OOT. SI, IS86.3 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



26S 



TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. IS.-Regulac weeMy shoot of the Topeka 

 Rifle Club: 



00 Trimmer.. 



B Thorn psoTi 



3" L Paine 



FH Martin .... 

 Reed MeCarter . 



O C Trimmer. . . 

 R Thompson — 



JL Paine 



FH Mar tin 



RMeCaiter 



8 6 



8 10 9 



7 9 6 



6 10 9 



7 S-73 



4 d-7t 



6 8-68 



3 7-H37 



3 4-63 



9 10 



7 5 

 7 



8 4 10-7S 



7 6 7-73 



7 4 6-66 



5 8 5-08 



e C Trimmer. . 

 R. niompson . . 



J L Paine 



F H Martin 



RMcCaiter 



C. O. Trim mere 

 score.?. HL'KotS;; 



SALEM, TMiisy 

 at Fraiti'- riMi: 

 under 1 i 

 fj-iendl.' 

 Compair. 

 ing ^ve^H nl i -ii.i 

 Hill, at2U0> ds. : 

 score. Tho s.-m 

 lent for ^^^MlOtirl„. 



Co. D, Fir-r Cor 

 Pvi F Fi B.'iT. leit . 

 Pvt L IFnuiihtLHi. 

 Pvt L K Grant. . . 

 .Sergt S Sinioiii 

 fvt S n Oorlmau. 

 Pvt C C Foster. . . 

 BergtOSDole. ,. 



7 8 10 6—73 



8 7 9 -8-78 



6 7 9 7-71 

 3 8 6 6—03 



7 6 7 6-61 



First Score. 



4 8 10 8 7 



» 8 9 9 7 



6 6 9 4 7 



7 6 7 6 - 



9 8 5 8 5 8 8 10 



Second Score.^ 6 6 7 7 10 7^6 



■ " 3 10 7 8 7 



a 7 8 10 10 . 



G 9 5 8 5 10 



,15 9 8 8 6 



Third Shoot. 



.7 8 10 6 4 7 



7 8 10 7 4 8 



7 7 8 7 7 



8 9 4 7 6 6 



3 5 7 9 8 3 . . 



^aptnrcd the badge by making three excellent 

 ;] out of a possible 300. 



dcT, 12.— The wiunerB of tlio recent State match 

 I i -?;nu of (Joinp.any D, First Corps Of Cadets, 

 Mcut to Sahjm to-day and indulged in a 

 lie winners of the fourth prize, the team of 

 adetp. under ( 'apt. E.W. Ahhott. The shoot- 

 Uan^'c, from the -lope of "Witch" or "Gallows" 

 u-h tfam improved one, point on its Framingham 

 ^ \\ <?v(i very good .-md the conditions were excel- 

 Thc score; 



■ps 01 0:Klpts. Co. F), Second Corps of e'lidets. 



.VjF1.314— ;i9 Pvt iM Danlton. . . iirsrvvt-l— HI 



a54444't-28 Pvt W G Hussey 444444,5-:.'!) 



, , , . + ir,4434— i!.S Pvt S R Ayers. f.54;"U5;i-;.'S 



Is. .533.5453—28 P^'t G A Lawrence. . . .444-M;i4-'jr, 



544114:3—38 Pvt G A Wilson 44.3445:5— -'6 



,3441:354-37 Pvt A D Gardner 3;344443-:^5 



2445434-38 Pvt W H Merritt. . . . . >4'i03458-S3 



194 



186 



THE TRAP. 



Scores foi- nuhUration should be made out un ike printed blanks 

 wevmr-d by tlw Foresi, and Stream, and furnished grat'is to club 

 Bcoretarks. CorrcnMndi'iils who favoi- us mtli duh gcoren are par- 

 timlarlij requested to u-riic on one side of thepaxicr only. 



UNKNOWN GUN CId 7P..— l\et,'nlar monthly shoot at Dueler's 

 Park, Brooklvn. The snort was very Rood, the birds being lively. 

 On acconnt of darkness the tics were not shot off, prizes divided: 



T Hvdc.S5vds 1111111-7 F Pike, 2r.yds 1110110-5 



n Hou.^enian, 3.5 1111111-7 W Tomford, ;'5 1010111-5 



J Cahill, 21 1111011-6 .T Poylc, 2] llMOll-4 



.J Seliroeder, ;.'5 1011111-6 E Midmer, 3:3 UlOlOll-4 



H Von S(;i(Isn, ;^4 IIIOIU-C .1 Ftathjen. 24 0011101—4 



A Detlissen, 35 1101011-5 \V Chie-haster, 25 0101100-3 



H iincbel, 35 1111001-5 A Hai'nod, 23 1000110-3 



H Muller, 24 1010111-5 .1 .Sehwaek, 21 1010110-4 



H Pope, 24 OlOnll— 5 R Slonsees, 24 0110001—3 



C Plate, 34 1100111-5 A Hare. .2:3 0100010-3 



ROCKVILLE, Conn., Oct, V.-One of the attractions at the Agri- 

 cultn.r;!l Hiir held here 011 the 5th, 6lh, and 7tli was a clay-pigcon 

 contest between teams of ciglit men from Manchester, East Hart- 

 ford and Rockville. The individual shoot was declared oft", as the 

 society refused to guarantee S20 as advertised; 



Manchester. East Hartford. Rookville. 



©Treat. 13 M Cmtiss. ........ 8 C H Sterry 10 



L B Carv 14 C Burnham 14 Geo Geiser 10 



J Shcury 10 OVihberts 14 A Holmes 10 



AA^ Sehieldee 8 L Lewis ..5 F Emery 12 



E M Cliencv 12 CHollister 7 II Holmes 4 



F E Watkins 14 H Burnluun 8 W Fay 6 



MAATute 9 M Enrign 11 CHMtirck 7 



W B Cheney 13 L B'.irnham 13 OH Bro-\Yn 14 



Secretaries of eaime clubs are requested to send to FORICST and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membersiiip, signal, etc., of 

 their rdubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested m canoeing are 

 reoyesled to forward to FoniiST AND Stueam their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and infornuition concerning their local 

 waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items 

 relating to the sport. 



A CRUISE ON THE WISCONSIN. 



HOW to plan a canoe trip so as to travel aU the way down 

 stream, and yet have neither too far to go to reach the start- 

 ing point nor be too far awav at the end of the journey, is ahvnys 

 a grave question. lu the summer of '84 six college s Indents took a 

 pleasant, if not exciting, ti-ip, which had the agi eeablc feature of 

 bringing the canoeisis up at their own boat houses after a two 

 weeks' paddle down stream. , , , . ■■ , 4. ■ 1 . 



Starting from Appleton, Wis., and chartenag a whole treighc 

 car for oiii- six canoes and necessary luggage, we found ourselves 

 at dark on the ;Sd of July ready to go into camp on the V* isconsm 

 River at the foot of the ten Toile reach of r;ipi(ls ]nst below the city 

 Of Grand Rapids, Our party consisted of ono_ senior, two juniors, 

 two sophomores and one freHlim.in, for canoeing breaks down all 

 harriers, even those between a senior and freshmaii._ _ 



Each man had a style of canoe tent made after his own dc-vice, 

 and as M-e made eami) ^ve looked a t tlie gaTliering clonds and mn- 

 cied that we should not have long to wait before testnig tlicir 

 respeetix-e merits; a,nd sueli was indeed the case, for fl'oiii abont 1) 

 o'etoek till nearF^ davbreak the rain fell in such tor-rents that we 

 almost expected to be floated off the bank into tlie ri^x-r, whlcli wo 

 could see a.U night long foaming and gleaming in the iaeessant 

 flashes of lightning. 



When the first streaks of light appeared we thrust our heads out 

 from under onr tent flaps, and there, clearly defined against the 

 skv, stood our senior, clothed, as tlie fi-eslnnan siud, in the grey 

 light of the conritig dawn, riefnlly gazing into tlie canoe, udiere 

 the water came over the bottom boards, as he tried to wring out a 

 few garments in ^vhich to make a. iireseutahle a pnearance at break- 

 fast. His superiority in college raidc had availed him nothing; and 

 though he had found out to his heart's content that his boat did 

 not leak, he w-as very sure that bis tent did. _ , , .^n 



However, our rain was a benefit after all, as it raised the river 

 about four inches and .saved us many a tug over shallow saud bars 

 which were frequent enough as it was. 



After a glorious breakfast we put our boats in the water and 

 found the plea.sure of a swift current almost balanced In a stiorig 

 head wind which, however, only troubled us for a few hours, tjur 

 plan for getting meals, elaborated at home with due consideration, 

 proved a very good one. It was to assign a particular article, as 

 colfee or oatmeal, to one person as his duty for the whole 1 rip, and 

 at the end each had gained considerable proficiency m his own 

 line so that we were "able to construct a fairly palatable meal. 

 Breakfast, bacon, scrambles eggs, canned vegetables, coffee, oat- 

 meal Avith maple syrup, bread, butter, cheese, pi'escrved cherries, 

 etc., co]nbine to make a very good ramp fare. 



The Wisconsin Kiver flows with a remarkably swift current 

 through thickly wooded, though rather fiat country, over a sandy 

 bottom, which it piles up in bars which sift trorii one side to the 

 other making the main current turn and twist like an excited eel. 

 trreat numbei-s of islands, often lying two or three abreast, .give 

 variety to the scene, but often make the best cluumel a matter of 

 much "uncertainty. Above Portage City the rirer is now too 

 shallow for steamors, though it is fretpiently halt a mile wide. In 

 former times boats used to make regular trips nearly to Grand 



'^^ifdld not take long to bring out the respective tastes of the 

 members of the partv. The freshman and one of the juniors 

 seemed to think that the chief end of life was to m,ake as many 

 miles between daylight and dark as possible, and for tliat purpose 

 drUgeutiy labored in sun and Shade, often getting far ahead, 



93 



73 



Clay. 



ST. LOUI.'5, Oct. 14.— Our trap-shooting season ended to-day with 

 a grand flourish of trumpets, blown by the Excelsiors. This club, 

 composed mainly of all ihc best of our Geruian sporting element, 

 ha.s enjoved a splendid season. Fs contests have been close and 

 interesting; the prizes it has given ha . e been very liberal, and on 

 the occasion of its every shoot it has drawn a large attendance. 

 Each of its gatherings has also shown a further cementing of the 

 good fellovrship of iis members. The foi'ui shown by the shooters 

 through the season is a great improvement on that of the past, and 

 it may be added tliat tlie weapons used have also been superior to 

 those' of pre\ ious years. As is the case in every other pursuit, 

 youth lias shown in the Excelsiors that it will be served, and some 

 of the club colts of a year ago have pushed into the very front 

 rank. To-day's shoot was for the winter holding of three of its 

 medals and the permanent possession of one of them, a very hand- 

 some §100 trophy given by Fred Trescher for the best average 

 throughout the season. This, together with t he first gold medal of 

 the elub. fell to the aim of .Jack Schaaf, who has killed 138 out of 

 the ilO birds he has shot at in sweepstakes this season. The seco.ud 

 gold medal went to George Einkel and the third into the holding 

 af Theodore Brockraau. The president, Mr. Joe Fischer, of Ninth 

 and Franlvlin avenue, photographed the members in groups during 

 the afterlioon. The day was all that could be desired to begin 

 with, but toward 4 a cliill wind came do^sATi from the north\vest 

 which would make a Texas norther sick with envy and which 

 materially afl:'eeted the slioot ing. The birds were of unusually good 

 quality and were supplied by Fix-d Trescher. 



Medal Shoot. 

 Five hirds, 26yds., 5 at :31, ties 31, miss and out: 



J G Schaaf 1101111111-9 Joe Weiher. . 1110101111-7 



J Renkel 1111011111—9 T Brockman HlOlOtlOl-7 



Nolting Ulllll)Ill-9 J Fischer... 



f4 Rinkel , ^ Ill 1 111105-H Scl lulte 



LLoerke OOlllUlll-S J F-'ojie 



H Griesdleck llllOLlllUl-8 T Rick 



Fink 1111011011-8 Gaussman... 



JCiiege Ill 1 lllOnO-7 Petker 



Thiat imilOOOl-7 F Pohlman 0000100101-3 



On shool; oil .'Scliaaf 1irst, Hinkle second, Brockman third. 



....1100101101-0 

 .. ..1101001101— 8 



0111101(Xll-6 



1101100001—5 



1101010100-5 



1001011000-4 



Sweepstak 



Schaaf , 



G Rinkel 



Loerke 



Kriege.. 



5 lMrd;-,,:M;vds., 2 monex s: 



'n 111 -5 J Reidiel . - Ill 10-4 



11110-4 Nolting 10110-3 



.11111— 5 J Weiber 11011—4 



00111—0 Herman OIO(K)— 1 



Fischer 10110-3 Bradford 11010-3 



Rick.... 



Oriesuieck — 

 Pettkcr 



01110-3 Boehm UOll-4 



11100-8 McDoweR OOm-3 



.,,11110-4 



Ties of t"i divided; Weiber and Pcttker divided. 

 NEW YOPiK, Oct. 14.— The regular monthly slioot of the Algon- 

 quin Gun Club and the ^\'asllinglOIl Heights Gun Club took place 

 at Sea View Park, Ke\s- Dorp, S. I., to-day. Ten entries each, at 10 

 birds, handicai" rise, two Ft. & IF traps. The wind w as strong 

 from the soutlieast. and the skv cloudy, with occasional showers. 

 The attendance was fair ai-dihe score as follows: Algonquins— 

 Dinnseitn 7, Brcnnan 6. .F ',\"alc 7, Pidnisky ti, Ring (one bird 

 gathered alive), Forellv M. KiuipS'-u Kessabeer 5}^, Meyer 2^ 

 and Griswold 7: total 04. Washington Heights— Harrison 8, E'oun- 

 tain 0, J. TeJTiongle o, Thoiuas I.iocre SJ/a, Wm. Terhnne 7, Mr. 

 Suook 5, C. IT. Prever 3}^, J. Weitch 5, J. Kilbane 4}^, George Snook 

 0; total, 55}4. 



BATON ROUtTE. Oct. 11.— Another shooting match at clay- 

 pigeons came olf at (4urdere's last Sunday evening, with the fol- 

 lowing result: t^nnshme Uiin ifiub- .loseph Babiu 10, P. Dupuy 9, O. 

 Richard IF Mi-. Croclcett 12. E. Terrill 9, I-". Hebert 11, T. Prichard 

 .S and 'Mr- (rrasiu 11: totul Si. Mancliac Gun Club— John Teriill 8, 

 4. M it 1 1 1- F 1 Fill 1 A\ S \\ alkLi 10, W. J. Knox 14, Henry 

 Larguier S- H. Wolfe lU, and i)r. lieynaud 5; total 77. After the 

 clubs had concluded Their match some taucy shooting at birds on 

 thi w 1 10 indulged in h\ McbSi=. Fcigus Gardere, E. T.Leche, 



and iJr. Revnaud. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



How TO StEEXGTHEN TITE aiEMORX; OH NATURAL AND SCIENTIFIC 



Methods 01? Neteh Forgettino. By M. L. Holbrook, M.D. 

 Price $1. New York. 31. L. Holbrook & Co. 



Mes. Charlotte Lisle, CTiieago, ascribes the cure of a daager- 

 ons cough, accompanied by bleeding at the lungs, to Hale's Honey 

 of Horehound and Tar. "My cough," she says, "threatened to 

 srrffocato me * * * * hut this remedy has removed it,'' Pike's 

 TooTBLiCHE Drops cure in one minute.— ^4du. — 



sophically .^1.^ — ^..^ — - — . , - 



mores, whose paddles rarely felt tlie water, and wliose chief occu- 

 pation consisted in reclining luxuriousdy on their blankets, read- 



together 



whole trip. _ 



Late in the afternoon we passed the forsaken town of Barnum, 

 taking the left hand "slew" to avoid the remains of an old logger's 

 dam. All the men of this towm are said to have gone away during 

 the war, and the place is practically deserted. We camped near a 

 farmhouse in order to get milk for supper and breakfast. A 

 tlnrry of rain toward morning found the senior weU prepared 

 this time. ^ ^ t- , 



We made an early start next morning to reach Petonwell Rock 

 hy nightj which we did, though we made a late camp in a poor 

 place. One of the would-be fast men broke his paddle and had to 

 go inland a couple of miles to get it fixed. He brought back some 

 beefsteak, whicih we di\ided m six equal parts, and eacn man 

 cooked his own that night or next morning, according to taste. 

 Cooked on a gridiron on which bacon h;id l>een fried just pre- 

 viously it had a most delicious flavor. 



The two erratic sophomores, not satisfied with the camping 

 place, insisted on .going over to a great sandbar in the middle of 

 the river. So they left our camp vrith one boat and a lantern, and 

 after much splashing about and paddling they found it. Next 

 morning they reported a pleasant night and persuaded the rest of 

 us to pack up and join tliem for breakfast on their island. 



After breakfast we climbed Petonwell rock, which is simply a 

 pile of rocks 200 to IlOOft. high, rising abruptly from the flat sur- 

 rounding country, right at tlie river's edge. Such masses are found 

 extending for many miles thi'ough the State, though often very 

 far apart. They arc the remains of an ancient and exten.sive line 

 of cliffs. One of the party climbed Petonwell in rather scant 

 attire, as he had awakened that morning to had his only pair of 

 pants caught on a log projecting into the water and trailing down 

 stream in' the swift current, where they had evidently been all 

 night. How they got there remains a mystery to this day. 



A lazy forenoou, with a long camp at dinnertime and a short 

 afternoon's paddle combined to make that day's trip a short one, 

 and toward night the whole party agreed to try one of the huge 

 sandbars, so frequently showing their broad brown backs in the 

 sun. So \ye camped belo\\' the little sandy village of Germantow-n. 



We found the sandbar an excellent camping ground and free 

 from mosquitoes, the chief discomfort of Wisconsin River. The 

 next day we had an idea that \\ e might reach the Dells and were 

 on the lookout for their appearance. Passing in the morning sev- 

 eral rocks like Petonwell and some traces of the sandstone forma- 

 tion of tlie Dells, we came, about noon, to the Big Dells, a misno- 

 mer, since t;hev are of much less interest than the Dells proper. 

 These latter we reached at 3 o'clock. That is, four of us c;une to 

 the head of the Dells at that hour. We had some time to ^vai t f or 

 the always-lagging sophomores, hut at last ^ve heard the melodi- 

 our sound of the tin horns, with which we were each pres ided, 

 and our answering toots soon brought them to ns. 



Above the Dells the river is nearly a mile wide, sliaUow and 

 swift, and dotted with numerous wooded islands. At the Dells 

 the river suddenly narrows, and cuts its way through six miles of 

 solid sandstone in" a channel 55 to SOft. wide, but nearly 80ft. deep 

 at ordinary stages of w ater, whUc at tlie spring freshets it boils 

 and surges along a torrent sometimes over 155ft. deep, hearing on 

 its tumultuous "bosom great masses of drift Avood and dfibris of 

 every description. The drift wood comes chiefly from the many 

 sa-mnills of the Wisconsin and its tributaries, and furnishes excel- 

 lent material for camp-fires. In gullies and ravines all along the 

 i.iT./..!. i*- n-n+a ^f^/'^^ftiA in oTf.af *'i»ir.lrc " wtiifOi snTTictiTriPR burn for 



1-iver it gets lodged in gi-eat "ricks,' 

 weeks Avhen set on fire. 



The soft sandstone of the Dells is cut into every conceivable 

 shape, noticeably the most striking resemblances to tlie hulls of 

 grea,t vessels, while cool grottos and caverns are to be found with- 

 out number. Small streams of the coldest spring Avater have cut 

 passages down to the river by mnding and tortuous channels, 

 making smooth-worn clefts in the rocks perhaps 75ft. deep, and 

 often only a few feet wide, but here and there sweeping out great 

 round caverns, and deep, pillared recesses. The sides of these 

 cleit:s are covered with moss and delicate ferns, which are kept 

 green and fresh hy the spray from waterfalls, and from springs 

 which trickle down the aides of the rocks. 



But it would be too much to try to describe the DeUs of the \\ is- 

 consm. One must see the Witche's Gulch, Cold AVater Caiaon, 

 Stand Rock, the Devil's Jug, the Hornets' Nest, and all the fan- 

 tastic forms which the tireless water has cut out. It is not to be 

 wondered at that the Indians make long pilgrimages fiom the far 

 West to spend a few weeks of the Indian summer in this locality, 

 so long a favorite haunt with them, and stUl fresh in the memories 

 of Black Hawk and his adventures. 



We spent the rest of Saturday around the head of the DeUs, and 

 camped for Sunday and Monday in Cold Water Carton. Monday 

 afternoon we floated down she sis. beautiful miles between us and 

 the prettv little city of Kilhourn, saluting aU whom we met hy the 



way with a chorous of five tin hoi-ns and a whistle. As we p.as.S6d 

 dow^> the channel we could see in the branches of the trees, high 

 up on the top of the sand Stone rocks, the drift wood winch had 

 euuglit there when tlie spring freshets, "the wicked water, had 

 swept through them, perhaps 40ft. above our lieada. 



Then on to Portage, Where the Wisconsin and Fox rivers come 

 Within a mile of eaidi other. There two of tlie party deserted, 

 going by rail to Fake Mona for a few weeks eamp. The r'i.st of us. 

 crossing h\- Hie eaual to the Fox. proceeded down its .slugsish and 

 winding waters, who.se channel, the Indians say, runs in the track 

 of a. great serpent Avhieli once inhabited the region. The journey 

 down iheF'oKAvas nnevenful, its chief vari.ations being an occa- 

 sionnl lock or dam. This river runs into i^akc Winnebago at Osb- 

 kosli and out of the la.lvc at the twin cities of Xeenah and V. enasha, 

 making its wav thence to Fake Michigan. On reaeiung Mie lake a 

 storm prevented its being crossed, hut if the foot of the laie, 

 twenty miles distant, could only he reached, home was but a few 

 mlh>8 away. So the canoes were taken to the railroad station to 

 await tlie northward liound train. ./\s it carne in tlie canoeists, 

 watcliing their chance, as soon as the regular baggage was di.s- 

 posed of "took tlie canoes and quietly bxit rapidly shoved them, one 

 bv one, into the baggage car, the oaggagc master looking on in 

 dumb amazement and wondering if they were the president of tne 

 road and his suite that tbev should thna so coolly do so unprece- 

 dented a thing. .As tlie last boat went in, the cionductor came 

 rushing up with the withering auery, "Do you wear boats?" We 

 told him we had worn little else for lb- past few weeks. 



The condnetoi- was in a (iiiandary. Tlu boats were in the car. If 

 he stopped to take t hem out he would lose time, and a rival train 

 on a 1 raidc parallel to Ms own w^ould get ahead of him. So the bell 

 rang, ihe train moved, canoeists, boats and all, and at the proper 

 stal -on we took onv canoes out as though it was an every-day cus- 

 tom. Mark tliis as one time when canoeists have got ahead of 

 railroad comiianics. 



The foot of the lake was now reached, but a furious storm or 

 v.iiid and rain prevented any further progress. So the depot, 

 Which was near tlie river, was taken as a eamp ground, and each 

 man rolled nil in his blanket and dreamed he was at home. The 

 next day was' Sunday, and an early paddle doAvn the river gave us 

 all time to bouse our floats aud seek the friendly shelter of our 

 own homes before the c-ivilivictl. world turned out to church. 



^_ Gbetzel, 



FOLRIDA HYGIENE— DIET. 



LET me, in treating of so important a branch of the study of 

 hygiene as dietetics, enforce on the readei- the full appreciation 

 of the fact that every article of food wldeh lie allows to pass his 

 alimontarv canal will act d irectly and immediately with redoubled 

 good or ilPelfect on his system in a Southern clime; that llic diet- 

 ary indiscretions, which in liis Neirthern home, be can, v.ith ap- 

 parent imprLuitv, indnlge in for a more or less lengthy space of 

 time, will in Florida firing a dire retiibntion with startling celer- 

 ity and alarming effect, despite the supposed vigorous qualifica- 

 tions of Ills gastric functions. Accepting the fact that Mother 

 jS'ature has supplied us will) intestinal coatings of marvelon.sly ac- 

 eonimodating and recuperative eapiaeities, we must acknowledge, 

 from the slow and painful stages of bapi-o\ ement of very dyspep- 

 tic or bilious persons, howe ver careful and self-denying, with 

 whom we come in contact, tliat these organs once degenerated, 

 perfect convalescence is rarely and then but tardily achieved. 



When we look into the culinary resources from which the aver- 

 age settler iiFFlorida gains his diurnal sustenance, one has little 

 ditficultv in assigning the cause of any sickness that may prevail 

 in the household; and a pallid skin cannot fail to take the place of 

 the ruddy hue that should mantle the cheeks with the hloom of 

 health and vigor, when indigestible snnstances accompanied Avith 

 frigid or torrid Uqtiids alone grace the family board. 



Starting with the "stall of life,'' the almost unexceptional repre- 

 sentative'of bread is a steaming farinaceous ccmpound termed 

 "biscuits," that on mastication forms doughy pellets lead-heavy, 

 which if swallowed will defy the attack of the gastric juices, in 

 their normal state, for hours, 'the carnivorous appetite is a ppeased 

 with slices of pork, that \Nith some weeks of desiccation on the 

 shelf has assumed a woody, fibi-ous consistency. This is fried with 

 its adjunct of stearic-rancidity, the former testing the powerftd 

 disintegrating action of one's molars, and both collectively resist- 

 ing the action of the digesti: e organs. A cup of seething hot tea 

 in- colfee, foUowed by a copious libation of ice-cold water is pro- 

 jected upon the whole. The whole of the process of psenclo-nour- 

 ishment is crowded into tlie space of a few minutes, and indiges- 

 tion, biliousness, dysoepsia or some other ailment is the outcome, 

 for which the Florida climate, in all its innocence, is wrathfully 

 auathematized. 



That bread is the best staple aliment within the reach of human- 

 ity is an axiom, but that it should be eaten no sooner than twelve 

 hours after baking should be equally axiomatic, and hot "biscuits" 

 (as those small rolls are falsely designated in the Southern States) 

 should be eschewed, even ijy the east-ireui eonstitutioned, with as 

 much aversion as the most malignant poison. Let it not be sup- 

 pcseclthat bread, even in a warm climate, must needs get stale 

 when kept a day. If placed in an earthen receptacle or crock, it 

 will remain soft, moist and equally as pahi table as new hot bread, 

 without having the evil tendencies of the latter. 



Bacon or salt pork (the "cracker" terms it meat, for it is the sole 

 carneous nourislunent his soul aspires to) should lor the most part 

 be boiled, that ebullition may commence the resolvent process of 

 this fibrous and saline aliment which mest otherwise overtax the 

 gastric powers. Boiling will also tend to eliminate much of the 

 superfluous salt, whicli, if swallowed, invariably causes pangs of 

 thirst, a sure premonition of some abnormal taxation of the intes- 

 tinal iuices. 



Regarding the subject of meat in Florida, I cannot refrain from 

 expressing an opinion that the prevalent custom of serving it at 

 meals a tew hours after slaughtering, is both unnecessary and 

 deleterious. Meat ^vhieh is hung for a day or so in a dry place 

 where a sufficient supply of air finds addmittance M'ill not become 

 tainted, and its improved fla\ or, combined with the tenderness 

 acquired, renders it both gustable and easy of digestion, in fact a 

 wholesome delicacy on the table, instead of being the source of 

 arduous labor to dissect and eciu ally laborious to digest. By the 

 bye, p;n\pa\\- trees arc. 1 am told, easy of cultivation on Florida 

 soil and arc met with in many parts of the peninsula. How many 

 owners of that useful tree are aware of the fact that meat hung 

 in its branches or wrapped around with its leaves will become 

 tender. howe\'er tough it has been before? The leaves of the paw;;- 

 -paw ooutain saponaceous properties, and the lye acts on the ani- 

 mal hbre. Boiling the fruit of the pawpaw with meat will like- 

 wise produce the same effect. Do many of your readers know that 

 in tropical America the saponaceous elements present in these 

 leaves are utilized in the absence of soap. 



One of the significant deficiencies of the Florida diet is cow's 

 milk. Tlic (iommon excuse has jirevailed that one is unable to 

 raise grass in Florida. But tlie continuous attention that has been 

 given to this subject in the papers, showing how some six different 

 kinds of nutritious grass can be gro^vn profitably in this State, to- 

 gether ^vitli the fact that there are a number (not many, however) 

 of families who feed their milch cows successfully on grass raised 

 on their homesteads, shows that the excuses for the absence of 

 fresh milk ai e invalid, and that indolence or ignorance alone ac- 

 counts for the lack. The writer has, nnbappilj', seen manj^ an 

 infant's death caused by the absence of this nutritious beverage. 

 And that children with pallid faces and subject to chills are not 

 more comnuiuly met witli is a matter of surpilse to myself, when 

 the chief clement for infantine development is absent. Crab grass 

 and Maiden cane are indigenous to Florida, and Johnson, Bermuda, 

 Guinea, and Alfalfa or Lucerne grass are capitally adapted for 

 Florida soil. 



Before quitting the topic of bevera^-e, I shoidd say that the cop- 

 ious draughts of iced water during a hot day, poured into a heated 

 stomach, are the cause of Florida,'3 quasi-d.\'seutery epidemics. 

 The most astonishing suicidal feat 1 ever beheld without immedi- 

 ately fatal results, is often acciimplisited in Florida, Avlien I see 

 perf.ons apparently in full possession of their mental power drmk 

 ice-water aud boiling hot tea or colfee in the same minute at their 

 meals. The climate of Florida cannot be very hard on the human 

 system wlien it permits such freaks as are common in this country 

 of sunshine.- jPctrc? i)i The South. 



CANVAS BOATS AND GAyfOES.— Editor Forest and Stream: 1 

 would like to join hands mth C. Wilmer Halloek in asking some 

 of your readers who have been there, to give us through li orest 

 .AND Stream their experience with canvas canoes and boats. I 

 would like something of the kind that would dety the baggage 

 smasher, and could be shipped as far up our inland streams as they 

 are navigable for light craft. I could then cruise down, bome- 

 thing light, easy to paddle; yet strong and large enough to carry 

 two and luggage when necessary. In June, 1886, a friend and I 

 made a trip of nearly 200 miles in a rough boat made of hea^T lum- 

 ber. AA"e were eight days making the trip; it was all down stream, 

 but when it came to a carry around a dam our boat was too heavy. 

 Nevertheless we had a pleasant time, enjoyed the trip and hope to 

 do it over again in a lighter boat.— li'n.AHiON (Ashbaugh, Pa.). 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF A3IATEUR. OARSMEN.— We 

 have received the minutes of the fifteenth annual meeting and the 

 report of the Executive Committee, with the regatta rules and 

 laws of hoat racing. 



