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jects or rivalry, absence on cruises, and many minor points 
govern the umount of spirit displayed in yacht matches. 
Perhaps one of the chief causes of few entries, however, is the 
growing conviction that time-allowance in practice is a fail- 
ure, and the diversity of size and classification is annoying 
and aimless in too many cases. In light winds and smooth 
sea, when all is in favor of the smaller boat, the large one is 
nevertheless compelled to give time to her favored adversary; 
and again, in heavy winds and a sea the amount granted the 
smaller craft is based simply upon the theoretical difference 
due to size, when sailing in smooth water, whereas the greater 
momentum and power of the larger yacht is altogether left out 
of consideration and comes to the line unchallenged. Time 
allowance, unless among yachts very nearly matched as to 
size, is a dead failure. There is but one way out of the diffi- 
culty. Follow the Euglish plan, Belect certain standard sizes, 
let owners and builders conform os far as possible to such 
sizes and race the yachts in classes without time allowance. 
Gradually our fleets would crystallize to the standards set up, 
and racing could then be followed to some purpose. To 
match Tidal Wave and Clylie, or Volante and Petrel , is aim- 
less aud profitless. “I will never race again unless with 
something about my size,” is an expression too ofteD heard, 
and goes far to account for the slackening interest and dimin- 
ishing entries at our regattas. But racing per se, is not to be 
confounded with yachting as a sport. There has never been 
a season in its annals where so rnauy small craft have been 
built, or where the Corinthian and cruising spirit has attained 
its present development. Yachting is not on the decrease, as 
hasty critics would infer. On the contrary, its prospects 
were never brighter, its popularity never greater. As a peo- 
ple, we are simply passing from yacht owning to yacht 
sailing. So much the better. 
COFFEE— HOW TO MAKE IT. 
I F there is anything which people think they can make, and 
don't make, that thing is coffee. When that peculiar old 
man in Arabia first found out how to make Mocha, he oracu- 
larly said (you will find it paraphrased in the Koran) : 
“ Source ot joy and bitterness ; consoler of man and bane of 
women.” All that this Arab meant, was, that since ninety- 
nine women in a hundred did not know how to make coffee, 
the brewing of it would bring trouble to them in reproaches 
from the men. Now, Miss Juliet Corson very kindly comes 
forward in defence of her sex, and is willing to tell how 
coffee is made. We recommend moBt particularly the receipt 
which is called “ Coffee With a Stick/' It is perfectly possi- 
ble to make the best coffee in this way, providing there is 
coffee, a pot, a stick and hot water. Having tasted of coffee 
made with a stick, we declare it to be admirable. We are 
sure that this summer, many of our readers, when in the 
woods, will make their coffee “ with a stick,” and will thank 
Miss Corson for having added to their comforts. May we, as 
simple commentators on coffee, 6ay, that Turkish coffee is 
excellent. There is a very stupid prejudice against the grains 
in coffee. Just you take, reader, some day, any little copper 
vessel which will stand fire and will hold about a half a glass 
of water, and pounding your coffee as fine as you can get it, 
adding a lump or so of sugar, put it in your water, and bring 
up quickly to the boil, then let it stand a minute and drink it. 
Now tell me if it is not barbarous, but good ! A few coffee 
grounds do no harm. The Turks deem the sediment an ad- 
mirable tonic and thus drink it in Stamboul. As funny a 
•hapter as we know of in “ Canoeing in Kanuckea " is where 
the marine party blow up their coffee pot. Now, we stand 
up for that particular coffee pot, as that identical pot was the 
one we had presented to an ungrateful member of that crew, 
When we gave it to Mr. Alden, we remember distinctly that 
his face assumed a woe-begone and dazed appearance. We 
felt sure, because we could not impress on him which was the 
top or which the bottom of the machine, that some disaster 
would be certain to occur. The world is to be congratulated, 
than when the innocent coffee pot was placed on a funeral 
pyre, big enough to cremate a Suttee, that Messrs. AJdeD, 
Holberton aud Norton were not sent to Kingdom Come, and 
this world deprived of the services of three most clever jour- 
nalists. With Miss Corson's method of making coffee fully 
understood, we trust that the canoeist of the future will run 
no such terrible risks : 
The best coffee is a hot, clear, fragrant infusion, aromatic 
and exhilarating. It can be made in any rather deep vessel ; 
either a coffee pot, a tin pail, an earthen pitcher or an iron 
pot will answer the purpose, always providing the utensil is 
clean. Intense heat is required to develope all the valuable 
properties of the berry, but actual boiling dissipates its deli- 
cate volatile oil, and extracts its tannic acid ; the action of 
this acid upon the cream or milk generally used with coffee is 
to harden their albumen into an indigestible compound, 
which irritates the sensitive membranes of the digestive 
organs. The strength of coffee must be decided by the taste. 
One ounce, or two heaping tablespoonfuls of ground coffee 
will make a quart of pleasant, well-flavored beverage, suitable 
for breakfast. Cafe noir, or black coffee, used after dinner, 
requires a cupful of coffee to every quart of water. Gloria, 
or burnt coffee, needs a like proportion of coffee and water. 
French coff :o, ns served on the Continent, requires six ounces 
of coffee to each quart of water, and the addition of three- 
S miners of an ounce of chiccory. Below we give receipts for 
.1 these beverages. 
Coffee With a Stick.— Have ready the quantity of water 
actually boiling ; if you use a pitcher heat the coffee in a fry- 
ing pun, stiriog it over the fire one minute. If you use a pot 
or pail, heat the coffee the same length of time in that. For 
one quart of water use two heaping tablespoonfuls of ground 
coffee. When the coffee is hot pour the boiling water upon it 
and stir It with a stick or Bpoon for one minute ; let it stand 
by the side of the fire, where it will keep hot, but not boil, for 
one miuute ; then stir it again for one minute ; keep it by the 
fire for two minutes to let it settle, and then pour it into the cups 
carefully enough to leave the grounds at the bottom of the 
vessel. The object of stirring is to thoroughly saturate the 
coffee with the boiling waters, so that the groundn will sink 
to the bottom with their own weight. 
Cafe Noir . — Proceed as above, allowing one cupful of coffee 
to each quart of boiling water ; if you use a coffee pot with a 
percolator, or strainer, put the coffee into that and pour the 
boiling water through it gradually; let it stand near the fire 
while you are pouring in the water ; do not stir or shake the 
coffee pot, and serve the coffee as soon as you have added all 
the water. 
Gloria . — Make the same as cafe noir ; sweeten it almost to 
a syrup, pour a little brandy into each cup over the bowl of a 
spoon, set it on Are; and when it is half consumed, blow out 
the flame and drink the coffee. 
Soyer's French Coffee.— Stir togeher over the fire six ounces 
of coffee and three-quarters of an ounce of chiccory, until hot; 
pour over it one quart of boiling water, set it by the side of 
the fire for ten minutes, aud then serve it with milk and sugar; 
it can lie made in a percalator, or in a pail or pitcher, stirring 
as in the first receipt. 
Camp Life Mends. — We are in receipt of numerous letters 
from correspondents who, not being bachelors, confess their 
masculine ignorance of the culinary art, and crave enlight- 
enment as to the mysteries of the kitchen. Appreciating their 
plaint we shall, from time to time, endeavor to give to our 
friends, suddenly cast upon t'aeir own resources in the woods, 
such hints and receipts as shall absolve them from all de- 
pendence upon a feminine monopoly of these accomplishments. 
We shall studiously confine ourselves, however, only to such 
menus as are adapted to the woods alone. The bare intima- 
tion of the average man ever becoming independent of a help- 
meet in his domestic life suggests a radical revolution in so- 
ciety which would be as deplorable in its character as fatal in 
its effects. We append a part of one of several letters which 
we have received : 
“ The sluggish stream furnished no better fish than the ordi- 
nary sun, the sprightly shiner, the ever snapping perch and 
the slimy, despicable bull pout. The kettle was half filled 
with water, and the parsnips, onions and potatoes cut into 
slices and set boiling merrily for twenty minutes with a large 
piece of pork. Next the fish were cut into pieces and ull 
kinds cast in without exception. Last, when the fish was 
done, a quart of milk and a lump of buiter were added, and 
as soon as the mess showed signs of boiling it was served 
with hot toast. Nobody knew what dish was originally 
intended, or would result, but on tasting, we all, with 
one voice, called it oyster chowder, aud a very good one it 
seemed to be. Nobody ate anything else. The success of 
the experiment was doubtless due to the parsnips and made a 
very pleasant variety in the course of our camping out cook- 
ery. We record it as a hint to other wanderers, and with the 
hope that you will publish all Miss Corson’s new dishes, ven- 
turing ODly to suggest to her that what we crave is ingenious 
variety of the fewest and simplest materials, such as are alone 
procurable in the woods. H. D. J. 
Fi8H Chowder. — The following receipt for making chow- 
der is from 0. F. Hotchkiss' new book entitled "On the 
Ebb,” printed by Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, 
Conn. The best fishes for chowder are cod, blackflsh and sea 
bass : 
Put the kettle on a slow Ore, of a capacity fmfllclent for yoor needs ; 
put In a layer of clear sliced salt p.rk; 
Pat in a layer of clear cats of Qah, free from bone as possible ; 
Pnt In a layer of clear sliced potatoes ; 
Water to cover only ; 
Repeat the three layers twice, after which one pound of butter, with 
pepner and salt to suit ; 
Pour In one plot of br indy, one pint catsup, one pint port wine, the 
Juice of six fresh lemons ; 
Then, for the purpose of knowing when done, put three good sized 
potatoes on top; 
No pilot bread or crackers in the kettle, but they Bhould be toasted, 
stewed lu butter and served separate. 
No meal or llour; don't burn, or foran t the lemons. 
Serve ihe chowder from the kettle, unless you have extra large platters. 
Fish cuts should be tied in muslin. 
Send Hotchkiss a dollar for his little book, and you will be 
interested. It contains much information regarding salt 
water fishing in Long Island Sound, which fishermen will 
find useful. 
For the Cold Codntby.— On Wednesday last the Eithen, 
Capt. Thomas F. Barry, left New York for her long cruise 
amid the ice. The departure of this vessel has a certain sci- 
entific importance, since she carries out Lieut. Schwatka, U. 
S. A., Lieut. Gilder, Henry Klutschak, Frank Melems and 
“Esquimaux Joe” Ebberling. The mission of these volun- 
teers is to find the remains of Sir John Franklin. The 
Eothen is a staunch whaling schooner of some 120 tons. Her 
intention is to land her party of explorers at Whale's Point in 
Hudson’s Bay. Here, if possible, dogs and sleds will be 
bought of the natives, and then some more distant point on 
an island in the Gulf of Bothnia will be sought for, where 
it is reported the remains of the brave English Arctic explorer 
are to be found. The schooner expects to be absent some 
thirty months, and a meeting place has been agreed upon in 
Repulse Bay in the spring of 1880. The exploring party hope 
to find mu9k ox in abundance. The party is well supplied 
with Winchester, Sharps, Whitney, Remington and SpriDg- 
field rifles. During the long absence the Eothen will cruise 
for whales. The outfit of the party is due to the liberality of 
Chief Justice Daly and to Carson Brevoort, Esq. Of course 
ample stores of foed have been carried out. At the suggestion 
of a correspondent of this journal we called on Captain Barry 
with the request that attention should be paid to the orni- 
thology of the countries he visits. # It is quite a question as to 
the brant, which are said to breed in the neighborhood of 
King William’s Land. The Captain has assured us that he 
will do his best in procuring information on thi9 and kin- 
dred topics in natural history, all of which we trust to pre- 
sent to our readers at some future day. 
GAME PROTECTION. 
MEETINGS OF STATE ASSOCIATIONS 
FOR 1878. 
Tennosaeo Stato Sporlamon’a Association, Nashville, Deo. 2 
Soofy., Clark Piitchott, Nashville, Tenn. 
Wisconsin Stato Sportsmen's Association. 
Massachusetts Stale Sportsmon’a Association, atoallof Preside! t 
Missouri Stato Sportomeu's Association. 
Messina Quail.— The Messina quail received by the Salis- 
bury, Conn., Club, aud liberated by them os detailed in our 
columns last week, were part of a shipment of which other 
distributions were : 200 to the Rod and Gun Club, of Spring- 
field, Mass.; 400 to Northampton, Mass.; 200 to Rutland, Vt. 
We have already announced Ihe return this sprlug of sorno 
of the original birds liberated at Rutland last year. The 
number of birds now in the couutry is so large that the ques- 
tion of successful importation canuot long remain unsettled. 
—A correspondent in warren, Pa , writes under date of 
June 21 : 
The “ Warren Club for the Protection of Game and Fish" 
have just received from Mr. D. Bounuo, of Messina, a con- 
signment of 193 quail (200 ordered), all being iu excellent con- 
dition and strong flyers. 
—A New Jersey correspondent also writes : 
Dear Sir: On Saturday I received from Messina, Sicily, 
two hundred African quail, or, as they are generally called 
"migratory quail." I put them out in Morris County, New 
Jersey. They were all strong birds; none of them alighted 
on their escape froui the box within live huudred feet, except 
one whose wing feathers were broken. They were sent out 
by Mr. Bonano, of Messina, through Ihe kindness of Mr. 
Evan9, our Consul in Sicily, to whom the American Acclima- 
tization Society desire to return their thauks for his great po- 
liteness and attention to thoir order. If we can succeed lu ac- 
climating these birds, we shall have done a good thing for the 
sportsman, the farmer and the table, as they are a first class 
game bird, feed largely on insects that are injurious to vegeta- 
tion, and are very delicious as food. They uro said to be bet- 
ter thau woodcock. Their flesh is uulike our quuil, in being 
dark instead of white. They are about half the size of our 
birds. The " Duke,” with whom I conversed while shipping 
the birds at Hoboken, iuformed me that he had frequently 
hunted them near Naples, thut they arrived iu that vicinity 
about May, and left in September ; were found in high stub- 
ble; were delicious eating. John W. Greene, M. D. 
Cecil Coonty Sportsmen’s Association.— The officers of 
this club, whose headquarters are at Elklon, Md., uro : Wm. 
R. Gilpin, Pres.; W. K. Reckafus, Sec.; R. G. Reese, Treas ; 
Dr. K. F. Tull, Cor. Sec. The club has been very efficient in 
securing the enactment and enforcement of game protection 
measures. Occasional. 
sit* m- 
FOREST AND STREAM AND ROD AND 
GUN TEAM MATCH. 
On Monday evening, June 24, the Third Association Match 
of the Sharpshooters' Union of the United States of America 
was brought to a close. From early morning of Juno 10 to 
midnight on June 24 the festivities had never ceased. Each 
day many thousands of persons visited Union Hill; all day, 
save on Sundays, the crack of the rifle was heard. 
The Americans would not know how to carry out such a 
vast enterprise with the same success. It is our German 
friends who have taught us the lesson. We take our pleas- 
ure 6adly and demurely; we make a labor of it. Now your 
Teuton, without ever once outstepping the bounds of pro- 
priety, goes in for good, honest fun. He enjoys a hearty 
laugh, and he takes it whenever the opportunity presents 
itself. Think of it! There must have been as many 
as 200,000 people who visited Union Hill during the 
week, and throughout all that time there was never a fight 
not even a quarrel. The Schuetzenfest was a festival in 
every sense of the word, modeled after the fairs hold in the 
Fatherland. There were all kinds of amusements all day 
long ; there were acrobats, rope-walkers, preslidigitateurs 
who carried on performances in the open air, and these 
were paid by the association. Fine bands of music were 
stationed at intervals through the grounds, who made the air 
joyous with their harmonies. There were no end of side- 
shows, which could be visited for a trifle, and there were 
greased poles to be climbed. On certain days the Turners 
went through their feat9, and the leading siogiDg societies 
gave vocal entertainments. Long, covered sheds, hand- 
somely decorated, were given over to dancing, where string 
bands presided. Of course there was beer, good honest 
lager, in profusion, and mountains of empty casks at the 
close of each duy showed the quantity consumed. One 
great feature of the Schuetzen Park was the Prize House. 
This was a real treasury. Through the windows could be 
seen 9ome $50,000 worth of prizes. The r e were silver gob- 
lets, silver tea-sets, wine coolers, sowing mechines, billiard 
tables, gold watches, gold and silver medals, aud no end of 
gold eagles. Standing watch and guard over this wealth 
were the cadets, a corps of young gentlemen who, with gun 
and bayonet, patrolled the neighborhood of the Prize House. 
In the loDg, covered house, which was the rifle-gallery, 
method and system was the rule. IIow to accommodate the 
thousands who shot, how to keep all the scores correctly, 
and how to make them immediately public, is a secret which 
our German friends possess, which is beyond the power of 
our clerical force at Creedraoor. The shooting house hav- 
ing been enlarged for this special occasion, every mutch was 
shot on time, and there was no delay. At the Castle a 
spacious room was given up to the press, and every atten- 
tion possible was shown to representatives of the newspa- 
