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fluenoa of sundry sebeniing worthies was really at the 

 bottom of the questionable- engineering talent now 

 wrongfully credited to Major Deaue, All the more rea- 

 son why an explanation should be forth joniing, unless 

 the Perkins boiler can afford to shoulder the charge of 

 lieing put forwrard by persons not competent to judge of 

 its merits. 



Should the Perkins Engine Compaiir contemplate 6s- 

 tabliaiung a branch of their business in America, they 

 will probably thank us for conning them clear of certain 

 individuals of unsavory reputation, who, unfortunately, 

 appear to have "rung in "with the company's gallant 

 Secretary to the extent of placing tl;e latter's abiUty in a 

 wrong light before tlie public. Connection of any sort 

 with confidence men can. do the company no good, and 

 tlie sooner they get a clear conception of the lay of the 

 land, the better. 



FISHERY EXHlBlTiONS. 



THE success which attended the great exhibition at 

 Berlin has set the fashion, and liahery exhibitions 

 are, no doubt, destined to become more or less popular. 

 Germany has Jiiid anotlior one, at V/urtzburg, which was 

 not international in its character, although we learn that 

 Me.ssrs. S. Allcock & Co., of Kedditch, England, makers 

 of hooks and fishing tackle generally, received a diploma, 

 a gold medal and a " prize of honor" for their exhibit. 

 This firm also received a gold medal at the Berlin Exhi- 

 bition. 



It is now proposed to hold a similar fisliery fair in Eng- 

 land, this fall, under the management of llie Xorfolk and 

 Suffolk Fish Acclimatization Society, and Norwich has 

 been selected as the place for it. This one is to be some- 

 what international in its characetr, we infer, from the 

 fact that the Fischerei Verein of Germany have signified 

 their intention to "assist," whatever tliat may mean, but 

 it is certainly too soon after the splendid exhibition in 

 Germany to hold an "international" one; siu-ely a 

 breathing spell of a few years is necessary before the 

 United States would entertain the idea of being officially 

 represented, if it ei'er does again. The United States 

 Pish Coiumission not only has much other work to attend 

 to, but there are many other reasons why there are ob- 

 jections to a display by our government, besides the ex 

 pense, the main one being the damage done to the collec- 

 tion belonging to the National Museum, which will soon 

 be set in position in the new building, many articles in 

 it being impossible to duplicate. Of course such exhibi- 

 tions are open to private exhibitors, but somehow Teiy 

 few of them had enterprise enuugli to take advantage of 

 it as the EnglLih manufacturers did at Berlin, where al- 

 most the entire display in the English department was 

 made by individuals, We imagine that it will be a long 

 tiu»e before such a fishery exhibition as the one recently 

 )>eld in Gei'inany will be attempted, for the reason that 

 we do not know of aiiy fishery organization in ihe world 

 which has the enterprise to conceive and the courage to 

 attempt what was done by the Deutsche Fischerei 

 Verein, Tlie Norwich Exhibition has also the promise of 

 support from Jlesars. Buckland and Walpole, Inspectors 

 of Fisheries of Great Britain. 



! II. Te.^m Captain and the Custom House.— Col, 

 Boilme's lot just now is not a particularly happy one. 

 He made ai\ error in getting his personal effects past the 

 scrutiny of tlie customs oflicers, and now every exchange 

 from the country over has its little fling at the leader ot 

 the American riflemen in Ireland. It is really to be re- 

 gretted after such a brilliant run of luck and skill 

 on the field of Dolly mount that the record sliould be 

 smirched by a misunderstanding with such an object as 

 a tide-waiter of the New York Custom House. But such 

 was the fact, and roll.-? of silk and packages of kid gloves 

 in the Colonera gun case, without a corresponding notice 

 of their presence on the passenger declaration of the late 

 team captain, makes an annoying contradiction to be 

 rectified. There was manifestly no intention at .sin\ig- 

 gllng, as there was no attempt at concealment. When 

 the team of 187.1 came home the display of baggage was 

 somewhat enormous, and particularly excessive as coin- 

 p.ared with the amount taken out. All of this niiseeHu- 

 neous collection ot valuables were then passed by the 

 customs officers without word or question, intending by 

 the ait to have a compliment shown the team. Relying 

 on something of the sort again, the Colonel found, when 

 too (ate, that he had miscalculated, hence the position of 

 alTrtira to-day. It is unfortunate that any such an occur- 

 rence should have taken place, and it is only to meet in 

 some measure the current misapprehension that we speak 

 of it at all. 



The Casaviiah Match.— During the present week 

 t.ieedmoor range has been occupied pretty constantly 

 by the practicing of the Canadian team. The gentlemen 

 who have crossed the border this time have come to 

 win. They are taking time, and proceeding along with a 

 «ystem and care which augurs well for their success. 

 They are wooing the goddess Fortune, as the really suc- 

 •cessful rille shot always does, by assiduous court. The 

 men do uot lack famlliarifcy eacji withltlie otliffl-, and. 



with rifles all of a make, and these, too, American rifles, 

 it will look like a breath of bad luck for them to be 

 beaten. The probabilities of the record are, of course, 

 in favor of the American, or Amateur RiQe team ; but 

 the gentlemen of the Amateur Club will not regret a de- 

 feat at the hands of their kindly neighbors from across 

 the lake. To-day tho team visit Manhattan Beach for 

 a formal dinner, and the match on Saturday will be 

 carefully noted by our special rifle contributor, and the 

 whys and wherefores of victory or defeat duly set forth. 



To Collect Skawkkd.— Pew objects of nntnral hi.story 

 are more interesting than the seaweeds and algaj jf our 

 coasts when properly preserved , and a stroll on al most any 

 beach will reveal to the collector a number of beautiful 

 forms, which are well worthy of the slight trouble in- 

 volved in their collection and preservation. 



Seaweeds are sucli be.Tutiful objects when fresh, and 

 are so unsightly \vhen shriveled and dried up, that it 

 seems desirable to give full directions to those who may 

 be interested in this department of botany, but who are 

 ignorant as to the best method to be emjployed to make 

 these objects retain their colors. The present time, too, 

 when so many of our readers are at the seaside, seems 

 peculiarly iitling for the publication of such directiona. 

 Wo publish elsewhere very full directions for collecting 

 alg«, wliicb we owe to the courtesy of Prof. Daniel C. 

 Eaton, Professor of Botany in Yale College. Prof. Eaton 

 is one of the first authorities in the country on seaweeds, 

 and we desire to express here om- appreciation of his 

 kindness. 



GREENE SMITH. 



FEW men were better known to tlie sportsmen of 

 America than was Greene Smith, a brief notice of 

 whose death on the 2::!d ult. was given in our columns a 

 fortniRht a^jTO. To-day we pulilish the accompanying 

 portrait, which we have spared no pains to make faithful 

 to the photograph from which it was engraved. These 

 who knew the original will at once recognize its fidelity. 



Greene Smith wa.s born in Peterboro, N. Y,, in the 

 year 184-3, .and was therefore at the time of his deatli jusl 

 in tho prima of life. He was a son of the late Gerril 

 Sniith, and was given a superior education. 



At an early age he manifested the taste for natural 

 history pursuits, the gratification of which, in later 

 years, was his chief employment and pleasure. In his 

 younger days, too, he exhibited those qualities of char- 

 acter which made him so remarkably a friend of every 

 one with whom he was associated. Greene Smith had 

 a strong social disposition, and his affability drew friends 

 about him at home and abroad. He enjoyed traveling, 

 and spent much of his time away from home ; but, as 

 has been happily said of him, " he never got far enough 

 awijy to find any enemy." 



Although coming of a family somewhat prominent in 

 public life, and naturally possessed of those qualifioations 

 which might have given him like prominence, his incli- 

 nation led him elsewhere, and his life was passed mainly 

 on tlie family estate, and without nmcli that was note- 

 worthy. He was at one time professor of ornithology 

 in Cornell University, but his interests always centered 

 closely in his wonderful collection of birds, to the per- 

 fection of which his time and enthusiasm were devoted. 



Among the sportsmen of this State Greene Smith al- 

 ways held a prominent and a very pleasant position. He 

 was the president of the National Sportsmen's Associa- 

 tion, of Niagara Falls, in IHio, and in 1877 presided over 

 tho Convention of the New York State Sportsmen's Asso- 

 ciation for the Protection of Fish and Game. 



For many months preceding his death it had been evi- 

 dent to his friends that recovery from his pulmonary 

 complaint was impossible, and for several weeks he had 

 . been perceptibly failing, 



These last weoks were spent in the " Ornithon," or 

 bird-house, aniong the treasures ho had been so long 

 gathering together. Here, propped up in his sick bed 

 and sun-ounded by all that love and wealth could supply 

 for his comfort, he sought relief from pain by apply- 

 ing himself to a final cataloguing and arranging of his 

 ornithological collection ; and it was here that he passed 

 away from earth. 



The following description of tho " Oniithon " wag 

 published in this journal (Rod A^'D GCN) :— 



After walking some two or three hundred yards down 

 a gravel walk, we came to a large building in Gothic 

 rustic style, tlic sides covered with liemlock bark. On 

 the rustic door is the word "Ornithon" in ivy. The build- 

 ing is in the form of the letter T, the main part being 

 one and a half stories liigh and 56x30 feet ; the L is one 

 story, and 2.jxl() feet on the ground. The entrance is in 

 the center ot the L portion of the building. In the cen- 

 ter of this room, immediately in front of the door, is a 

 large double desk, surmounted by statuettes, and con- 

 tainmg writing materials, with inkstands and study appli- 

 ance.s, all rich, and in modern ta^te. On tho timbers over 

 tha desk are carved an immense pair of elk antlers, from 

 which depended Sharps and Spencer rities, with game 

 bag, riding whip, powder llasks, horns, rod, creel, and 

 other sporting implements ; also a riding wliip which M_r, 

 binith said once belonged to a soldier in Stuart'.s cavaliy. 

 The sides of the room are hidden by immense glass 

 cases, the one on the right containing specimens of 

 .,kins, duck, teal, snipe and other game birds; also a 

 large varietv of song birds, herons, swans, etc., in a fine 

 state of preservation. Behind this case is a gun-rack 

 fitted with drawers, containing ammunition, shot, wads, 

 shells and shooting fixings. Thecaseon the other side 

 of the room is of the same size, and contains some of 

 the finest movmted specimens we had seen. Among 

 them were the English woodcock, European kingfislier, 

 cuckoo, a whooping crane (of which there are very few 

 specimens in this country), a pair of black swans from 

 Australia, a roseate spoonbill, monster owls, hawks, 

 pigeons and other birds, with sundry foxes and quadru- 

 peds, many rare shells and curiosities of various kinds. 

 Behind this case is a well-filled book-case, containing a 

 good collection of modern literature, in which are the 

 best books and many rare works in sporting and natural 

 his ory. 



The entrance to the main building is about fifteen or 

 twenty feet wide, and in the center stands a beautiful 

 fountain of cool water, with a few speckled beauties 

 sporting in the crystal flood. A grand wide stairway 

 leads to the upper part of the mahi building, and on 

 either side are large rustic rooms inclosed with wire 

 screens. The room on the right had a rocky bed, willi a 

 stream of water flowing through, and was exclusively 

 for song biids, and would accommodate upward of a hun- 

 dred without crowding their movement. On the left, 

 in the main room, is a miniature pond, with rock work 

 arranged especially for ducks and otlier aquatic buds. 

 Beyond this is a large wire room used as a kennel. 



We turn to the right, and there find a loading table for 

 guns and ammunition, and in a cosy nook, neatly ar- 

 ranged, are ground and plunge traps, and all the para- 

 phernalia for trap shooting, according to the most im- 

 proved plans of English and American rules. On the 

 left side of this loft or large balcony we find the profes- 

 sional tools of scientific draughtsman and civil engineer, 

 all laid out in order, meant for use, not show, but a rich 

 man's, nevertheless, love for their use being shown by the 

 perfection and finish of the tools. 



In another case are the appliances for taxidermy. A 

 second collection ot books is found in this department in 

 keeping with this subject ; and here we found Wilson's 

 Ornitholosiy, 9 vols., of 1808 ; Charles Lucien Bonaparte's 

 ivork of 18(1-"). in 4 vols. : Audubon's complete works of 

 1856; also .John Cas,sin's .Appendix; The birds of North 

 America, bv .Spencer F. Baird, John Cassin and' Geort;e 

 N. Liwrence, of 1800 ; Baird, Brewer and Ridgway's N. 

 A. Birds, of 1874, and all works of the best authors coin- 

 rilete, not forgetting flies of American Sportsman and 

 Rod and Gux, 



Tne walls throughout the building are covered with 

 engravings and specimens, mostly fine illustrations of 

 birds and sporting scenes, together with trophies of the 

 chase, specimens of horns and other matter. Among the 

 specimens are the spikes of ibex, hartbeest blessbok, 

 eland, gnu, springbok of Africa, the gazelle ami chamois 

 of Switzerland, antelope and bnifalo from the plains. 

 Bird cages with.out number, containing song birds, hang 

 from the timbers. Also a variety of trout and salmon 

 rods, with flies attached, ready for a cast. Trailing ar- 

 butus, clematis, wisteria and other- creepers cover the 

 walls, draping all unoccupied spaces. ;,^ ^ 



Celkbrated Suols.— Dr. and Mrs. John Ruth, the cel- 

 ebrated California experts with idfle, shot gun and pistol, 

 are now in this city, and it is to be hope<l wfll before long 

 give a joint exhibition of their skill with the arms that 

 they so well know how to handle. 



Dr. Ruth we find is well acquainted -with our old frieafid 

 Major Frank North, himself one of the best rifle and 

 pistol shots that wc have ever seen, whose name is so 

 well known west of the Missouri Riveras Commander 

 of the Invincible Battalion of Pawnee Scouts, Major 

 North's letter, recommending tlie Doctor to tho public as 

 one of the finest shots in the world, is a document to be 

 proud of, 



Dr. Ruth has just received iTom William Read & Sons, 

 of B ston, one ot Scotts' hammerless guns, of latest 

 model, and will use it in all his exhibitions and matches, 



—The Virginia mountain trip, of wiiich we have al- 

 ready made extended and commendatory notice, will be- 

 gin Sept. 9th, and not, as it was at first proposed, Sept. 

 1st. We have reason to believe that those who join the 

 expedition will find it a rarely enjoyable mode of pleas- 

 ure travel. 



