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FOREST AND STREAM. 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL, 



Devoted to Field and Aquatic Sports, Practical Natural History, 

 Fish Culturk, the Protection of Oamk, Preservation of Forests, 

 and the Inculcation tn Men and Women op a Healthy Interest 

 in Out-Door Kbcreation and Study: 



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OUR CENTENNIAL AWARD, 



NEW YORK, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 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 Names will not be published if objection be made. No anonymous con 

 tributlons will be regarded. 



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 notes of their movements and transactions. 



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 not be read with propriety in the home circle. 



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 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. 



Vr Trade supplied by American News Company. 

 CHARLES HAULOCK, Editor. 



T. C, BANKS, S. H. TURRILL, Chicago, 



Business Manager. Western Manager. 



THANKSGIVING. 



AS wanes the year, and days grow short and shorter, and 

 great gales at sea proclaim the advent of blustering winter, 

 there comes a time of peace and rest, at least for men's hearts 

 and souls, and so may the turmoil of the elements be forgot- 

 ten. Some little moral one usually looks for at this season 

 of Thanksgiving. To all our kind friends we wish hap- 

 piness and good cheer on this occasion. But above all, 

 charity. And those who, with gleeful hearts, visit once more 

 the homes of their childhood, and around the ruddy hearth 

 grasp again the hands of fathers and mothers, let them re- 

 member those who have no homes, and, by good words and 

 actions, give to such not so blessed a tithe of what they have. 

 Then will Thanksgiving not only be remembered for the com. 

 forts the body may receives, but the heart be rejoiced, for the 

 consciousness of having performed some slight act of. true 

 grace ' ' delighteth forever. " 



A Divided Judgment on the Fishery Question. — The 

 question of the differences between the Commissioners rep- 

 resenting the interests of the United States and the Dominion, 

 on the fishery question, has resulted, in the opinion of two 

 of the jndges, that the United States are to pay $5,500,000. 

 The arbitrators were Sir A. T. Gait for Canada, Judge Kel- 

 logg for the United States, with M. Delfosse, the Belgian 

 Minister at Washington, as President. The decision was 

 not unanimous, Judge Kellogg dissenting. As it is with this 

 judgment, if it be carried out, it will not give much satisfac- 

 ion to either party. The Canadians are said to have been 

 coking for ten millions of dollars, while the United States 

 thought a few hundred thousands would do. Recalling the 

 subject to our readers, they may remember that General 

 Grant, in 1870, called attention to the fact of certain un- 

 friendly proceedings of the Canadian authorities. The great 

 difficulty in a discussion of this character, we suppose, was 

 to get at anything like the quantity or direct value of the fish 

 caught, or to make a balance between a debit and credit 

 account. 



"We have been waiting for sometime to have this judgment 

 which grew out of the High Joint Commission. If we re- 

 member rightly, it was understood that an unanimous decision 

 of the arbitrators would be necessary in order to be binding. 



WHEN space was allotted to the army of exhibitors at 

 the great Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, we 

 applied for and secured an area of 1,200 superficial feet, where 

 in we proposed to display all the apparatus and paraphenalia 

 in use by sportsmen and professional fishermen and hunters, 

 including guns, ammunition, nets, boats, clothing, fishing 

 tackle, etc. When we had already made great progress in the 

 collection of the materials, one of our friends alone, Mr. John 

 A. Nichols, of Syracuse, having contributed about $5,T)00 in 

 value, we were induced to unite our efforts with those of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, and to merge our small collection 

 into- their larger one, the Institution at Washington having 

 already on hand within its walls a vast quantity of material 

 applicable to it, and greater facilities than ours for adding to 

 and making the collection complete. Of course any direct 

 credit or eclat that" Forest and Stream as an individual ex 

 hibitor, could secure was lost to it for the time being. So 

 also, as to the efforts of Prof. Baird and others, who were 

 foremost in the enterprise. The exhibit appeared simply as 

 a Government exhibit, a great portion of which it was'under- 

 stood was to be permanent at the Smithsonian buildings in 

 Washington, after the Centennial affair was over. Visitors will 

 undoubtedly recall it to mind, occupying as it did one entire 

 angle of the great building. 



Besides our indoor collection, we bad erected a complete 

 Hunter's Camp upon a picturesque spot on the grounds which 

 was kindly allotted to us by the Centennial Commission, in 

 which other devices and appliances of the old time hunter 

 were more practically shown. This old log cabin attracted a 

 great deal of attention, and thousands of names of visitors were 

 placed upon its register. It was subsequently donated to the 

 Fairmount Park by the proprieters of Forest and Stream, 

 and became one of the fixtures of the park. 



Well, we were about to say — that although our unique and 

 acceptable contributors received no official recognition at the 

 time of exhibition, they have nevertheless not been forgotten 

 and we have now received not only a diploma from the Com- 

 mission, but a bronze medal as awards for our efforts. We 

 are proud of these and shall carefully cherish them as souven- 

 irs of the occasion. Below we append a faithful transcript 

 of the medal, and a copy of the inscription of the diploma: 



Henry Wattebson.— A large audience, comprising many 

 of New York's most prominent citizens and literatteurs, 

 gathered in Chickenng Hall one evening last week to listen 

 to a brilliant lecture by the well-known editor of the Louis- 

 ville Courier- Journal. The speaker's theme was the •* Comi- 

 calities of Southern Life," an able portrayal of Southern 

 humor. Mr. Watterson found also opportunity for many 

 serious and thoughtful words of deeper import. 

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Personal.— We have received a visit from Edward Hod- 

 der, Esq., a gentleman well known for his prowess with the 

 rod and gun. Mr. Hodder. who is now returning to his home 

 in Ireland, is familiar with the game of our country, having 

 spent several-years in the Territories. Mr. Hodder informs 

 us of good sport on the St. Clair's flats, having in three weeks 

 killed some 100 ducks, 200 quail, 8o partridges, beside wood- ' 

 cock and SDipe. He reports the ducks in good quantity. In 

 Ireland Mr. Hodder, in company with Mr. Sand ford, of the 

 Cork. Constitution, fish in the Blackwater, having leased a 

 portion of this river. Though the salmon do not run as 

 large in the Blackwater r s in the Shannon, the fish are very 

 fine. Mr. Hodder has very kindly promised to give us some 

 accounts of his fishing and shooting in Ireland, which will 

 doubtless be interesting to our readers. 



Nature's Wear and Tear.— We have the information 

 that more of the Niagara rock fell last week, changing the 

 shape of the Horseshoe Fall, to a right angle, so that the 

 well-known symmetrical curve, with its brilliant emerald 

 hues, which has furnished so many studies for the artist, no 

 longer exists except on historical canvas. The rocks in' the 

 centre and sides have been crumbling away from year to year 

 so rapidly that even within the memory of the present genera- 

 tion the entire contour of the falls' has been changed, especial- 

 ly in the centre and on the Canadian side. Table Rock and 

 the ledge on which the old tower stood are no more. The 

 actual recession of the cliff or ledge over which the great 

 sheet of water falls amounts to several rods ; and it does not 

 therefore require much geological research or mathematical 

 figuring to determine at what remote period the emerald cur- 

 tain which Goat Island now divides fell into Lake Ontario in» 

 one great unbroken sheet at the mouth of what is now the 

 Niagara river. 



.INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 



I 876. 



CERTIFICATE OF AWAED. 

 FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW TORE. 



COLLECTIVE -tt/XHIBIT OF .DISHING AND XXUNTIN6 IMPLEMENTS. 

 No. 12— Group XXIII. 



UNITED STATES CENTENNIAL COMMISSION, 



[l. s.] In accordance icith the Act of Congress, Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 1876. 



JOHN L. CAMPBELL, Secretary. A. F. GOSHORN, Director General. JAS. R. HAWLET, President. 



For Tourist's Register. — We have received the following 

 applications : 



Philadelphia. 



Gentlemen; A mineralogist proposes to go to Sanford, on 

 Lake Monroe, Fla., about the middle of January, and would 

 like to join a party of not more than six to charter a boat 

 for a sporting trip. Unexceptional references given and re- 

 quired. 



Stephen's Patent Combination Rule. — This is no gim- 

 crack tool. Messrs. Stephens & Co. are known all over the 

 country as manufacturers of the standard rules. This peculiar 

 tool combines within itself a carpenters' rule, a spirit level, 

 square, plumb, bevel, indicator, brass scale, draughting scale, 

 T square, protractor, right angle triangle, and with a straight 

 edge it can be used as a parallel ruler. Riflemen will find 

 this rule invaluable, as by its use elevations can be studied 

 and absolutely noted. A great many of our leading riflemen 

 use this rule with its spirit level in studying the capabilities of 

 their arms. To the surveyor this rule is perfectly adapted to 

 the laying of angels. Lumbermen by its use can determine 

 in the woods the height of trees and determine how much 

 clear timber a tree will furnish. This rule is well and solidly 

 made, and we can recommend it every way. The manufac- 

 turers are Messrs. Stephens & Co., of Riverton, Conn, 



St. Augustine thence to Nassau. — We would call at- 

 tention to the departure of the fine steamer San Jacinto, which 

 will leave Pier 10, East River, on December 8, for St. Au- 

 gustine, Florida, thence for Nassau on the 13th. The ac- 

 commodations on this line are unsurpassed, and this route 

 affords an excellent opportunity to reach all points on the St. 

 John's River. The agents, Messrs. Murray Ferris & Co., No. 

 68 South street, will give full information on all subjects in- 

 teresting to tourists, sportsmen and invalids. Nassau is con- 

 sidered a very healthy winter resort, and is mucb sought by 

 invalids with bronchial troubles. 



— The Mayor, President of the Board of Health and Oil y 

 Physician of Jacksonville announce that there is now no yel- 

 low fever or other contagious disease in that city or vicinity, 

 nor has there been for two weeks. 



— Professor E. S. Morse, of Salem, Mass., the distinguished 

 naturalist, brings bick from Japan many remarkable results of 

 his scientific investigations, both in embryology and in the ex- 

 amination of ancient mounds revealing traces of prehistoric 

 human life. 



