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hpins:— prejudices, reform m the education of women, the 

 literature of youth, woman in the family, the obstacles 

 whicb present themselves to the extension of the sphere of 

 employment for females, their influence in social life, etc. 



— Ladv Oathcart, who died in 1798, had four husbands, 

 of whom Lord Oathcart was the third; the fourth was a 

 Gantaia Maguire, an Irish officer, who, not much pleased 

 with the poesy on her wedding ring— 

 If I survive, 

 I'll have five, 

 took her to Ireland, and kept her there, in solitary durance, 

 for twenty years, when he died, and her Ladyship returned 

 to dance at the Welwyn Assembly. 



-The widow of Dr. Gray, of the British Museum, died 

 on the 9th inst., at the advanced age of ninety years. Mrs. 

 Gray compiled a monograph on molluscous animals, and 

 she etched some thousands of plates with her own hand, 

 aud so rendered an inestimable service to students of con- 

 choloffy. Her set of algse, which is extensive, is presented, 

 according to her wish, to the museum of the University of 

 Cambridge. 



—The Popular Science Monthly gives good advice in re- 

 gard to the prevention of colds. The mistake is often 

 made of taking great care to put on extra wraps and coats 

 when preparing for out-door exercise. This is not at all 

 necessary in robust persons. Sufficient heat to prevent all 

 risk of chill is generated in the body by exercise. The 

 care sbould be taken to retain sufficient clothing after ex- 

 ercise, aud when at rest, to prevent the heat passing out of 

 the body. Indeed, persons very often catch chills from 

 throwing off exira clothing after exercise, or from sitting 

 aboot ingarmeuts the material of which is not adapted to 

 prevent the radiation of heat from the body. 



—A story is goiDg the rounds of newspapers to the 

 effect that Worth, the famous man-milliner and dress- 

 maker, is in trouble with a Parisian duchess. It appears 

 that he designed for her a magnificent and unique toilet. 

 Soon afterward she discovered an exact duplicate of her 

 costume in her milliner's shop. She sent word to M. 

 Worth that she did not want the dress; and he replied that 

 v bad been ordered, and must be accepted and paid for. 

 The duchess was furious, aud thus revenged herself. She 

 wrote to M.Worth, "I shall take and pay for the dress, 

 but not wear it. I send you this by my cook; you 

 will be so good as to alter the costume so that it will fit 

 her," And "they say" that the cook makes her appear- 

 ance in the elegant costume on her days "out," and that 

 Worth feels disgraced. 



—Miss Clara Louise Kellogg is gravely reported to 

 nourish her sweet voice upon a soup made by her admir- 

 ing mother from beef, potatoes, a little rice, and many 

 onions. The singer observed to a correspondent of The 

 Milwaukee Sentinel that she had never seen so many young 

 girls who think themselves born prima donnas as in Chicago. 

 "Squeak they ever so little they are confident of shining 

 upon the world as an operatic star; but," she added, "I 

 think it more the fault of the music teachers, who, as It 

 pays them, encourage the idea, and while they cannot 

 create a voice in their scholars, unfit them for anything 

 else." Mrs. Kellogg said to tbe correspondent that her 

 daughter sang several airs when nine months old, and 

 played the piano at three years; that oatmeal made her 

 bilious; that she injured her heel wearing high-heeled 

 hoots; that Patti was the only living singer that "the 

 chicken" would take off her hat to; that she was pestered 

 with suitors, who would throw themselves at her feet, 

 write her frantic letters, go crazy and make fools of them- 

 selves generally. 



—Mrs. Florence Rice Knox, of New York, made her 

 debut in Malta under the stage name of Ricea, and The 

 Malta Times and United Service Gazette gives the fol- 

 lowing chronicle of her success; the opera was "II Trova- 

 tore:" "Madame Ricca as Azucena, who had never before 

 appeared on any stage, enchanted the audience. Her fine 

 clear notes, high, middie and low, but particularly the 

 latter, are such as have been rarely uttered iu our theatre. 

 Since the time of Signora JB®rghi we do not remember 

 having listened to a voice that will bear to be confronted 

 with that of Madame Ricca. Her first song was raptur- 

 ously applauded; her duet with Manrieo, which follows, 

 was splendidly sung and acted; in the third act, when ar- 

 rested and brought oefore the Count her exculpatory notes 

 were highly sympathetic, and her defiant tones still more 

 admirably effective. In the prison scene her dulcet strains 

 were really enchanting, and produced in the audience a 

 sensation the exptession of which it is impossible to de- 

 scribe. Bram, Brava, was heard from every quarter, and 

 Madame Ricca may justly congratulate herselt on having 

 achieved a triumph greater even than that which report 

 had induced the public to expect." 



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S. H. B., Titusville, Pa.— Are the Parkers Brothers foreigners or Am- 

 ericans? Ans. Plymouth Rock, we believe, to the backbone. 



Kankakee.— Inquirer, of Urbana, Illinois, wishes the author of 

 "Camping on the Kankakee, 1 ' in Fokest and Stream of Jan. 4th, to 

 state explicitly how far down tbe river he went. 



R. P. L., Savannah, Ga.— Can you give me the name of some maker 

 oi designer of badges suitable for a rifle club prize? I wish to have one 

 made. Ans. J. W. Hayes & Co., 922 Broad street, Newark, i\. J. 



P. L., Philadelphia— Will you plaase gives me the close seasons, for 

 Pennsylvania, for the following fish; black bass, striped bass or rock 

 fish, white aud yellow pc-ch, ana roach. Please answer in your neit 

 paper? Ans. Black bass, March 1st to July 1st. Wo close seasons for 

 the other fish named. 



D, S., New York.— Please let me know, if yon can, which is the best 

 time on record lor one mile in a shell? Ans. We can find no authenti- 

 cated and official time f<r one mile. The nearest to it is U miles by 

 James Riley, 9 min. 24 J sec. at-Troy, Aug. 31st, 1875. 



Brisker Andover.— Just now the best antelope hunting district is 

 west of Dodge city, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and 

 east of Pueblo and Trinidad, Colorado. On the Kansas Pacific Railroad 

 the finest herds of antelope aie found west of Kit Carson and east of 

 Denver 



Do ducks ever stay as far North as Massachusetts in winter? Ans. 

 Yes; some of the more local species winter on the Massachusetts coast 

 aud to the northward. Such are : Biccephala islandica, Harelda qlacialis, 

 Bistnonieus (crquatus, rarely found so far south, Somateria moUissima 

 and others. The black duck Anas obscura winters on the Connecticut 

 coast. 



B. P.,Pittston, Pa.— I have a young setter (1.5 months old) which I 

 am now treating according to the rales laid down in Dink's, bat If that 



fails to help him I should like to have another remedy at hand? An8. 

 Treat your dog as prescription to T. D . McA. above, only making the 

 first dose of calomel 20 grs. instead of 15. 



C. D. Munroe, Lawrence, Mass.— Last June I was presented with a 

 tame crow with one of his wings cropped, which causes him to fly in a 

 circle, and as he is very tame and a very comical fellow, I am anxious to 

 know if his wing will grow out again? Last fall he shed the feathers 

 of his head and back bnt neither his wings nor tail Ans. The feathers 

 of his wing will grow out again. 



H. 0. M., Worcester, Mass.— Will you please state the size of builseye 

 4, 3, and 2, ring on target used by the rifle teams from Zettler's and Con- 

 lin's gallery in their late contest for championship, also position, calibre 

 rifle and distance shot? Ans. Builseye If inches; center, J of an inch; 

 inner, 1 1-16 inch:outer the same. Position, off-hand; rifle, .22 calibre; 

 distance, 110 feet. 



J. A. H., Nashua, N. H.— Will you be so kind as to give me in your 

 next paper the present address of R. W. Cameron, who was Centennial 

 Commissioner from New South Wales, or that of some person, in whose 

 care I can write him? Ans. Mr. R. W. Cameron's address is No. 23 

 South WiJliam street, this city. 



F. W. F., Westboro, Mass.— I am in want of a beagle hound and 

 would like to know where 1 can get one and the price? I should like a 

 male pup. Will you inform me where I could get one? Ans. Weques 

 tion if there are any pure beagles in this country, but if any of our readers 

 have any for sale, and will advertise them, they will find no difficulty in 

 finding purchasers, 



H. A. S., Newark— Can you tell me in what part of Florida I will find 

 the climate the best and what kind of game I can shoot in the 

 months of March and April, as I have to go south or; account oT my 

 health? Ans. Go to the house of Alfred Jones at Homosassa on the Guif 

 of Mexico. The fishing tuete is superb but you will not find much game 

 at the season you speak of. 



Ocdonia, Philadelphia.— 1 notice in your issue of last week an article 

 from Dom Pedro, Pottsville, Pa., of a party of banters killing 26 aeer 

 in four days, in the Schuylkill region at the present fctuta, I think your 

 coi respondent has been misinformed as to locality, for 1 think it would 

 puzzle a vet to find half of this number in Schuylkill county. I would 

 be pleased to learn in what particular section of the country this party of 

 hunters bagged their game? 



M. C. G., Chicago.— Are "Spratt's Patent Meat Fibrine Dog Cakes 11 

 reliable? Can a dog live on these alone? Will he not require any other 

 food? I have a valuable dog aud am desirous of knowing if they are 

 safe and healthy, bofore using them? Ans. They are perfectly reliable 

 and healthy food for a dog. The only difficulty in their use is that 

 sometimes dogs, particularly if they have been fed ruuclr meat will refuse 

 to eat them. They soon acquire the taste, however, and get to like 

 them. 



W. DeM., New York.— What is the proper distance to shoot at a tar- 

 get with a 22-calibre Smith & Wesson revolver; also the size of builseye? 

 Ans. We should suggest commencing at 50 feet with one of Conlin's 

 Creednioor targets, increasing the distance. The disadvantage of shoot- 

 ing at close distances is that with the ammunition made for them the 

 pistols nearly always over shoot. Builseye two inches. A man should 

 be able, with some practice to hit an ehjht-mch target every time at 40 

 yards. 



T. M. H., Waterbury, Conn.— Will you please let me know wbat is 

 the matter with my setter dog, and what I can do to relieve him? Ilis 

 tail has been down for about three months, forming a half circle between 

 his legs? Ans. We should want further symptoms before we could tell 

 what ailed your dog. Probably, however, he his worms, in which 

 case give him 60 grains Areca nut in three doses of 20 grains each, two 

 hours apart, followed iu four hours by oue oz. castor oil. You can get 

 the nut prepared in proper doses from Holberton & Beemer, No. 102 

 Nassau street. 



H. D. D., San Francisco.— Will you kindly mail to me the best work 

 (English or American) on oyster culture, and 1 will remit amount when 

 known. If you have no such work for sale, please advise as to the best 

 publication, price, and of whom to procure it ? Ans . We know of no work 

 on oyster culture published in this eount-y. By writing to Messrs. 

 Thorn, Queens Printers, Dublin, you can get the "Report on Oyster 

 Fisheries," published in 1870; price six shillings sterling, or by writing 

 to Mr. Frank Buckland, of Luna arid Wafer, you might get a copy of 

 the moie recent Parliamentary Report. 



N. S., Morristown, N J.— I want to know something about Homosas- 

 sa as a place for aa invalid, particularly as regards table comforts, as I 

 can eat only in the most delicate mauner. Would 1 do better at Enter- 

 prise or Smyrna? Ana. We know of no place that approaches Homo- 

 sassa for its table comforts. The route is by rail from Pernandina or 

 Jacksonville to Cedar Keys, and thence by small steamer or sail boat, 30 

 miles or so. One can go via the St. Johns river and the Ocklawaha, to 

 Silver Spring, and thence stage to Ocala. The rest of the journey (20 

 miles) to Homosassa is very rough, 



H. H-, Flushing, L. I.— 1. Will you kindly inform me how tbe game 

 of "Krikak" is played? It was patented on the fiuk December, 1873, by 

 J. T. Cammeyer, who is the sole manufacturer, in New York. Should 

 you be unable to answer this question you would oblige roe by stating 

 where Mr. Cammeyer's manufuctory is? 2. To oblige a lady will you 

 please tell me how to remove kerosene oil stains from brown silk? Ans. 

 1, The game, we are not familiar with, but Messrs. E. J Horsman & 

 Co., No. 72 John street, are sole agents for it. 2. We believe that noth- 

 ing will remove the stains from brown silk; ether will take out the grease 

 but the color will go too. 



J. F. M., Haw Branch, N. C— Do you know of any work or Ornithol- 

 ogy better than Audubon's for a sportsman? if so, what is die chea est, 

 a copy in boards or in cloth, with plates painted, and what would be its 

 eize? How many sizes have been published? What would Audubon's 

 cost that is, the cheapest with colored platPs? Ans. We know of noth- 

 ing with colored plates on American Ornithology better thin Audubon's. 

 The large edition is not now to be had, the small (octavo) cost $100. 

 We mast apologize to our correspondent for having overlooked this 

 question for several weeks. The note was mislaid. 



F. D. W., Williamstown, Mass.— 1. Can a safe and reliable breech- 

 loading shot gun be bought for $50? If so which is the best maker? 2. 

 In the State* of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, 

 are taxidermists allowed to kill all kinds of game and small birds at any 

 season of the year provided they a- ant them to set up as specimens? 

 Ans. 1. Yes, the Fox gun, made by the American Arms Co, of 3oston, 

 the Remington gun and the Parker, are all reliable guns. 2. The law 

 gives them that privilege as regards Insectivorous and other small birds, 

 but not, in some States at least, as regards game birds. 



Czar, Providence.— I have a setter pup between five and six months 

 old. For quite a while he has thrown up his food, but the last week he 

 has been a little better, but he has commenced again and he now howls 

 when eating. His nose is cold and wet, but his breath is offensive. 

 Please tell me what is the matter with him, and also what will enre him? 

 Ans. Your dog's trouble arises either from worms or indigestion. In 

 either case it will benefit him to give 40 grains areca nut in two doses of 

 20 grains each two hours apart, the last dose to be followed in four hours 

 by half an ounce of castor oil. Feed little or no meat and see that he is 

 properly exercised. 



W. D. K., Yarmouth, N. S.— 1. What is the best way to reach the 

 Nep r gon river, from Q, aebec? What month is the trout fishing the best 

 there, and what is the cost a day for guides, boat, &c. ? 2.1 want to get 

 a rifle for moose hunting. What make is most suitable, and which is 

 the best, single or double barrel? Also the cost? Moose hunting is 

 principally done here in the fall before the snow comes. Ans. Go to 

 Toronto; thence by Northern Railroad to Collingwood and steamer 

 to Red Rock Landing, month of Nepigon river. July is the best month 

 and cost of guide and canoe $2 per day, We should feel inclined to re- 

 commend the Winchester rifle. 



N. O. B.. Portland, Maine.— I have been told that several of tbe back 

 numbers of your paper contains articles on exploration and adventure 

 in Newfoundland*. Can you tell me how many of those articles were 

 published, and what would be the price of the papers containing them? 

 Ans. We printed a series of articles, containing very full information of 

 tbe flora, fauna, and geology of Newfoundland, included between the dates 

 of Dec. 31st, 1874, and Feb. 25th, 1875, some ten or more in a@. Besides 

 these we have printed two dozen or more articles on Natural History of 

 the Island, its Game Animals and Fish, which if colle cted would make a 

 compendium that cannot be found in libraries. We will hunt them up 

 for you at 10 cents per copy. 



T. D. McA., Middletown, O.— I have a fine setter pup (about eight 

 months old) with the following symptoms: Nose, warm and dry, thick 

 mattery discharge from the eyes, cough after violent exercise, standi* 

 stretched with nose out and draws in as if making an effort to clear 

 his nostrils, has a twiching or jerking of the body which, when slttirg, 

 appears to be a downward motion of the shoulders, is restless and 

 whines in his sleep? Ans. Your dog has distemper. II the symptoms 

 are still acute open bowels well with 15 grains of calomel placed on the 

 back part of tongue in a dry powder. Give quinine sulph gr. v, three 

 times a day; keep bowels opened with calomel giving small doses after 

 the firsc, and should they be too loose give ti opii £dr. with starch water as 

 an injection. 



H. C. P.. Fitchburg, Mass.— I inclose you sketch of le?t?ing to be 

 worn with moccasins or shoes, and would like your opinion in regard to 

 the prospect of sales, provided I insert an advertisement in your paper? 

 I have worn a pair for the last two years and find I could not do without 

 them. They have straps to pull on like boats, and buckle around the foot 

 so tightly that they are nearly water tight. In the morning when the 

 dew is ou the grass or bushes, they are indispensible, being protection 

 to the pants. Ans. We should think they would answer capitally pro- 

 viding they can be removed as readily as the ordinary legging which but- 

 tons on the side; the advantage of a legging being that it can be removed 

 without necessitating a change of shoe. As for their sale through the 

 medium of an advertisement in our paper, we can speak confidently aa 

 we have the unvarying testimony of all our advertisers on that paint. 



G. B. W., New York.— Where can I find tho best shooting ground in 

 Delaware for water fowl? also the most accessible point from this city 

 and the way to get there? If you know of any more convenient place to 

 New York city you would oblige me very much by informing mo through 

 your columns? Not counting L. I. Ans. There is a system of railroads, 

 starting from Wilmington, Del., which reaches every good ducking 

 ground of the States of Delaware and Maryland, and the Capes of Vir 

 ginia. Clincoteague Bay, in Accomac county, Va., Sinepuxent, in Wor- 

 cester county, Maryland, and Indian River Bay and Bombay Hook, in 

 Delaware, are best places. When there is no ice in the Delaware, tbe 

 river from Bombay Hook, up, is an excellent ducking ground. You 

 can get hotel accommodation. The waters of the Chesapeake are equally 

 accessible by branches from the main railroad, and abound in ducks. 

 Havre de Grace, on the Susquehanna, is a favorite resort. 



n. W. A.. Jr., Boston.— 1. Is there any other name given for "chicken" 

 which I see given repeatedly in your columns? 2. Is there any way of 

 preparing skins that when a few days old will not stiffen and break with 

 haadling? 3. Do ducks ever stay as far north as Massachusetts through- 

 out the entire winter? 4. When do "chicadees," or a bird so called, 

 lay their eggs, and where? Ans. 1. "chicken" or "prairie chicken" is 

 the vulgar name of the pinnated grouse. 2. If you use arsenical soap- 

 instead of dry arsenic your skins will not stiffen; presuming of course 

 that you refer to bird skins. 3. Yea— some varieties. 4. "Chicadees" 

 or Titmice, belong to the family panda; they are a hardy bird, building 

 sometimes nests shaped like a bottle or purse, or sometimes making 

 their nesta in a knot hole. They raise two brooda during the summer, 

 and are more numerous, particularly the crested ones, in the South and 

 West. 



R. L. T., Dallas, Texas. We are having quite a controversy here in 

 regard to quail and partridge. Some claim they are one and the same 

 kind of game, and others that they are different. And all agree to leave 

 it to your valuable paper to decide. Ans. We presume the question 

 refers to the birds of this country alone, and on this assumption answer 

 that the names quail and partridge are both applied to Ortyx Virginian^ 

 in different sections of the United States. The bird is called quad in 

 New England and the West, while in Pennsylvania, Virginia and to the 

 South and Southwest it is called partridge. In New York and New Eng- 

 land the ruffed grouse (Bomsa umbellw>), is called partridge. The quail 

 and partridge of Europe are very different from our bird, and from, 

 each other. For a very interesting and expansive article on the grouse 

 and quail of North America see this journal. Vol. I. No. 19, p. 2S9. 



R. E. P., Ferrisburgh, Vt.— 1. Years ago, not long after Porter's death, 

 I think, there were two Spirits of the Times, each claiming to be tbe orig_ 

 inal Jacobs. A contributor to one of them, signing himself as remem. 

 ber, "Nesmuc," was a remarkably agreeable writer. Can yen tell mo 

 who he was, or what has become of him? 2. Are there any beayles in 

 this country answering to tbe description given of that breed by Frank 

 Forester, who calls thun "pocket editions of the old southern houud," 

 long eared and of melodious voice— and May hew, in "Dogs and their 

 Management," page 349, says: "The beagle is the bloodhound, only of 

 small size." A breed of hounds like Forester's and Mayhew'e beagles is 

 gieatly desired. Do tiiey exist? Ans. 1. We do not know who ' Nes- 

 muc" was; perhaps some of our correspondents can supply the infor- 

 mation. 2. We question whether there are any pure bred beagles in this 

 country. The nog which we have seen and which is commonly call d a 

 beagle is usually an undersized fox-hound, whereas the beagle proper 

 should not be more than 12 or 14 inches high at the shoulder. 



A. B., Lancaster, Pa.— 1. Have you ever published a list of doga that 

 were awarded prizes at the Pittsburgh Bench Show, or do you know 

 what dog took first premium in the Irish setter class? 2 What is the 

 cause of my dog coughing when excited, or for instance when I let him 

 out of the kennel, or after running will occasionally take a fit of cough- 

 ing; he also shakes his head atd scratches his ears. I caunot *-ee any- 

 thing the matter with them? 3 I have a setter pup nine months old that 

 carries a bad tail to look well; he carries it too much curled up over his 

 back, could anything be done to make him carry it straight? Would 

 >ou advise docking his tail, being 16£ inches in length? Ans. 1. We 

 have never received a prize list of the Pittsburgh show. 2. Your dog 

 has canker of the ear. Wash the ear thoroughly, and t twice a day pour 

 iu some of tie following solution: Goulard's extract £oz., wue <t>f 

 opium, £oz\ sulph, zinc, 30 grs., water, 7i z., mix. 3- If your tnimy 

 still carries his tail badly when one year old. draw it down to the middle 

 of the hock and cut oli.all below. Butif he carries his tail »traig!u iu 

 the field we would not touch it; a slight crook is rather fashionable now; 

 most of the "blue bloods" have it. 



C. M., West Exeter, England.— 1. Would you kindly tell me in your 

 next what kind of sport would be met with in the country between Mon- 

 tana and the Pacific Coast? Lord Dunraven speaks of it as a country in 

 which he read there was a great deal of game and that the Indians were 

 firie'dly, but he knows nothing of if. from experience. What part of 

 the West oo you consider best for elk, blacktail deer, and b.ar? I have 

 had eight years in the West, big game shooting, but have never been in 

 the country I have mentioned. I am coming out next June and hope to 

 be on the plains by July. 2. Would you kindly tell me whether I could 

 rely on getting a really fine setter in America for, say, $100, for use on 

 the prairies? Ther e is so much trouble in bringing out dogs. Ans. 1. 

 We have never hunted in the country west of Momana, but resident 

 correspondents speak highly of it. In Montana among the eastern foot- 

 hills of the main divide are to be found elk, black and white-tailed deer, 

 buffalo, bear, moose, mountain sheep and antelope in large numbers, 

 Fort Benton is a good place to start from, traveling north along the base 

 of the mountains. 2. A fair dog could be bought for that mongy.ani! 

 being accustomed to any game would probably be of much laoje in 

 \ llnie @ervips thaa the best you could bring ^itb y?.^„ 



