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in exchange for a steersman. We lowered and stowed our sails 

 as the wind had got quite light, and stood away for up river in tow 

 of the Lilv. We had to answer many questions as to out expel i- 

 ences, and had a jolly trip up with the exception ot a steady ram 

 that came on just below Sheldrake Island. Arriving at Chatham 

 at 6 P.M. we waited there about ha t an hour for Mac to go 

 ashore, and started again up river, leaving Mr. H. at Douglas- 

 town; from here up it was very dark, but arrived safely at New- 

 castle about' 7:30 PJVL MiJjIjBBTON. 



BOATS AT THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE.— At the fair of the 

 American Institute, now open in New York a large and hand- 

 some disnlav of boats and canoes is made by John. J. Bockee, the 

 representative of A. Bain & Co., of Clayton, N. Y The largest 

 boat in the collection of 11 is a steam launch, propelled by a ver- 

 tical engine, using kerosene as fuel. The boat is very neatly fin- 

 ished and titled out. with air cushions, to ho used if needed as life 

 preservers, while it is lighted by electric lamps and storage bat- 

 teries. Besides several small skiffs and rowboats of plain finish 

 there are shown three of the famous St.. Lawrence River skiffs, 

 about 18ft. loner, and very handsomely finished. One of these in 

 particular, finished in mahogany, is a very fine boat. A large 

 cruising canoe and two small open canoes are also shown, one ot 

 the latter ha ving a smooth lap and the other being smooth-built 

 of very narrow strips, making a. handsome boat. A 15x30 canoe of 

 the same build, decked and rigged complete, is also on exhibition. 

 It is very finely finished, with mahogany deck and fittings, drop 

 rudder, etc. * ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



lew §ublimUon$. 



Rocks and Soils. Their origin, composition and characteris- 

 tics, chemical, geological and agicultural. By Horace Edward 

 Stockbridge. Ph. D., Professor of Chemistry and Geology in the 

 Imperial College of Agriculture. Sapporio, Japan, Chemist to the 

 Hokkaido Cho. Octavo,2S9op. New York: John Wiley & Sons. This 

 is a work devoted mainly to the chemical constitution of rocks in 

 their relation to agriculture, with a special chapter on the soil 

 as related to the production of plants, and an appendix giving 

 the ash and nitrogen constituents of agricultural products. In 

 substance the work was primarily prepared for a series of lec- 

 tures on chemical geology for students in agricultural colleges, 

 but the desire for their permanent preservation led to the re-ar- 

 rangement of the whole subject in the present accessible form. 

 It is a work of the highest value to the student of scientific agri- 

 culture, embodying a thorough treatment of the subject in the 

 most compact form. 



Days Sebene. Illustrated from the original designs of Marga- 

 ret McDonald Pullman, engraved on wood and urinted under the 

 direction of George I. Andrews. Bostou: Lee & Shepard. This 

 beautiful hook is well calculated to inspire us with something 

 excusably like envy for the perfect serenity of mind indispensa- 

 ble to its preparation. It brings before us the gifted artist at 

 home with her favorite poets, realizing each scene as described, 

 with the. true artist's insight, and fixing the fleeting conception 

 with her pencil. There are 25 illustrations of charming scenery, 

 each with the poetic text that suggested it, ami the work designed 

 for the reception room table is gotten up in the best style of the 

 publisher's art. 



The King of toe Golden River; or. The Black Brothers. A 

 legeud of Stiria. By John Ruskin, M. A. Hlustrated by Richard 

 Doyle and published by Lee & Shepard, Boston. With such an 

 array of good names in the several departments of book produc- 

 tion, this book may be safely left to herald itself by its title. 



A Physician's Problems, by Charles Elain, M.D. Boston: 

 Lee & Shepard. This is another of Lee & Shepard's Good Com- 

 pany series, and deals with those outlying regions of Thought and 

 Action whose domain is the "debatable ground" of Brain, Nerve 

 and Mind. The subjects treated are natural heritage, race 

 degeneration, moral and criminal epidemics, body and mind, 

 illusions and hallucinations, somnambulism, and the effects of 

 prolonged reverv and abstraction. All these subjects are handled 

 with masterly skill, in harmony with the scientific conception 

 that psychological phenomena are but manifestations of the 

 physical condition of the nervous system. 



The Blue and the Gicay Series. Taken by the Enemy; by 

 Oliver Optic, author of the Army and Navy Series, Young America 

 Abroad, etc. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Illustrated. Taken by the 

 Enemy is the first of a new series of six volumes which are to be 

 associated under the general title of the Blue and the Gray Series. 

 The title sufficiently indicates that the story is concerned with 

 the "little misunderstanding" between the North and South of a 

 quarter of a century ago. The subject is and will continue to be 

 of fascinating interest to all Americans, and the story will not 

 fail to achieve the popularity of the writer's earlier works. 



The Last of the Huggtjrmuggebs. A great story with illus- 

 trations, by Christopher Pearse Cranch. Boston: Lee & Shepard. 

 The last of the Huggurmuggers is a very amiable giant, in fact, 

 he is only a good-natured specimen of overgrown humanitv whose 

 family waxed great on abundant supplies; the dwarf Kobboltozo 

 on tho contrary, who is green with envy because he is dwarfish, 

 crooked and ugly, is a really malevolent being, and of course 

 comes to a bad end. The hook is full of marvelous adventure. 



Kobboltozo. A sequel to the last, of the Huggurmuggers, with 

 illustrations. By Christopher Pearse Cranch. Boston: Lee & 

 Shepard. Those who have read the Last of the Hugsjurmuggers 

 will know by anticipation what manner of book Kobboltozo is; for 

 those who have not it must suffice to say that it is a story of the 

 imagination, dealing with a race of dwarfs who aspired to become 

 giants, and written for the amusement of little folks and the edi- 

 fication of grown-up folks. 



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calendar, the two latter with words by Dinah Maria Mulock, and 

 all charmingly illustrated by J. Pauline Souther. 



"«V>i nrtuia iw variety, him annougn in trie present volume he 

 makes a Chinaman his hero, he inspires the reader with a ready 

 sympathy tor biro, which makes us follow him through a series of 

 critical adventures with breathless interest. Suffice it to say 

 that tho hero of the story is a pampered young millionaire who 

 has no conception that life is worth living until exposed to the daily 

 apprehension of losing; it. 



The Lover, and selected papers from "The Englishman." 

 "Town Talk," "The Reader," "The Spinster," by Richard Steele. 

 Boston: Lee _& Shepard. This is one of Lee & Shepard's Good 

 Company series. The Lover consists of a series of essays, in which 

 the tender passion is analy zee; i , : . , i i , : 



and phases by a writer unsurpassed for the delicacy of his senti- 

 ments and the spontaneous flow of the purest and "most graceful 

 language m which he conveys them. The other papers are short 

 essays m the same classical style, and worthy a place in the «ame 

 volume. 



Fighting Phil. The life and military career of Philip Henry- 

 Sheridan, General of the Army of the United States. By Rev. P. 

 C. Head ley, author of lives of General Grant, General Snerman, 

 Admiral Farragut and others. Boston: Lee & Shepard. This is 

 one. of the series of "Young Folks' Heroes of the Rebellion," and 

 the concluding volume of the series. Of all the generals of the 

 late war, Fighting Phil, the dashing cavalry officer, was the 

 soldiers' idol, and the. one who must always come to the top as the 

 young folks' hero; and the author, in describing his brilliant 

 achievements, lias thrown over the deadly struggle in which he 

 played so prominent a part all the glamor of a fascinating ro- 

 mance. The record of Fighling Phil's achievement will be handed 

 down through untold ages aud fire the patriotic ardor of nations 

 yet unborn. 



it will not pay to devote four hours to the preparation of a dish that 

 is disposed of in ten minutes. He gives 630 recipes for dishes to be 

 prepared;iu short time, and 340 of these in from five to fifteen 

 minutes; recooimends order, method and the use of the gas stove 

 as the essential conditions of economy, aud especially of economy 

 in the housewife's time, health and temper. 



Manners, Happt Homes and Good Society Adl the Year 

 Round, by Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, author of " Womans' Record; or 

 Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Women. Boston, Lee & 

 Shepard. This is a volume of manners, habits and social obser- 

 vances, as affecting social intercourse aud the constitution of the 

 home circle. The volume is essentially patriotic, and no less 

 deeply religious, and while, as the author tells us, gleanings have 

 been made from the best writers on the subjects indicated, the 

 foundation principles of love and duty, the pillars of domestic 

 peace and social improvement, have been built up from the Bible, 

 "the only book which is just to woman." 



Little Miss Weezy's Brother. By Penn Shirley, author of 

 "Little Miss Weezy." Little Miss Weezy's brother Kirke is a 

 chip off the same block as Little Miss Weezy, and whittled by the 

 same hand. Miss Weezy's brother too leads a home life the 

 greater part of the time, except when he runs away, and all the 

 little people who are interested in little Weezy can keep up their 

 acquaintance with her and watch her unfolding, while follow- 

 ing the adventures of Kirke. A genuine child's story, and full of 

 loving interest for children. 



Dreamthorp. A book of essays written in the country by 

 Alexander Smith, author of a life drama, city poems, etc. Boston: 

 Lee & Shepard. Dreainthorp is but the author's environment, 

 the place in which the essays were written in retreat from the 

 actual battle of life from which they draw their inspiration. The 

 essays themselves reflect earnestness, calm philosophic specula- 

 tion, generous emotion, and perhaps the most charming of them 

 all is the essay on vagabonds, in which, carried away by the 

 author's passionate pleading, we sympathize with all the worla's 

 great vagabonds, from Ishmael to Shakespeare's merry vagabonds 

 in the forest of Arden. 



A Manual oe Vertebrates.— A Manual of Vertebrate Ani- 

 mals of the Northern United States, including the district north 

 and east of the Ozark Mountains, south of the Laurentian Hills, 

 north of the southern boundary of Virginia, and east of the Mis- 

 souri River, inclusive of marine species. By David Starr Jordan, 

 President of the University of Indiana. Fifth edition, entirely 

 rewritten and much enlarged. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 

 1888. A new edition of Prof. Jordan's concise and excellent work 

 has just appeared. It is much larger than the former editions 

 aud covers much more ground, taking the marine vertebrates, 

 which are omitted in the former publications. The world-wide 

 reputation of Prof. Jordan as a careful and accurate naturalist 

 of the first rank is a guarantee that the book will become a 

 standard for reference tor all who are interested in determining 

 the beasts, birds, reptiles and fishes which come under their 

 observation. The. descriptions in a work covering so wide a field 

 are necessarily brief and much condensed, but the main points 

 necessary for identification are preserved so that the student may 

 determine species without difficulty. Where it has been necessary 

 to use technical terms they are used, and a glossary of them is 

 added, but these are avoided as much as possible. As a work 

 designed to give students and collectors a ready means of identi- 

 fying the vertebrates of the region which it covers it is 

 invaluable, containing a vast amount of information in a 

 very small compass, being readily carried in a large pocket 

 or small satchel. A system of analytical keys is used for j;he 

 generic characters, and this is of acknowledged value to the 

 student. In the older editions artificial keys were used to a great 

 extent, but in the present work these are mostly set aside. The 

 arrangement of the fishss is essentially that of Jordan and Gil- 

 bert's "Synopsis of the Fishes of North America," and almost ex- 

 actly that of Jordan's "Catalogue of N. A. Fishes." The arrange- 

 ment of the batrachians and reptiles based on the various papers 

 by Prof. Cope, while in the nomenclature and classification of 

 birds the author has followed the "Check List of North American 

 Birds," published by the American Ornithologists' Union, the 

 analytical keys to the genera being those of Ridgway's "Manual" 

 and of Coues's "Key." Prof. Baird's "History of N. A. Mammals" 

 has been the guide to this department. In the present edition the 

 order of the former ones is reversed, it begins with the lowest 

 form of vertebrate and ends with man. 



J$n$wm to iH/omzpvndentg. 



^"No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, 



C. M. B.— There are ruffed grouse in the Pocomo Mountain 

 country, squirrels, and you may find a bear. 



Scotland.— We will send you the name of a person in Canada 

 who will supply the information your friend seeks. 



P. N. Van C, Brooklyn.— 1. The best song bird to keep in a cage 

 is a canary. 3. The bird stores supply a powder which rids birds 

 of lice. 



G. O. C, Rochester.— 1. There is but one recognized! breed of 

 bull-terriers. 2. The bullet-headed terriers shown at Boston last 

 spring were mongrels. 



C. A. H.,Ne\v Haven.— We recommend you to go to the Pamlico 

 River district, making headquarters at Durham Creek. See 

 advertisement of the resort elsewhere. 



Amateur, Lockport.— For grouse, quail and woodcock, an all- 

 around dog, choose a pointer or a setter, as your fancy dictates, 

 iviany advocate spaniels for wooodcock Bhooting, see recent arti- 

 cle in our gun columns. 



E. A. F., Rochester.— The discussion of rifles for general use has 

 been published in our recent numbers, and we have further com- 

 munications on the subject for immediate publication. The 

 repeating arm you name is growing in favor. You must decide 

 about it for yourse) f . 



F. H.— A friend and fellow sportsman in poor health and with 

 moderate means, supplied with a camping outfit, intends to spend 

 the winter in some pleasant southern climate, and would be 

 under obligations to you if you would kindly point out to him a 

 suitable location where he could find health and recreation. 

 Ans. Georgia, Florida, the Gulf States and southern California 



all have an abundant supply of territory suitable for winter 

 camping, but a physician should be consulted to determine the 

 climate best adapted to an individual case. It is not advice that 

 can be given by laymen and strangers. 



H., Newton, Mass.— I have a pointer pup three months of age. 

 She is of good proportions and in good condition, just fat enough, 

 and very active when out in the yard. Yet her front legs are 

 somewhat bowed and her shoulders turned out from the body, so 

 it detracts from her appearance very much. I keep her in a stall 

 in the barn, with bottom of stall covered three or four inches 

 thick wit h sawdust or leaves. She is allowed to run in the yard 

 every day more or less. What can I do to remedy this trouble? 

 Will anything but exercise help the case, and what could have 

 caused such a defect? Ans. The trouble may have been caused 

 by the bitch having lain in a low place, or in a damp place; or it 

 mav have been caused by over feeding when she was just weaned. 

 The only course to effect a cure will be to give her full liberty to 

 run at all times; do not confine her at all in the day; if she can 

 have the liberty of a warm place, like the kitchen, so much the 

 better. Feed her three times a day, not too much, but something 

 good, a little broth and some meat, with a tablespoonful of cod 

 liver oil. Do not overload her stomach at the expense of her weak 



The Bear and the Paralytic— The New Orleans Picay- 

 une, prints a story, which goes pat with the tale recently told 

 in these pages of how one of Agassiz's companions was 

 scared into use of his limbs: "Some years ago, just before 

 leaving the Astatic Station for the United States, the flag- 

 ship Tennessee visited one of the ports in the China Sea not 

 much frequented by our men-of-war, and upon her depart- 

 ure the Admiral was presented by the Governor of the prov- 

 ince with a small browu Burmese bear. At 'first bruin was 

 kept in a cage, and every one stood in mortal terror of him, 

 mistaking his friendly advances for a thirst for blood; but 

 before many days it was discovered that he was not very 

 vicious, and he 'was accordingly released from his cage, 

 but kept chained. This, in turn, was found in a short time 

 to be unnecessary, as the little fellow soon became accus- 

 tomed to his surroundings, and ere long he was a privileged 

 character on board, roaming at will on the upper deck, 

 and affording no end of amusement to the crew. One of the. 

 peculiar features of this bear, and one which had led to his 

 being misunderstood at the outset, was his growl. It was 

 big enough for a bear twelve times his size, and perfectly 

 blood-curdling in ferocity; but it seemed to be his way of 

 laughing. He would climb the rigging, and, when some 

 unsuspecting person was below him, suddenly let go and 

 come down on top of his victim, letting out this frightful 

 growl. The first time he tried this trick he landed on 

 top of a midshipman, who fainted on the spot. 

 One day, all hands being at the time on the upper deck, the 

 bear fell down a hatchway, finding himself in a new world — 

 on the gun deck. Being of an investigating turn of mind, 

 he started on an exploring expedition, and finally found 

 intense amusement iu walking round and round the hatch 

 over the sick quarters, situated on the deck below. In a 

 cot in the sick bay, directly under the hatchway, lay a sailor 

 who had never heard of the bear. He had been in his cot a 

 month, suffering with paralysis of both legs. He lay now 

 reading a newspaper, which he held in such a way as to 

 shut out from his sight everything overhead. Deeply ab- 

 sorbed in the paper, he saw and heard nothing of the bear 

 above him. Suddenly and without a moment's warning, 

 down came, the bear on top of the paralytic, with his awful 

 growl. The paralytic gave a yell; forgetting all about his 

 paralysis, he jumped from his cot and ran screaming along 

 the deck: the bear, unused to such a reception and thor- 

 oughly angered by it, pursued him. On went the paralytic, 

 scantily attired in red flannel; on came the bear, murder iu 

 his eye. Beaching one of the doors of the officers' quarters, 

 the paralytic rushed in yelling, 'Look out for the bear!' 

 The officers and paralytic rushed pell-mell in the opposite 

 direction, and bruin, who had pursued his prey, was caught, 

 the doors being shut on him. Poor brum never recovered 

 his good humor, and had to be killed, But the paralytic!' 

 He claimed that the bear had cured his paralysis, but others 

 thought differently, and to insure against a relapse severe 

 punishment was inflicted upon him for fooling the doctors 

 and shirking bis work. " 



Prof. F. Nicholls Crouch, the composer of the world-famed 

 "Kathleen Mavourneen," writes as follows from Baltimore, 

 Md., under date of Oct. 27: "With a strong head wind, an 

 unusually rough sea, and a stormy outlook, we shipped our 

 moorings at Boston and plunged ahead on a southern pass- 

 age to Baltimore, Md. In the morning after breakfast the 

 forward lookout roared out: 'Big fish! Weather side.' 

 Directing our optics over the side : we saw a great commotion 

 in the seething waters, in effect similar to that noticed when 

 a propeller first puts its wheel in motion. Our steamer was 

 driving ahead at great speed. The commotion in the per- 

 turbed waters was amidships, where our attention was 

 called to it by the lookout. We saw a gigantic black arm, 

 some thirty feet in length, protruding from the sea, in- 

 stantly followed by a second evidently in the act of seizing 

 something within those grappling fangs. The creatures — 

 pursued and pursuing— were both below the surface of the 

 water. As these enormous claws emerged from the depths, 

 a hugh swordfish leaped into the air some five feet high, 

 curving like a bow as it descended head and horn down- 

 ward. The outline of the pursuing fish, fully seen and fully 

 developed, was some eighteen or twenty feet in length , and 

 iu circumference it was not less than two yards over the 

 shoulders. The pursuit continuing, it naturally drifted into 

 the steamer's wake, and from time to time this contest for 

 capture could be seen renewed again and again, until dis- 

 tance made the object invisible. Philosophizing on the 

 singularity of the occurrence, we came to the conclusion it 

 was a struggle for life between an octopus and a swordfish, 

 the horn of the latter defending itself in the depths below 

 its crab-like antagonist; but forced to the surface, the mam- 

 moth arms of the octopus grappled distance and everything 

 within reach. Consequently the means of escape was for 

 the swordfish to spring high in the air, judiciously diving at 

 sonic distance away. Of course this relation as well as our 

 solution of the strange cause and effect, can produce nothing 

 but surmise and the repetition of the old saw, 'travelers see 

 strange sights.' "—Detroit Free Press. 



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