon their range, though made as cheep and 

 light as possiole, cost $53, and that the expense of operat- 

 ing and Keeping it in repair, from January to November, 

 was $23.50, the number using it being buc fifteeu. 



The results at Creedmoor have convinced your Com- 

 mittee that the life of an iion target, when used as cou 

 stantly as they are there, cannot exceed three years.. This 

 is owing greatly to the short-range practice of the troops, 

 whose continuous practice at 100 and 150 yards has been 

 found very destructive. Scarcely any of the targets origin- 

 ally imported by the Association are now in good order. To 

 cast an iron target which will stand the tests to which it is 

 subjected is quite difficult. They must have a chilled face, 

 ana be of a certain density of iron. If too soft, they curl 

 up at the edges ; if too hard, they crack aud break. Messrs. 

 Cornell, the contractors for the btate, were obliged to make 

 three attempts before they were able to ascertain the 

 quality of the metal required aud turn out slabs which 

 wou'd stand. Those they now manufacture have been 

 thoroughly tested and stand well. They cost $25 a slab. 



That portion of the report referring to matches, etc., we 

 shall publish next week. 



The National Guard. — Adjutant General Townsend's 

 Report for the past year has been published. He begins 

 by remarking upon the increased strength and efficiency of 

 the National Guard, which has greatly improved notwith- 

 standing the abolishment of the exemption from taxation 

 and the disbandment of several regiments last year; but to 

 keep the organization up to such a standard, he recom- 

 mends the continuance of the yearly appropriation of 

 $275,000. The improvement, he thinks, is clue in great 

 part to the interest excited ky the introduction of rifle 

 practice. The success at Creedmoor has resulted in the 

 esiablishroent of eight additional reuages throughout the 

 State — one each at Buffalo, Rochesesier, East Syracuse, 

 Albany, Poughkeepsie, Yonkers, Mt. Vernon, and Oswego 

 — and the proficiency of the guard in marksmanship is 

 very notable. The improvement is due mainly, however, 

 to the increased liberality on the part of the Legislature. 



The force at present consists ot eight divisions and 17 

 brigades, divided into one regiment and 11 separate troops 

 of cavalry, one battalion ana 11 separate batteries of artil- 

 lery, 25 regiments, 12 battalions and 18 separate companies 

 of infantry: The total number is 21,724. The commander- 

 in-chief and staff, and the division and brigade comman- 

 ders and staffs number 342. 



Conlin 1 s Galleky. — The first of the series of matches 

 for this year at Coniin's shooting gallery, 930 Broadway, 

 will commence Wednesday, January 10th. It will be a 

 tournament open to all comers, and to consist of two 

 classes of marksmen, viz.: the "Experts" and the "Ama- 

 teurs," each class having a number of valuable prizes 

 offered for competition. All gentlemen wishing to enter 

 as "experts," and those who have made a score of 46 in a 

 possible 50, or better, in the gallery, are classed as experts, 

 and are "barred" from shooting as Amateurs. All the 

 prizes are not only valuable but appropriate. The tourna- 

 ment will continue till all the tickets are sold. 



Hellwig's Galllky.— Hell wig has moved his popular 

 shooting gallery from 271 and 273 Eighth avenue, to a 

 more central and convenient place, 695 Sixth avenue. It 

 is being built under J. S . Coniin's patent, who is at present 

 superintending the building of the gallery. The gallery 

 will be one of the best in the city, and its past patrons will 

 find more accommodations and attractions . The "opening" 

 night will be on Saturday evening, January 13th, and some 

 of the best rifle shots in the country will be present. 



Miley's Gallery.— This well known resort of Brook- 

 lyn riflemen, located at No. 381 Fulton street, re-opened 

 on the 3d inst. Many improvements have been made and 

 during the season valuable prizes will be offered for com- 

 petition. 



Canada,— NeHes Corners, Onl., Jan. Uh, — A rifle club has 

 been organized at Fisherville, Out., three miles from Nele^s 

 Corners. The following gentlemen are the officers: J. 

 Walker, J. Norman, H. Gee, J. Lemmer and A. C. Smith, 

 Directors; Geo. Mablo, Captain; J. W. Holaies, Secretary 

 and Treasurer; N. Reicheldt, Executive officer; F. Otter- 

 man, Scorer; R. M. Smith, Supply Agent and Correspond- 

 ent; Geo. Held, N. P. Finch, P. *Nablo, and John Otter- 

 man, acting members, with the captain, secretary and 



