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with all this still fresh in mind, Tsay, will any man open to convic- 
tion dispute the proyen fact that the cutters have come out ahead, 
and that by a brilliant display under drawbacks too well known to 
need mention? Can any one able to weigh tke logic of events, with- 
out prejudice to eiflier side, refuse to see the well-defined trend of 
the future, the ultimate prevalence of the honest yacht and the rapid 
decay and fall from public grace of that rattletrap sham, that nur- 
sery fay, the light draft centerboard of great beam, bora only of 
primitive flounderiog in the dark, and sustained this long by tle per- 
yersity of man’s nature, the flattering deception of untruths circu- 
nated ips Pee ot vested interests, and the bombast of selfish conceit 
conurounde 
by the vulgar mind with ‘‘patriotisiu’? 
BANTA FE, () 
. M., Oct. 28. . P. KuNHARDT. 
SAN FRANCISCO —The San Francisco Y, C. enjoyed their last sail 
on Oct. 18 and 19, leaving Sancelito on the afternoon of the 18th, at 
4:33. Whitewing, Chispa, Emerald, Frolic and Rambler composed 
the fleet, which sailed, in a light wind, to Vallejo, arriving about 10:30 
P.M On the following day the fleet started down, being joined by 
Fleur de Lis, and a number of squadron evolution were made, ending 
in & scrub race home, which concluded the season, 
A TALE OR THE SHA.—The sea has lost half its romancein these 
days of floating palaces and fast steaming. It has few terrorsfor the 
modern voyager. <A trip across the uorthern ocean is but a holiday 
excursion. Angry billows and howling storms, dangers and sudden 
death are not now often associated with ocean life. yen the strand- 
ing of an emigrant steamer upon a rocky and desolate coast fails to 
impress upon our minds the great tragedies inseparable from a sea 
life. Weread Marryat and Olark Russel. but we laugh at the perils 
80 well depicted. Yet oftener than is supposed, such tragedies as the 
Mignonette case make prominent the fact the deep has lost none of 
its dangers, To-day brings another story of the hardships and trage- 
dies of a sailor’s life, that cannot but impress by its very strangeness. 
The German bark Friedrich Scalla sailed from Stettin on July 11, 
under command of Captain Hoffschild. for Charleston, S ©, <A bur- 
ricane was encountered on Sept, 12, in Jatitude 29 N., longitude 54 W.., 
during which al: the spars were lost end the vesselsprung aeak. By 
keeping the h nds constantly at the pumps the vessel was kept afloat 
until the 21st. On that date the brig fF, 1. Merryman, from Bathurst, 
W.C, A,, for Boston, was fallen in with. Captain Hoffschild rot out 
his boats and boarded the brig. He found that her captain (Nicker- 
son), both the mates. and some of the crew had died after] aving 
port, The brig was in charge of the steward and tyo men, and had 
been without a navigator on board for eleven days, and was short of 
provisions and water. Cattain Hoffschild, finding is impossible to 
save his own vessel, placed his crew on board the Merryman, took 
charge of her and arrived with his new command at New York yester- 
day. Hereisa tragedy ot the sea, strange, sadder than any told in 
fiction and yet it is but one of many that can be gleaned from a year’s 
history of sea-faring life—New York Maritime Register. 
Auswers ta Correspondents. 
=" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 
Masor LoyeJoy, Bethel, Maine.—The photographs were received. 
RAMBLER, Waynesburgh, Pa.—Write to Dr. Jarvis, Claremont, N. 
H Hecan no doubt furnish what you require. 
Nimmrop, New York.—Can you give me the address of a breeder of 
ae ee ape Ans, Clovernook Kennels, 185 Fifth avenue, New 
rk. 
J. W.M.—1, The pattern is satisfactory. 2. The usual testis ata 
circle 80in. in diameter, 40yds. distant, 8. There are 375 pellets in an 
ounce of No, 8 shot. 
F. P. K.—Send your gun to any one of the firms whose names you 
wiil find in our columns, 
M. M. N., Elizabethtown.—Will you please inform me where I 
could huy goldfish for stocking a pond? Ans, Write to E. G. Black 
ford, Fulton Market. New York. 
J, A., Columbia City, Ind.—For Newfoundlands, apply to James 
Mortimer, 3 Morris str-et, New York. For St. Bernards, to Chequas- 
set Keunels, Lancaster, Worcester county. Mass, 
F, E. Q.—You do not say what sort of game you want, By reading 
our Game Bag and Gun columns you will see frequent references to 
different localities. Some are mentioned in this issue, 
W.-W. O., St. John, N. B.—For geese use Nos, 1, 2 or 3, accord- 
ing to season; for duck, 4 or 6, according as the birds are sea fowl] or 
seca ey ace ducks; for plover, 8; for ruffed grouse, 8 er 10, and for 
snipe 10, 
xX. ¥. Z—1. The gun isa good arm, but it cannot be ealled the 
strongest made, as thatisa big claim. 2. The Sunday shooting can 
be stopped if you will give information about them to the proper 
officers of the law, 
G. RB, S., Lemont, I1l.—You will find deer, ears and turkeys in the 
less thickly settled parts.of Arkansas. Itis not permitted to hunt in 
Washington Territory, Large game, deer and bear, may be foundin 
all the Southern Suates. 
A, J.$.—Whether or not the use of a gun will be beneficial to 
you can best be decided by your physician, Rifle practice would tend 
to steady your nerves. The shotgun will probably not have any dele- 
terious effect, but quite the reverse. 
J. 4H. H,, Troy, N. Y.—1. What was the color of the pointer bitch 
that won the cup at the bench show in New York, May, 1877? 2. Was 
she a pedigreed dog?, 3. Is there a black pointer in New York, and 
who hassuch? Ans, 1. White and lemon. 2. Yes. 3. We know of 
none. 
Cc, G. McK., Hudson, N. ¥.—1. When should cocker puppies’ tails 
be docked? 2 How? 8. How much is it best totake off? Ans, 1. 
When they are in the nest and about two weeks old. 2. Take off two- 
SS they must be made to look short at first, but will come all 
right. 
W. R. U., Peabody.—I have a Siberian bloodhound pup about four 
months old. which seems to be wealkcin hind legs, one being worse 
than the other, I attribute the trouble to the fact that he has not had 
much exercise, for I know of no other cause for it, Ans. Lxercise 
will probably help him. 
G.C. R, Baltimore.—Please inform me through correspondent’s 
column, if there is a setter by the name of Hero registered and what 
kind is he, I think heis owned by Mr. Jenkins, of Baltimore. Md., 
and is there one by the name of Mack out of imported Gip. Empress, 
by Hero? Ans. No such dogs registered so far as we know. 
F. A. D,., Washingtonville, South Boston, Mass.—Make an ointment 
of lard and flour of sulphur, and grease the bare spots liberally with 
it. If after two weeks’ treatment you notice no improvement, give 
daily for five days in the food five drops Fowler’s solution of arsenic, 
then double the dose, and continue for four days, then for four days 
Bie fifteen drops, then reduce to ten drops again for four days and 
stop. 
SANGWILLAH, Horse Cove, N. C.—What can I use to destroy lice on 
puppies? I have a litter of setters, four weeks old, and in spite of 
anything I can do they are annoyed by little white lice. with dark 
spots on them. I’ve tried carbolic soap, nese: lard and sulphur, 
kerosene, combing and soap water, but without effect. The kennel is 
kept cleun and whitewashed every week. Is there a sure remedy 
you can recommend? Avs. Apply the quassia every three days. It 
will do the work. 
T. J. Y., Salem, New Jersey.—l. The book “Frank Forester’s Fugi- 
tive Sporting Sketches,” is a collection of several essays by William 
Henry Herbert. The volume is prefuced by a remarkably gushing 
and highfalutin memoir of ‘Our Frank,” by the compiler, and the 
chapters are on the quail, the woodcock, among the mountains, a 
blaze at Barnegat,the American bittern, the death of the stag, the 
red fox, a trip to Chatean Richer, spring snipe, and domestication of 
game birds, 2. Other particulars will be given sub: equently. 
K. E. M., Waitsburg, W. T,—A letter addressed to George Poyneer 
Dayton, Iowa, should reach him. It is quite impossible and against 
our rules to purchase dogs for any one. There are a number of reli- 
able dealers to whom you can apply. Mr. John Davidson, of Monroe, 
Mich , has setters, and can be thoroughly relied on. 
A.C. O., Toledo. O.—I have a smail black spaniel dog o ly two 
months old; his hair has fallen all off of hi- legs, stomach and head, 
and yet he seems to be quite lively and well. I have been greasing 
him with lard and sulphur, and gave him one or two doses of castor 
oil, but that don’t seem to dc him any good, and he 1s getting worse. 
Ans. Try giving him Fowler’s solution of arsenic as follows: Two 
drops in his food daily for four days, then six drops for four days, 
then eight drops for four days. Reduce the dose now to six drops 
and continue for four days, then to six drops, and so on until you are 
back to two drops, when stop. 
Harp CAésu.—i. The longer paper shells are so made that they 
may be crimped, 7. e., the rim turned in by the proper tool to hold 
the charge securely in its place. Go ina gun store or consult some 
shooter and you will learn just how it isdope. 2. The gun with the 
longer barrel will burn a little more powder than the other, and a 
heavier charge may be used, but for all prackeet purposese the 
20in. barrel will prove fully satisfactory. 3. The bulging of the choke- 
bore will probably not cause the shot to scatter in the way you men- 
tion. The bulge can be remedied by a gunsmith. 4. There is no ma- 
terial difference between the wads. 
W. H.J., Arkansas City.—1. No reliable chart of the lower Missis- 
sippiis published. We believe the Government has one in prepar- 
ation. For chart of Florida Gulf coast apply to Manning’s yacht 
ageucy, Beaver street, New York, or to Merrill Sons, 179 Beaver 
street, New York, 2. Most of the distance, from South Pass to Cape 
SablJe, on Guif coast, has been cruised in an open canoe, bub an open 
boat is not so suitable as one with half deck or waterways. 3. Smazl 
boats and canoes do not have to pay tols at the jetiies. 4. For 
‘‘Nessmuk’’ knite see our advertising columns. 5. Thegun willshoot 
buckshot. The shot should be chambered on a wad in the choke to 
determine proper number to put in a layer. 6, The term “beam,” 
when appl’ed to a boat, means the breadth at the widest point. 
H. B,, Glasco, N. ¥.—1i, Will you please inform me where I can get 
dust shot cartridges of .22-caliber? 2. Which is the larger, the hairy 
or the downy woodpecker? Please give me some pomt by which I 
can make a distinction between the two. Ans, i. We presume that 
you require the cartridges for a Flobert rifle, though you do not say 
so. If thisis the case, you should be able to get them ab almost any 
gun store. Write to H. C. Squires, 178 Broadway, New York, or to J. 
Dannefelser, of 9 Chambers street, New York. They will procure 
them for you. 2. Size is a distinguishing character in these two 
species. The hairy woodpecker (Picus villosus) is 9 to 10 inches long, 
the downy (P. putescens) 6 to 7inches. Tne two outer pairs of tail 
feathers of the former are white, those of the latter barred black and 
white. 
L. ©. 8., Brooklyn, N. Y.—While mining on the western slope of the 
Rocky Mountains, in South Colorado, I was told by many old hunters 
that the grizzly bear was not to be found in the Rockies, in fact, not 
east of the Sierra Nevadas. Also, what is a ‘silver tip” bear? Have 
seen their pelts, but never heard of the animal before coming to 
Colorado. Ans. 1. The grizzly bear is found in Colorado, thouga the 
Rocky Mountain hunters for the most part deny this, calling their 
form of grizzly bear by @ dozen names, of which ‘silver tip’’ is 
one of the most common. Only two species of bear are known to 
inhabit temperate North America. One of these, charactcrized by 
having the claws on the fore foet much longer than those on the hind, 
is tue grizzly (Ursus horribilis), The other, which has the claws about 
about the same size on fore and hind feet is the black bear (Ursus 
americanus). 
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Drab Canyas Cartridge Belts, 25 cts. 
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