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single-reefed sail from start to finish, and won handily. Daisy 

 came very near beating Puzzle. 



The fourth open sweepstakes race of the Beverly Y. C. was 

 sailed Sept. 13 in a moderate southwest breeze, Surprise and 

 Anonyma making a very close race. Although beaten on actual 

 time, Anonyma won by Is. Eina sailed a close race with Tycoon, 

 winning by about 20s. Daisy didn't find things to suit her and 

 withdrew. Cat, as usual, won in the fourth class, with Edith an 

 easy second. 



The third race for the Buzzard's Bay championship came off 

 Sept. 26 in a good whole-sail northeast breeze, which lightened 

 toward the finish. The old Violet, appeared in the first class, and 

 she had a walkover, tieing Mattie for the championship. 

 Anonyma sailed another close race with Surprise, and won by 

 22s ; so Mist, Surprise and Anonyma were now tied. In the third 

 class Eina, with double-reefed sail tried to beat Daisy. But she 

 found it would not work, and shook out her reefs in time to win 

 the raee. Puzzle had already won the championship in this class, 

 a,nd so did not race. In the fourth class Cat and Edith made a 

 hard fight for the pennant, and Cat got it. Kitten beat Charmion 

 on actual time but lost third place on corrected time. 



The season ended with the sail-off for the championships in the 

 first and second classes, sailed on Oct. 8, with a fresh southwester 

 blowing. Violet bad a walkover in the first class, since Mattie 

 had been sold out of the club. Surprise, Mist and Anonyma sailed 

 a very exciting race. Anonyma had the race well in hand until 

 the wind lightened, and she shook out a reef. This operation she 

 made a mess of, setting in irons and losing over a minute. In 

 spite of this she rounded the outer mark first. But Surprise out- 

 ran her, and in the lutfing match between them Mist almost 

 passed them. They all crossed the line close together, Surprise in 

 the lead. So Surprise was champion, having beaten Mist by 2s' 

 and Anonyma by 7s. 



The season's racing has settled the relative merits of a number 

 of boats, but it has left some with their speed undecided. Mattie 

 and Hector were quite evenly matched, Mattie perhaps having a 

 little the better of it. Both of them are vastly superior to the 

 old Violet. 



In the second class Anonyma was the ablest boat, but in light 

 weather Surprise, usually won. Mist began the season well, but 

 was not so successful toward the end of it. Widgeon did not do 

 nearly so well as in the year before. The old Defiance did well in 

 the two races she sailed in, but she was no match for the newer 

 boats. The new Grampus was not a success, although she»never 

 had a chance to show what she could do in heavy weather. Mol- 

 lie should have raced more, for she was sailing as well as ever. 



In the third class Puzzle and Eina were very closely matched. 

 Puzzle won the championship, but Eina did perhaps the best all- 

 round work. If we take all things into consideration, Eina seems 

 to be, for this season at lea9t, the fastest boat in her class. 

 Tycoon did well for a new boat and great things may be expected 

 of her. Ashantee sailed well in heavy weather; but most of the 

 races were in light weather and the heavy-weather boats did not 

 get much chance. Parole was probably the best boat in the class 

 in a gale. Daisy appeared in a small rig and sailed well occasion- 

 ally, but as a rule the larger boats were too much for her. 

 Phenomenon was a very fast boat, but was sold to Boston early 

 in the season before she had time to make much of a record in the 

 hay. No amount of handling could persuade Hermione to sail 

 any better than the season before. Cayuse was seldom raced, 

 but when she did race she showed that she had not fallen off in 

 the least 



In the fourth class Cat was champion beyond any doubt. She 

 was only beaten once, and that was by a mere fluke. Her record 

 of eight firsts and one second out of nine starts is an enviable 

 one, and her designer and builder, Eben Holmes, has good reason 

 to be proud of her. Next to her was Edith. Charmion. with her 

 enormous sail, did well in alight breeae and smooth water; but 

 she was useless going to windward in any sea. Kitten raced onlv 

 when there happened to be a light wind, and with her small sail 

 could do little. The two new Dunn boats. Buzzard in the third 

 class and S<mall in the fourth, did not come up to expectations. 

 Buzzard seemed unable to go to wind ward. But she had great 

 trouble with her sail and never in all the season got it to sit well. 

 It is probable that she would have done better if trimmed differ- 

 ently. Squall showed more speed than Buzzard. In her second 

 race, before her sail had stretched out of shape so much as it. did 

 later, she defeated the Edith very handily. But soon the sail set 

 so badly that it had to be recut. and then it was made much 

 smaller and the shape was changed. Her best race was ou Aug. 

 1, when she. came within one minute of Cat. With a new sail she 

 may yet prove a prize winner, and Buzzard may also. 



In the fifth class Wide Awake had things all ber own way when 

 the class limit, was P>f t. But when the limit was lift, she could 

 not race, and Kana w T as the best boat. AVorry did not sail as well 

 as usual, although it was only by a flake that she lost the race of 

 Aug. 26. Reba did very well in smooth water. 



The appended table tells all that has not here been told. It is 

 not pretended that this table gives the complete records of the 

 ya"hts for the season; it is simply an outline of the races sailed in 

 1891 strictly in Buzzard's Bay. For years these races have been 

 held in the bay; for years the leading builders— Hanley, Dunn, 

 Holmes and Jenney— have been steadily improving the racing 

 boats, until now, in Anonyma, Eina and Cat, catboats have 

 reached a degree of perfection known nowhere else in the world. 



The following details of some of the leading boats will be of in- 

 terest in connection with the summary: 



Mattie, length over all, 25ft. 11 in.: l.w.L, 25ft. 10in.; beam, lift. 

 Sin.; draft, 3ft. Built by R. Youmans, Newport. 



Anonyma, owned by P. L Dabney. Over all, 38ft. 2in.; l.w.l., 

 23ft. 6in.; be»m, lift. Sin.; draft, 2ft. Sin. Built byF. L.Dunn, 

 Monument Beach, 1890. Record: 1890, 10 starts, 4 first 1 second, 

 3 third; 1891, 11 starts, 6 first, 3 second, 4 third. 



Mist, owned by George H. Lyman, Jr. Over all, 23ft. 3in.; l.w.l., 

 22ft, itin.; beam, lift. 6in. Built by A. M. Jenney. Mattapoisett, 

 1888. Record: 1889. 9 starts, 6 first, 2 second, 1 third; 1890, 10 starts, 

 3 first, 5 second, 2 third: 1891, 10 starts, 3 first, 4 second, 1 third. 



Eina. owned by John Parkinson. Over all, 20ft. uin.; l.w.l., 19ft. 

 llin.; beam, 9ft. 6in.; draft, 2tt. 2m. Built, by C. C. Hanley, Mon- 

 ument Beach. 1889. Record: 1889, 14 starts, 6 first, 6 second, 2 

 fourth; 1890,10 starts, 2 first, 4 second, 2 third. 2 fourth; 1891,12 

 starts, a first, 3 second, 3 third. Winner of Buzzard's Bay cham- 

 pionship 1889. 



Puzzle, George G. Amory owner. Over all, 20ft. ain.: l.w.l., 

 19ft. 9in.: beam", 9ft. 7m.: draft, 2ft. 3in. Built bv C. C. Hanley, 

 1890. Recdrd: 1890, 10 starts, 6 first, 4 second; 1891,10 starts, 4 

 lirst, 2 second, 3 third. Winner of Buzzard's Bay championship 

 1890 and 1891. 



Parole, owned by W. H. Davis. Over all, 20ft. 3in.: l.w.l., 19ft. 

 aim; beam. 9ft. Tin.; draft, 2ft. 2in. Built by Eben Holmes. 

 Marion. 1890. Record: 1890. 9 starts, 2 first, 2 second, 2 third, 1 

 fourth; 1891, 7 starts. 2 first, 1 second, 2 fourth. 



Oat, owned by Bruc" Clark. Over all. 19ft. 6iu.; l.w.l., 16ft. 4in.: 

 beam, 8fr. 5in. Built by Eben Holmes, Marion, 1891. Record: 189i; 

 9 starts, 8 first, 1 second. Winner of Buzzard's Bay champion- 

 ship, 1891. 



SEAW ANHAK A CORINTHIAN Y. C,-The annual meeting of 

 the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. was held at the club house on 

 Jan. 12. In the absence of the flag officers, Mr. J. W. Beekman. 

 the senior yacht owner, was in the chair. The regular reports of 

 the officers and committee were read, after which the following 

 officers were elected: Trustees— J. Langdon Ward and Charles A. 

 Post: Com . Geo. H. B. Hill, schooner Miranda; Vice-Corn.. Henry 

 Stanton, sloop Vandal; Rear-Com., J. William Beekman. sloop 

 Mirth; Sec, Leon F. d'Oremieulx; Treas., Walter C. Hubbard; 

 Meas., John Hyslop; Fleet Surgeon, J. West Roosevelt, M.D.; 

 Fleet Chaplain, Geo. R. Vandewater, D.D.; Race Committee- 

 Walter C. Kerr, Wm. A. Haines, Wm. H. Plummer, V\ 'alter C. 

 Tuckerman and Robert Cooper Townsend; House Committee— 

 Ashton Lemoine, Auguste P. Montant, Herbert L. Satterlee, Fred- 

 eric D. Weekes and Theodore C. Zerega; Committee on Lectures 

 and Entertainment— A. Cass Canfleld, Lieut.-Oom. Leonard Chen- 

 ery, U.S.N., and Chas. A. Post; Committee on Lines and Models- 

 John Hyslop, A. Gary Smith and Wm. P. Stephens; Library Com- 

 mittee— John T. Home, Wm. Trotter and Edward M. Townsend, 

 Jr.: Committee on Exhibits— Wm. Gardner, John F. Lovejoy and 

 Wm. Whitlock; Law Committee— Sidney Chubb, Chas. W. Wet- 

 more and Arthur Delano Weekes. Several amendment s relating to 

 crews and lineB of winning yachts were adopted, the rule relating 

 to crews being: "Rule X. There shall be no restrictions as to 

 crews, excepting that in all classes below the 40ft. class but one 

 professional shall be carried." In regard to lines and models, it 

 is provided that the depositing of the lines of all winners shall not 

 be compulsory, but that the club shall be entitled to tbe privilege 

 of taking off tbe lines and making drawings and models of any 

 winning yacht. The annual dinner will be given very shortly, 

 and the opening of the club house at Oyster Bay will take place 

 early in May. 



BISCAYNE BAY Y. C -At a meeting of the Biscayne Y. C. 

 on Jan. 2 the following officers were elected : Com., R. M. Mun- 

 roe ; Vice Com., T. A, Hine ; Sec'y., Kirk Munroe ; Treas., Ed- 

 ward Hine ; Meas., Richard Carney. The annual regatta will be 

 held on Feb. 22. The lietch Micco reached Biscayne Bay on Dee. 

 1. after handsomely weathering a gale off the Florida coast. A 

 number of new entries are expected for the regatta. 



TACKING SHIP. 



A WESTERN youth who had come to the metropolis to see the 

 sights earned his investigations to Fort Hamilton, where a view 

 of the ocean can be obtained. He gazed with absorbed interest at. 

 the mighty expanse of waters, and after becoming sated with the 

 spectacle, turned his attention to other objects. 



To the right a big steamship was breasting the Hudson's mile-wide, 

 tide, and a flutter of handkerchiefs from ber deck indicated that the 

 vessel was a passenger ship bringing home voyagers from foreign 

 lands, Out in the. bay a full-rigged sailing ship was beating her way 

 up the channel, making short, readies against the adverse wind. 



On tbe hotel pavilion near the Westerner stood a man with a teles- 

 cope under his arm conversing with an aged boatman. The couple 

 had been watching the movements of the big ship and making 

 guesses as to ber nationality. The youth listened to the conversation, 

 and looking at the object of it, saw what was to him a very strange 

 thing. First one set. of yards ou the vessel were swung around, then 

 another pyramid of canvas braced a new way, and finally, when the 

 course of the ship was altered to an almost, opposite direction to the 

 course she had been sailing, the young man's curiosity got the better 

 of him and he asked what it meant. 



Tbe boatman gave the inquirer a pitying glance and ejaculated tbe 

 single word, "Tacking!" 



"But I don't know what that means," protested the seeker after 

 in formation . 



The man with the glass laughed and said the majority of people 

 didn't. He then drew up a chair and explained why the evolution is 

 performed and the methed by which it is done. For the benefit of the 

 many who have never given the subject a thought, as well as those 

 who 'in a dim w r ay realize that winds are not always fair, without 

 understanding what seamen do on such occasions, his explanation is 

 here given . 



When a square-rigged vessel is headed off from her course— that is 

 when the wind blows From the point in which her destination lies— 

 tbe nearest she can steer to her true course is from five and a half to 

 six compass points. Thus, if a ship's port lies due north and the 

 wind is from that direction, the vessel braces her yards sharp up and 

 sails as close to the wind as her rig will permit. Under these condi- 

 tions, her course will be alternately east-northeast and west-north- 

 west, and the ship will obliquely approach her destination, nearing 

 it continually in the proportion of about One-third of the distance 

 traversed. If slanting toward her destination on the easterly course 

 the vessel will be what is technically known as on the port t ick. 

 There are several methods by which it can be altered to the opposite 

 side, but the operation known as "tacking" is usually resorted to 



To tack successfully requires considerable judgment and skill, as 

 well as a thorough knowledge of the qualities of the vessel, as some 

 work quicker and some slower, than others. Some will gain several 

 times their length directly to windward while in stays, while others 

 will gather sternboard and lose ground before standing away on 

 either tack. 



When tbe vessel is. hea led off her course by an adverse wind, the 

 compass is ignored by the helmsman, who watches the leech of the 

 mainsail instead, that being furthest to windward and the first to 

 shiver when the ship comes too near the wind. 



The boatswain's call, "Ready, about! Stations for stays!" sum- 

 mons every one on deck when it. is thought necessary to go about on 

 tbe opposite tack. At the call every one repairs to his allotted sta 

 tion, some aloft to overhaul the lifts and some to the gear for clew- 

 iDg up the maiusail. The majority of the force is distributed upon 

 the weather main and lee cross jack braces. 



The best helmsman is sent to tbe wheel, and when he takes it, the 

 previous order, "Full and by!" is changed to "Keep full for stays!" 

 In obedience to it the helm is put up, and as the ship lays her broad- 

 side to the wind and springs forward with increased speed, the officer 

 in charge gives the command. "Helm's a-leel" 



Answering her helm the ship sweeps up into the wind, and as tbe 

 sails begin to shiver the order, "Rise tacks and sheets!" is given, fol- 

 lowed by the tramp of feet on deck as the men walk away with the 

 clew garnets. As soon as the heavy mainsail is clewed up to the 

 vard. the men spring to the weatber braces. The ship continues to 

 swing until she brings the wind directly ahead, and every sail is flat 

 aback. 



This is the critical moment, and very frequently a vessel misses 

 stays, owing to the after yards being swung tie soon or too late. 

 Watching the weather vahe. the officer gives the command, "Main- 

 sail haul!" and the pyramids of canvas are swung around until tbe 

 yards are pointed at an opposite angle to that to which they previ- 

 ously pointed. Tbe ship's head pays off rapidly under the pressure 

 upon the foremast sails, which, with the head sails, are still aback. 

 As the after sails fill, the last command, "Haul well taut! Let go 

 and haul!" is given. Tbe bead yards are braced smartly about, and 

 if the operation has been successful the vessel stands away on the 

 other tack. 



"Wearing ship" is another method of going from one tack to an- 

 other, and is usually resorted to when the wind is too heavy to make 

 the operation of tacking practicable. It is tbe exact reverse of tack- 

 ing, inasmuch as the ship is allowed to run off from her course and 

 make a sweep of the horizon before coming back to the wind again 

 on the opposite tack. 



It sometimes becomes necessary for a ship to go on another tack 

 when the wind is blowing with such force that no sail whatever can 

 be carried. Under such circumstances the vessel has to wear under 

 "bare poles," and to accomplish it in safety taxes every resource of 

 the seaman and requires all his skill. To make the ship's head pay 

 off when no canvas can be shown, tarpaulins are spread on the for- 

 ward rigging. Should those blow into ribbons, as they sometimes do 

 in very heavy gales, a body of seamen are ordered into the forward 

 shrouds. If all else fails and the necessities of the case warrant it, 

 the mizz , mniast is cut away as a last resort and used as a drag. 



Frequently the result of all efforts to save an imperilled ship is 

 summed up in the brief announcement in some maritime journal : 

 "Foundered at sea."— JVew York limex. 



NEW YORK Y. C— The Nominating Committee of the New- 

 York Y. C. posted the following nominations on January 11 : Com. 

 Elbridge T. Gerry ; Vice-Corn. H. C. Sturges : Rear Com. Archi- 

 bald Rogers ; Sec. J. V. S. Oddie ; Treas. F. W. J. Hurst ; Meas. 

 John Hyslop; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. Morris J. Asch ; Regatta Com- 

 mute— S. Nicholson Kane, Irving Grinnell, and Chester Griswold. 

 Committee ou Admissions— E. M. Brown, F. T. Robinson, D. T. 

 Worden, J. C. Bergen, and W. L. Brooks. House Committee— R. 

 P. Lounsbery. R. S. Bowne, J. M. Wilson, and E. S. Stanton. Li- 

 brary Committee— J. M. Woodbury, J. S. Crosby, and S. B. Pome- 

 roy. Mr. H. C. Sturges, part owner of the schooner Varuna, is 

 nominated in place of Vice-Corn. Morgan : the owner of Gloriana 

 having sold his big schooner Constellation, which, as reports 

 gives, renders him ineligible for the office of Vice-Commodore. 



ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS— Hudson Uiver F. C— Com., H. 

 F. Allen; Vice Com., E. Langerfeld; Sec'y, A. G. Buckholtz; 

 Treas., R. V. Freeman: Meas., John McCabe: Fleet Surgeon. Dr. 

 William Geogban: Steward. J. T. Hufnagel. Trustees— M. J. 

 Koplik, John Kellv. ft. V. Freeman. Joseph Stilger. J. Ha mil, J. 

 R.Pringle. John F. Doughertv, S. E. Burns and John McCarthy. 

 Bmriklyn T. C— Com., B. F. Sutton; Vice-Corn., John Cottier; 

 Rear-Com., F. L. Townsend; Sec'y, Wm. Oagger; Treas , Wiliard 

 Graham; Meas., H. W. Kilburn; Pres., Daniel O'Reilly. Trustees 

 — E. H. Chandler. A. Oilman, C. J. Bergen, H. Clark, J. H. Cole- 

 man, John H. McCrae and G. B. Lyons. Regatta Committee— W. 

 A. Taylor, F. W. Kearnev and W. F. Miller. Membership Com- 

 mittee—A. G. Walden, Wm. Dodmau and C. H. Frost. 



THE GARDNER 18-FOOTERS.— We have received the follow- 

 ing letter from the St. Lawrence River S., C. <te S. L. Co.: "JAN. 

 15.— EdiC.r Forest mid Stream: At the request of two boat clubs 

 we have extended the time from Feb. 1 to Feb. 10 for the latest 

 date we will receive orders to build the new Gardner 18-footers at 

 present advertised prices. You will confer a. favor by making 

 this intimation in vour columns. You will be glad to know that 

 this little, era* fc has^ created great and favorable interest among 

 boating men all over the States, and they are sure to be 'h*>ard 

 from' in some of next season's races. — St. Lawrence Riv.br S., 

 C. & S. L. Co." 



ATALANTA— Belleville. Out., Jan. 14.— The unfortunate sloop 

 Atalanta, tbe unsuccessful competitor for the America's Cup in 

 1881, may «t last be given a chance to prove her abilities, un- 

 fettered by financial considerations, which have been her bane 

 since the laying of her keel. She has been purchased by a Mr. 

 Ward, of Chicago, and will doubtless be heard of, however, in 1893, 

 if nor. before. Before leaving Canadian waters, however, she will 

 he rebuilt, an operation of which she stands much in need.— 

 Port Tack. 



"CHIPS FROM RIPPLE'S LOG.'"— We have received from ex- 

 Com. George H. Newell, of the Rochester Y. C, a volume with the 

 above title, containing a number of stories of cruises about Lake 

 Ontario in the yacht Ripple, between 1878 and 1886. The book is 

 interesting, especially to those familiar with the lake. 



LAKE ERIE YACHTING.— The- work of organizing a yachting 

 association on Lake Erie is now being pushed, and a. meeting of 

 delegates will be held this week. 



HARLEM Y. C— On Jan. 11 Mr. C. J. Fagan, of the Harlem Y. 

 O., delivered a lecture to the club on measurement and classifica- 

 tion. 



YACHTING FIXTURES.-Dorcbester Y. C: June 18, July 16, 

 July 30, Aue. 13 and Aug. 27. Hull Y. C: June 17, for boats of the 

 fourth, fifth and sixth classes; July 2, class race; July 9, for boats 

 of first and second classes; July IB, for third, fourth, fifth and 

 sixth classes; July 30, for third, fourth and fifth classes; Aug. 6, 

 for first and second classes, outside course; Aug. 17, ladies' day; 

 Aug. 27, cup race for small boats; Sept. 3, open race for large-class 

 boats only, to be sailed ever the outside course. 



CORINTHIAN NAVY. —The general annual meeting of the 

 Corinthian Navy will be held at the Hotel Marlborough, corner 

 Thirty-sixth street and Broadway, New York city, on Tuesday 

 evening, January 26th, at 8 o'clock. The election of officers for 

 the coming year will be held and several important amendments 

 to the constitution will be proposed for adoption. 



^T" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



L. H. PAWiraOKKx. R. I.— The Not ional Review is published at 

 BOS Broadway ; Hatter and Furrier at 7 Washington Place, New 

 York. We do not know the paper you name. 



E. S., Harrisburg, Pa.— Will you kindlv name the last volume 

 published of th" 1". S. Fish Commission Report, and also the. last- 

 volume of the U. S. Fish Commission Bulletin"? Ans. The Report, 

 1887, is last one published: Bulletin, 1889. is in bindery. 



Sfjinnecock.— Have just passed 270 Columbus avenue, butcher 

 and game shop between 72i and 73d street, and see quantity quails 

 exposed. Please turn this card over to warden. Ans. 1. If you 

 know of violations of the game law you should write to us or to 

 tbe game protector and sien your name. 2. The law permits sale 

 of quail in New York during this month. 



W. H. M., Montreal, — I have a gun made by F. A. Loomis. It is 

 nicely finished and a good shooter. Could you inform me where 

 it was made, and something as to the reputation of the maker? 

 Ans. The gun you inquire about was made in England for Her- 

 man Boker & Co., of New York, wholesale gun dealers. The name 

 "F. A. Loomis" is simply a trade mark. Messrs. Frothingham & 

 Workman, or Ooverhill, Lsarmont & Co., of Montreal, are agents 

 for this gun and can give you all the information you want. 



J. R. M., Morgantown, W. Va.— On December 33d, 1891, Mel- 

 ville Post and Geo. Schoonmaker of the West Virginia Univer- 

 sity Gun Club of this place engaged in a contest at 25 Keystones 

 each, Sclioonmaker pulverizing them all. Po3t missed (as we 

 though') his 16th shot. Both used same gun. The two then at 

 the trap declared all targets broken, and upon examination the 

 target was found in the tali grass, with small pieces out of the 

 centre md two shot holes through it. They left it to the Fobest 

 and Sib.eam. Aus. The bird shou Id certainly have been scored 

 a " broken bird." 



A. G. B., Holland. Mich.— W T ould you kindly let me know what 

 gauge a muzzleloading shotgun which I have is'r Its diameter at 

 the muzzle, inside, is .52in. Ans The standard tables give the fol- 

 lowing as the size in fractions of an inch for each bore: 

 Bore, English. American. Bore. English. American. 

 4 1.052in. l.OSiu. 13 . 729in. .73in. 



8 .835in. .85in. 16 , 662in. .65in. 



10 .T75in. .79in. 20 .615in. 



The nearest gauge to ,S2in, is the 33-gauge, which is exactly ,520. 

 Your weapon may be a rifle bored out to a smooth-bore. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



We have received a copy of the twenty-ninth edition of John 

 Wisden's "Cricketers' Almanack," which we have found to com- 

 pare favorably with its predecessors. It is a mine of information 

 for cricketers. 



The StrFKEME Passions or Man, by Paul Paquiu, is an exposi- 

 tion chiefly of the evil effects of over-eatiog and of eating wrong 

 foods. Its wide reading will not fiil to do good. (Little Blue 

 Book Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Price 50 cents.) 



A Paducah clergyman tells this: "I married a couple up 

 in Allen County, and after I had pronounced them man and 

 wife the .groom took me to one side and asked me what the 

 damage was. I told him that there was no fixed price. He 

 might give me whatever he chose. 'Parson,' said he, 'I've 

 got five hound pups down home for which I am asking $5 

 apiece, and I'll let you have one for $3!' Of course I declined 

 so ridiculous a fee, as I had no use for the hound pups. 

 When he got home he must have found his wife better than 

 he expected, for he sent me one of the hound pups, accom- 

 panied with a letter saying that he was so happy with Maria 

 that he would give me a dog for nothing."— Louisville 

 Courier-Journal. 



It is said that there are yet a few beavers along the Uma- 

 tilla River to remind oldtimers of the days wheu these little 

 animals frequented Oregon streams in large numbers. An 

 immense beaver dam was discovered several miles below 

 Pendleton the other day by a couple of hunters, who saw a 

 number of the animals and succeeded in shooting one.— San 

 Francisco Call. 



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