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FOKEST AND STREAM. 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL, 



devoted to ftbld am aquatic sports, practical natural history, 

 Fish Culture, the Protfctios of Game, Preservation of Forests, 

 and the Inculcation in Men and Women of a Healthy Interest 

 is Out-Door Recreation and Study: 



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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1877. 



To Correspondents. 



All communications whatever, intended for publication, must be ac- 

 companied with real name of the writer as a guaranty of good faith, 

 and be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. 

 Names will not be published if obj ection be made. No anonymous con 

 tributions will be regarded. 



We cannot promise to return rejected manuscripts. 



Secretaries of Clubs and Associations are urged to favor us with brief 

 notes of their movements and transactions. 



Nothing will be admitted to any department of the paper that may 

 not be read with propriety in the home circle. 



We cannot be responsible for dereliction of the mail service if money 

 remitted to us is lost. No person whatever is authorized to collect 

 money for us unless he can show authentic credentials from one of the 

 undersigned. We have no Philadelphia agent. 



tsr Trade supplied by American News Company. 

 CHARLES IIALLOCK, Editor. 



T. C. BANKS, B. H. TUERILL, Chicago, 



Business Manager. Western Manager. 



A Home for Friendless Girls.— A benevolent institution 

 on the corner of Seventh avenue and Thirteenth street, is 

 doing a quiet but noble work by gathering in young and 

 friendless girls, and providing them with shelter and protec- 

 tion till they can be returned to their friends, or placed in per- 

 manent homes in Christian families in the country. About 

 two hundred are thus yearly provided for, and many touch- 

 ing scenes are witnessed as these wanderers find themselves 

 'once more housed and protected. Mary , an interest- 

 ing child of eight years, whose mother was buried from a 

 tenement house, and she, left in the streets, wandered for 

 weeks about the city, nobody believing her story, and she not 

 knowing where to get help. She was one day taken from a 

 door-step, where she sat crying, and brought to the house. 

 "Never," says the Matron, "did I see a child weep harder 

 than she did when told that she might stay." This is but one 

 instance among many that might ba mentioned. The institu- 

 tion lives by voluntary contributions, and as winter is ap- 

 proaching it needs help. Any one wishing to give to this 

 worthy object can send directly to the Home, 41 Seventh 

 avenue, or to Mrs. Rev. Dr. Haliock, 132 West Thirteenth 

 street, A Fair held at the Home, corrmenc Wed- 

 nesday, November 21, and continues through the week. 

 . ■#.— « 



Philadelphia Grand National Dog Show— Co-operation 

 of the Pennsylvania Kennel Club.— We are glad to an- 

 nounce that Dr. Twaddell is actively interested in the dog- 

 show to beheld at Philadelphia, and we are in receipt of the 

 following communication from the Pennsylvania State Ken- 

 nel Club, which gives its warm approval of the exhibition. 

 This action of the Pennsylvania Kennel Club sets then at rest 

 certain carpings in regard to the character of the Philadelphia 



Show. 



" The Pennsylvania State Kennel Club, in order to dispel any 

 erroneous impression that the bench show for dog-:, to be held 

 at Philadelphia from the. 26th to the Suth of November, is 

 merely a local exhibition, do hereby announce that they will 

 be associated with the gentlemen whose names have already 

 been published as patrons, a ad under whose united patronage 

 the exhibition is to be given. 



John C. Johnson, President, 



Wm. R, Knight. Sec. pro tim." 



OUR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 



WE wish to put a flea in the ear of our correspondents 

 respecting this department of our paper. 



It is more than a pleasure to answer the numerous questions 

 put to us— it is a duty. We are only too glad to act as CEdi- 

 pus for the world at large, in fact, to become a kind of Provi- 

 dence for those " who want lo know, you know." Of course, 

 we lay no claim to infallibility, and should the Sphynx occa- 

 sionally get the better of us, it is certainly from no careless- 

 ness en our part ; for no questions are eVer put to us that we 

 do [not strive our very best to answer. Either, then, the 

 Forest and Stream and Rod and Gtx must, be very popu- 

 lar, or the belief in our ability to solve all kinds of intricate 

 problems is well nigh universal. Each mail brings to us an 

 avalanche of queries. " Bring us this day our daily ques- 

 tions," we usually say with becoming cheerfulness. 



Puzzled ! Of course we are sometimes. It would take a 

 very gifted human being— a Solomon, in fact, with a eosmical 

 brain — not to be puzzled over the questions. Would the read- 

 er like to have an example of how an answer has to be chased 

 up ? Suppose we follow the story attached to a certain paste- 

 board box. It came from beyond the Rocky Mountains. All 

 that box held was a wing, a claw and the head of some bird. 

 Not being a Coues, of course it was not to be spotted as to 

 species at a single look. Down come from the shelves our 

 entire ornithological library. The books are hrnted through. 

 We find many birds looking something like the specimen, but 

 not exactly. We cannot give a satisfactory reply. We send 

 out the box and its contents to a noted naturalist who lives 

 six miles from the office. That wise man returns the box and 

 bird remains with two brief, dispiriting words, "Don't know." 

 We woriy and fret over that bird all day. We are perpetu- 

 ally conscious of the question, because the bird fragments are 

 no longer pleasant to the smell. But the Forest and Stream 

 office is the headquarters for the naturalists. There just hap- 

 pens to come a distinguished Smithsonian professor. Before 

 he has hardly a chance to greet us, that box is shoved at him. 

 The professor looks at the specimen critically for half a min- 

 ute, then says, " Why — yes — it is so and so. Don't you see 

 the whole trouble is that the bird — a rather rare one — has got 

 on his winter plumage?" We smile wisely, but note the an- 

 swer down just as quick as v^e can for fear it may escape us. 

 Now when the answer about this bird is printed, the space it 

 will occupy may not be over two lines, yet it has been a 

 source of anxiety for forty-eight hours. The casual reader 

 who glances over " Answers to Correspondents," can have no 

 possible conception of the trouble those answers have caused. 

 Sometimes we telegraph to long distances at our own expense, 

 and this costs considerable money as w T ell as time. We thus 

 purposely enter into some of these details in order to explain 

 how in these two or three columns the work is done, aud 

 wish to state that these replies are often due to the united la- 

 bors of some twenty people. In fact, to keep up this page in 

 a consistent way, as much time, money, talent and thought is 

 necessary as would be required to produce a whole paper. 

 Specialists can readily reply to certain questions, though in 

 the many curious queries put to us in regard to guns aud 

 ammunition, and all that relates to fire-arms, we frequently 

 have to call in the assistance of the leading experts of the 

 country. 



Nothing gives more anxiety and care to us than the replies 

 concerning the innumerable dog maladies. At tirneg it seems 

 to us that an epidemic must be raging through the land. No 

 end of thought and prudence must be used in diagnosing a ca- 

 nine case from a letter. We frequently receive as many as 

 .six c'osely written pages in regard to the condition oE an aiii- 

 mal, every word of which has to be closely studied. Occa- 

 sionally we almost fancy that an admirer of the paper had at 

 his leisure been storing away a whole series of questions, and 

 suddenly made up his mind to send his entire harvest to our 

 mill to be ground, for in one and the same batch, lumped as it 

 were, is tumbled out before us the most hetereogeneous mass 

 of things. In one letter we have solved knotty points about 

 dogs, gune, canoes, pneumatics, billiards, prices of real estate, 

 the best place to send a boy to school, the price of coffee, 

 cooking terrapins, an explanation of the moons of Mars, aud 

 some other minor matters. 



Sometimes, we regret to say, very silly questions are asked 

 of us. Things of this character try a man's patience, even if 

 he be an editor. Changing but very slightly the article in 

 question, we give pretty nearly a copy of a series of que- 

 ries : 



"1. T think a portable gridiron for c imping out would be a 

 good ihinu:. don't you ?— a gridiron which could be hinged and a 

 party could carry in their vest pocket. 2. If invented, could I 

 L r i t it patented ? 3. Would you look over the patents and fee 

 if any one has ever thought of such a thins 2 4. What would 

 lo have it patented? 5. Ain't patent lawyers mostly 

 frauds? G. If I did get up such a gridiron who would make 

 them in quantity in your city ? 7. Do you think I could in- 

 terest, the maker? 8. Could it be introduced into the army? 

 9, Would it not replace a frying pan? 10. Would you have 

 the slats of the gridiron to run across or slant \\ ise? 11. Per- 

 haps a frying pan with a changeable bottom to turn into a 

 gridiron would be what was wanted ? 12. How would it do 

 for you to offer my gridiron as a premium to your d> 

 seribftrs ? 13. If I advertise with you will you take it out in 

 gridirons? Please answer by return mail." [Not a : 

 stamp enclosed.] 



Occasionally there comes lo us a series of questions on dog 

 breaking, which embrace the whole method. Simpl 

 tions of this kind we cheerfully answer, but when an encyclo- 

 pedia is wanted we must refer those of inquiring minds 



books specially printed for these purposes. Our life would be 

 too short did we endeavor to reply to such. 



In glancing over the files of our paper it is wonderful to 

 think of the mass of valuable information we have imparted. 

 How many nice questions in fish culture, in natural- history 

 have been determined! When we consider the amount of 

 labor expended over these particular columns we forget all 

 about the toil, remembering how in our -humble way we have 

 been enabled " to throw light into dark places." 



Our Award at the Centennial. — We have to acknowl 

 edge, from the Director-General of the Centennial Exhibition 

 a diploma and medal, awarded to us for a "Collective Exhibit 

 of Fishing and Hunting Implements," No. 12, Group XXVin. 

 Though our honors have been very s'ow in coining, we appre- 

 ciate all the same the distinction. May our successors in 1977 

 (for the Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun will certainly 

 exist in all forthcoming ages) be able to thank some future 

 Director-General Goshorn. 



Leading Newspapers. — This is the name of a phamplet 

 published by Mr. H. P. Hubbard, the well-known advertising 

 agent of New Haven, Conn. The title page is most happily 

 conceived, for here are displayed the various heads of all the- 

 leading papers in the United States. In this assemblage we 

 are pleased to notice that the Forest and Stream and Rod- 

 and Gun occupies a conspicuous position. Increasing business 

 has forced Mr. Hubbard to change his base, and he now occu- 

 pies spacious quarters of the City Bank of New Haven. As 

 a perfectly reliable advertising agent we take great pleasure in 

 recommending Mr. Hubbard. Not only will advertisers be 

 perfectly satisfied with their agent, but the newspapers will 

 find Mr. Hubbard prompt and reliable. 



A New Paper. — The Illustrated Dramatic and Sporting 

 News, published by . Henry Leslie, made its appearance last 

 week. The cut on the title page, save that the order of the 

 characters is reversed, is precisely like that of the London 

 Sporting and Dramatic News. We may suppose, then, by the 

 preference given to this transposition of the words, that the 

 new journal will give great attention to dramatic news and to 

 reviews of theatrical performances. The portrait of the late 

 Edwin Adams recalls the pleasant features of the dead trage- 

 dian, and there is an excellent picture of the funeral services 

 of this actor in Philadelphia. As grave and gay must be 

 united, we see an illustration of that comical play, the " Pink 

 Dominoes." Sporting matters will find a place in the columns 

 of the paper. In point of typography and general neatness, 

 the new aspirant for public favor is excellent. 



VACATION RAMBLES IN MICHIGAN, 



WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA.— No. S_ 



By the Editor. 



y\ November 21, 1877. 



My Friends : In fine weather prepare for foul. Overcoats, 

 blankets and waterproofs should invariably form a part of a 

 sportsman's summer outfit for the higher latitudes. One can 

 never tell what a day may bring forth. Tempest often fol- 

 lows calm, and cold succeedeth sunshine, and warmth without 

 phenomenal warnings intelligible to ordinary observers. 

 Without requisite wraps the vtryager is certain to feel a sense 

 of helplessness or dependence and a constant apprehension of 

 trouble to come, which a person who has judiciously provided 

 himself therewith never need entertain. I always mean to> 

 travel with a complement of things necessary, from rubber 

 boots to mackintosh and sou'- wester. I am particular in giv- 

 ing this delicate hint, because I find that even experienced peo- 

 ple are prone to pin their trust upon the roseate appearances 

 of mid-summer atmospheres, which occasionally prove as de- 

 ceitful as the smile of a coquette. 



The sea was boisterous on the August day when I left Pe- 

 toskey on my trip to Charlevoix, sixteen miles down the coast, 

 and the distressed little steamer, Van Eaalte, rolled and 

 thumped at the end of her pier, and strained at her hawsers 

 like a young Samson in irons. Tne big waves threshed her 

 seaward side, and the sp?av, beat over her deck. Nevertheless, 

 Capt Dodge hung on bravely to his wheel, and never once 

 heeded the threats of the sheet-iron Indian on top of the fun- 

 nel behind, who menaced him with uplifted, tomahawk. 

 Such empty demonstrations could never make the captain 

 dodge or swerve from duly. At the end of the three hours' 

 run, most of the passengers were convinced of the importance 

 of immediate railway connection with Charlevoix. When 

 the town hove in sigbfc, an unbroken line of surf churned the 

 shore as far as the eye could see. A beetling sand cliff con- 

 fronted the incoming vessel, and apparently shut out all 

 chance of refuge ; but as she neared its "swilled and con- 

 founded base," the land gradually opened and disclosed a deep 

 and ample passage that ted into a land-locked harbor, whose 

 s- renity even wintry storow can scarcely disturb. Tall Ihree- 

 masted schoonere, tug-boats and yachts, lay quietly at anchor, 

 or moored alongside the bold shores, while the s:orm lashed 

 itself into a futile raga outside. This snug harbor is really a 

 small lake, called Hound Lake, whose outlet is the channel by 

 which we enter. Fr. in Round Like there is a similar chan- 

 nel into Pme Lake, an interior body of water sixteen miles 

 long, with two arms or divisions, each about nine miles in 

 length. It is much navigated by large vessels in quest of 

 bark and cord-wood, and offers pleasure to yachtsmen that ler, 

 I ford. Its scenery is charming. Its shores are en- 



