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Dh. D. J. Maltby.— Our readers will recall with 

 interest the interesting sketch of " Bear Shooting in 

 North Minnesota," published in our issue of May 13th, 

 over the signature " M. D." Its author was Dr. D. J. 

 Maltby. of Detroit, Minn., a brief notice of whose death, 

 on the 8th inst., has just reached us. Dr. Maltby's letter 

 could not fail to inspire in its readers a personal interest 

 in himself and a hope to know more of him, The short 

 obituary notice bofore us is a simple record of a busy life, 

 a fine christian character and a loving circle of friends. 

 Having enlisted in the Ninety-fourth New York Volun- 

 teers in 1801, he participated in eight pitched battles, 

 was taken prisoner twice, and after the war resumed his 

 medical studies at Watertown. N. Y., thence going 

 directly to Detroit. He had numerous friends in this 

 city, where he attended a course of lectures in the, fall of 

 1877. At the time of his death Dr. Maltby was thirty- 

 seven years of age. He leaves a wife and three children. 



Something New im Pyrotechnics.— The new form of 

 pyrotechnics, which are for sale by Messrs. Hartley 

 & Graham, are so much superior to the old style of Are- 

 works that we think they must in a great measure dis- 

 place them, The device is an exceedingly simple one, so 

 simple, in fact, that one wonders that it was not invented 

 before. The star cartridges are to all appearance like 

 an ordinary shell, but they are filled with the same ma- 

 terials that are employed in Roman candles, sky-rockets, 

 etc., and we have fireworks shot out of a gun. The ad- 

 vantages are simplicity and rapidity of firing, a complete 

 absence of the dirt and danger attending the old me- 

 thods, and, not the least important, a very decided differ- 

 ence in the cost. For political celebrations in the public 

 streets these star cartridges are far preferable to all other 

 pyrotecht Ties, because there are no sparks to endanger 

 itators, and no dangerous sticks to fall, For the 

 lawn and for yachting purposes these cartridges prove 

 equally adapted. Fourth of July and other displays of 

 fireworks have hitherto been attended with expense and 

 damage ; the invention of star cartridges obviates both. 



— The International Fishery Exhibition at Berlin will 

 close on the 29th of this month, and Prof. Goode and 

 staff expect to sail for home either on July 1st or 8th, 

 arriving about the 15th or22d. 



THE AMERICAN AWARDS AT BERLIN. 



AMERICANS have every reason to be satisfied with 

 their representation at the Berlin International 

 Fishery Exhibition. Notwithstanding the limited time 

 afforded by the tardy action of Congress to make an ap- 

 propriation for the purpose, Prof. Baird, having the 

 extensive resources of the National Museum and the Fish 

 Commission to draw npon, prepared an exhibit which 

 proved superior in variety and completeness to 

 that of any other nation. The American display at 

 Berlin has received very much attention from the intelli- 

 gent visitors who have visited the Exposition, the ulti- 

 mate effect of which must be to very materially increase 

 the foreign demand for American fishing products, and 

 so to largely stimulate our commerce. The immediate 

 result has been a harvest of prizes for this country, which 

 is among those to which a gold medal and an address of 

 thanks will be transmitted. 



The award which will give the most genuine satisfac- 

 tion, not only to his personal friends but tojall who are 

 interested in the growth of this branch of the nation' 

 economies as well, is that of the first honorary prize to 

 Prof. Spencer F, Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 AVasbington, and the United States Commission of Fish 

 and Fisheries. The action of the Berlin judges is a 

 recognition of the preeminent services of Prof. Baird, who 

 has done more than any other individual to advance thi 

 science and industry of fish culture. The Forest and 

 Stream speaks for the fi3h culturists of the United 

 Stales when it indorses this award as just and well- 

 deserved. We may add just here a bit of news 

 which has just come to us from our Berlin correspondent, 

 namely, that Prof. Baird has just been made an honorary 

 member of the Sooiete d'Acclimatation, Paris, by the 

 unanimous vote of its members, in recognition of the 

 great work he has accomplished in advancing fish culture 

 to the rank of an industry worthy of being prosecuted by 

 great nations. 



Other American awards at Berlin were : Gold medals 

 with special honorary mention : The United States Fi- 

 nance Department and the United States Fisheries C< 

 mission ; gold medals : United States Fisheries Commis- 

 sioners Leonard, of Bangor, Me. ; Atkins, of Rockport, 

 Me.; Ferguson, of Baltimore, Md.; Green, of Rochester, 

 N. Y.: McDonald, of Lexington, Va. ; Mather, of New 

 York ; Stone, of Charlestown, N. H., and Chase of De- 

 troit. Silver medals t Alaska Commercial Company, of 

 San Francisco ; the Beardsleys, of New York ; Booth, of 

 Chicago ; Potter & Wrightington, of Boston ; the Port- 

 land Packing Company ; the Russia Cement Company, 

 of Rockport. Mass.; Rosehatein Brothers, of New York; 

 Thome, of M issachusetts ; Thurber, of New \ ork : Ward. 

 of America; Hagedoru. of New York ; lOverson, of 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Wilcox Crittenden, of Middletown, 

 Conn; Chase, of Detroit, Mich.; Merriman, of New 

 York ; United States Fisheries Commissioner Brow 

 Goode, of Washington ; the Forest and Stream Publish- 

 ing Company, of New York; Noble, of Ricbibucto, 

 Canada, and Spribner, of New York. A large number 

 of Americans received bronze medals, diplomas and 

 honorary mention, of which the particulars are not yet 

 at hand. A farther and fuller account of the awards 

 will appear in due time from our representative at 

 Berlin. 



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THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS OF VIR- 

 GINIA. 



IT gives us much pleasure to lay before our readers the 

 following plan of an extended camping trip through 

 the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains of South- 

 It is proposed that a party of gentlemen shall start 

 from Lynchburg, Va., on Wednesday Sept. 1st, and 

 striking at once into the Blue Ridge, traverse all the 

 most desirable districts for sport and scenery in that 

 country ; go as far north as Bath County, and return to 

 Lynchburg on Wednesday, Sept. 29th. The precise 

 route will be determined by the gentlemen who have 

 projected the expedition, and whose familiarity with 

 the section is sufficient promise that it will be well 

 chosen, both for sport and for enjoying the rare natural 

 scenery. The country is far famed for its beauty and the 

 magnificence of its landscapes, and at the same time it 

 will possess all the charms of novelty. September, the 

 month chosen, is that in which the most enjoyment can 

 be had in outdoor life ; in that climate one may be toler- 

 ably sure of fine and temperate weather. The anglers 

 of the party will get the cream of the black bass fishing 

 in the higher waters of the James, and excellent trout 

 fishing is also to be had ; for those who prefer it there 

 will be " pheasant " and deer shooting ; and for all pure 

 mountain air and an ever-changing series of panoramic 

 landscapes. 



The mode of travel will be the most comfortable that 

 it is possible to provide, namely, by Jersey wagons, 

 carriages and saddle horse?., while extra saddles will be 

 taken, so that the carriage horses may be employed for 

 excursions to and fro while the party is in camp. Tents 

 will be provided with servants and everything necessary 

 for making travel and camp as thoroughly comfortable 



and luxurious as possible. The journey will be made by 

 easy stages, with outriders to secure the best camping 

 grounds, and when the special attractions for the sports- 

 u, artist and tourist warrant it the party will remain 

 in camp two or three days. In short, the party will 

 make it a rule to derive the most pleasure and profit from 

 the trip, and while the general plan will be thoroughly 

 perfected before the start, it will be so elastic as to be 

 modified by the relative attractions of the route. Ar- 

 rangements will be made for the regular transmission of 

 the mails. 



The projectors of this admirable scheme are our well- 

 known correspondent, " Ringwood," and Major R. C. 



Saunders, of Careyswood, Evington, Campbell I , 



Virginia. The latter gentleman, besides knowing the 

 mountains of Southwestern Virginia better, perhaps 

 than anyone else in that part of the State, is also preemi- 

 nently fitted for conducting and making pleasant such 

 an expedition. He has in former days owned a great 

 deal oi property there, has hunted through the mountains 

 for twenty successive falls, and is widely known and 

 respected among the mountaineers, both personally and 

 by reputation, which, as will be readily understood] is in 

 that country peculiarity advantageous. It will he the 

 endeavor of those engaged in conducting the expedition 

 to make everything pass off well, and we can see no 

 reason why it should not be done. The tickets for the 

 trip, from Lynchburg and return, will be $101) each. 

 This will include everything, except blankets, which the 

 gentlemen joining the expedition are requested to pro- 

 vide. One half of this sum will be payable on August 

 1st, when the lists will be closed, and may then be sent to 

 Major Saunders as above. The remainder will be payable 

 on disbanding at Lynchburg. The number of tickets 

 will be limited. 



Readers of the Forest and Stream who may be 

 desirous of joining the expedition are urged to give in 

 their names at once. The party will be a party of gentle- 

 men, whose companionship will be thoroughly agreeable. 

 There will bo no objection to ladies, nor will there be any 

 reason why they should not enjoy the trip. 



We bespeak for the party who shall leave Lynchburg 

 next September a complete realization of all the pleasant 

 experiences the anticipation of such a trip presents to 

 the mind. 



CAMPING OUT. 



CAMPING out does not necessarily menu roughing 

 it. You can with a Utile experience and forethought 

 have nearly all the comforts of home, with many other 

 comforts, that locked up denizens of the city can Only 

 wish for. Your bed can be made of the choicest hem- 

 lock boughs, soft as eider down. You can bolt down the 

 fresh air from the mountains, the zephyrs from off the 

 lake, the wind that conies sighing through tlie forest- 

 any one, of these, or all at once, it's only a quest ion of 

 lung capacity — until the eyes sparkle and the cheeks glow 

 with the stimulus begotton by the almost intoxicating 

 air, while the chest expands with strength, and hands 

 and face attain from sun and storm the bronze and 

 brick color that tell of health aud vigor, and your nose, 

 meanwhile, shall brighten up and shine like the danger 

 signal on a locomotive. 



To the camper-out there are many elements lending 

 theh aid to augment his beatitudes. His pleasures are 

 only measured by the lapse of his vacation. Wooed by 

 all the charms and blandishment that June can offer, 

 idle as the day is long if he chooses, calling no man his 

 master, free to tram]) away over the hills before the dew 

 is oil the ground, or free to lie in bed all day, it approxi- 

 ,1,1,-; more nearly to perfect bliss than anything else 



this world can offer. It is a butterfly life, this 3 a 



carelessly and almost unconsciously upon the summer 

 air, bidding farewell to the conventional restraints of 

 society, becoming boys again, forgetful of worldly dials 

 and living only in the sunshine of merry retrospection 

 and a care-free present. 



Buy through tickets and escape from your brick and 

 mortar bondage. Come along to unrestrained freedom 

 to an unbroken quietude of mind. Do not let business 

 overshadow and annihilate your love of quiet sport by 

 flood or field, but give rod and gun their proper share of 

 time, and your reward will come though you never ruffle a 

 feather nor raise a fin. Give care a cross-buttock and 

 get away from yourself. Come where you can humor 

 every caprice and taste the sweets of idleness ; where the 



gloss of pretense is rubbed off; where fashion her, i - 



moralized and style becomes paralyzed ; where there are no 

 store clothes, no "biled shirts," no plug hats ; where you 

 are free from the discordant combination of cats' cornets 

 and curs; where you can lay your troubles at nature's 

 feet, for the cornucopia of her charms and blessings are 

 absolutely inexhaustible. 



If failing health requires a stimulant not too severe, 

 come where you will find a ceaseless supply of that price- 

 less panacea, pure air, which is more inspiring than an 

 invitation to drink. A genial, life-giving atmosphere it 

 is ; so pure and balmy that it would almost give life to a 

 cremated body. 



The greater part of our misery in this world is caused 



