Term*, Five Dollar* a Year. 
Ten Cent* a Copy, 
NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1875. 
For Forest, and Steeam 
SEASONABLE VALENTINES. 
PRIMEHO. 
The Vlolet '8 blue, the Rose I* red, 
And bo Is thy Nose, with cold in the head; 
Yon really had better have staid In bed 
Than brave this Wintry morning. 
But by-and-bye, in the balmy Spring, 
When flowers bloom and birdies sing, 
Will I wed thee with a golden ring. 
In all a bride's adorning. 
SECONDO. 
I'm coming. Love. 10 meet thee, along tho silent street, 
At even hush, amid the slash, with goloshes on my feet. 
The corner lamps are all blown out, and all is mystery; 
Toe crave police, he takes his ease, in corner grocerie, 
ao Join me, Love, my dainty Love, to ramble in the Park; 
It is so nice to fall on ice and stumble in the dark. 
Lean lovingly upon my arm, I'll guide thy frozen feet, 
Don't use your veil, wind, snow and hail; no one will we meet. 
Now can we seek sweet solitude, to speak our heart's desire, 
But pretty soon, we'll give up spoon, and seok an open Are. ' 
L. W. L. 
FAIR LIES 
For Forest and Stream. 
I £TOOD on a snow-clad bank, 
Where the Summer wave had flowed. 
And a silvery path from shore to shore, 
Now, gemmed and radiant, glowed. 
But tho icy jewels shone 
With a cold and treacherous glow, 
For a deep, durk pit lurked all unseen 
The glittering arch below. 
I stood on tho cataract's brink, 
Where it laughed its life away, 
And a rainbow bright ns a seraph's crown 
Danced in the shining spray. 
But far beneath tho spray 
And below the glorious crown, 
A whirlpool ynnwed with jaws of death 
An hundred fathoms down. 
I basked in a woman’s smllo. 
She was fair as a child of light. 
And her glnuce was bright as a llght-houso gleam 
To a mariner at night. 
But her heart was chilled and dead. 
And the smile on her cold, sweet fnco 
Was a wrecker’s lurid light to him 
Who won her false embrace. j, j_ j{ 0CHE 
y. For Forest and Stream. 
gambles ot\ the H " exits frontier. 
[CONCLUDED FROM LA8T WEEK.] 
'T'HE next day we rose early, and eat a hearty break - 
A fast, which, by the way, was another novelty. It 
consisted of the head of the heifer killed the day before 
TLis was nicely roasted in the ashes with the skin on. 
When done the skin was removed, and the tongue the 
brains aud the meat on the jaws served up with coffee’ and 
tortillas. It was a capital relish. After breakfast we 
went out and shot a few partridges. In the afternoon we 
hrnnwl ? Cr °f E ' S ranC " e - A ride of « tow miles 
th P n1 b- US t .°- D ° n CorneheS ’ where we stopped a while, 
making him along, we were soon at our destination. 
e bous ® ' vas a decided improvement on any we had seen, 
as it boasted of a fireplace, a plank floor, was ceiled on side 
on a ?- tW0 r ° 0mS in il ‘ 11 was Prettily situated 
a nond i I 8Urrounded ^ trecs ' a " d i» front was 
Co P vott 7 8 grand name ‘ “ El Wuoadelos 
Coyotes. There not having been any heavy rains for 
our e h?lnu a , r8 ’ ,h ® lake nearl y dried up. We spread 
fnto th« h ?° 0r8 ’ UDpacked our tra P8 and then went 
into the house, where we soon had a rousing fire 
10 mect in 80 Ionel y a «P°t a gentle- 
man who had been thoroughly educated in Germany; and 
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to find here a small library of standard works, and many 
photographs of distinguished Europeans. We sit up very 
late playing euchre, and after the final rubber, we took a 
parting glass of some superb brandy, and then rolled up 
in our blankets. At sunrise the next day we rose, and 
after dividing our party, we started out after lnrgo game, 
agreeing not to fire at anything smaller than turkey. Don 
Benito, Mr. E. and myself weut in one direction. At the 
edge of a large prairie we saw three largo sandhill cranes, 
but did not get a good shot at them. We soon struck into 
a nopalerica, a dense thicket of cactus, some of which was 
fifteen feet high, with a spread of thirty feet. A coyote 
bounded across our path, but we let him pass; then we 
came across a small drove of JariUu, (the peccary, or wild 
k°g>) which wo did not disturb On coming out to tho 
prairie again a doe bounded up almost from under our feet. 
Her pace was accelerated, not stopped, by a snap shot from a 
Remington rifle. We did not get another shot, and returned 
to camp, where we found the others had been more suc- 
cessful, having brought in a fine buck and a doe. After 
diuner the Dr. and myself went out, aud at a short distance 
from camp the Dr. shot a magnificent coyote, tho largest 
we had ever seen. The next day we saddled up and went 
to some ponds after ducks. Dr. C. and Mr. £. took the 
i while Don Benito, Don Ramon and myself were 
well mounted ou fine horses. Two of these horses had 
performed some remarkable journeys, the one I rode having 
on one occasion made 160 miles in twenty-four hours, 
while the one Dou Ramon rode had several times gone 120 
miles iu twenty-four hours. At the first small pond we 
killed two mallards. On the way to tho next wo had a 
brilliant outburst of speed across the prairie, and my skill 
in horsemanship not being at par, I had all I wanted to ut- 
tend to in keeping my seat, especially as I hnd my gun in 
one hand aud had on my cartridge belt, a navy revolver 
aud a large hunting knife. Just before getting in sight of 
the lake the dogs stood a covey of partridges and Don 
Benito and Dr. C. dismounted and went to work. I did 
not join, as I thought they would soon be through; but as 
they seemed to bo having so lively a time, I finally dis- 
mounted and joined them. Just os I was coming up to 
them I saw a Mexican eagle swoop down and carry off a 
wounded bird. I let him have my right barrel and he 
tumbled over and dropped the bird, but soon recovered him- 
self and flew off. I was soon up with the Dr., and we had 
some royal good sport. The ground could not have been 
better— a small open prairie with hardly a tree on it. Just 
as Dr. C. had dropped a fine bird a large black hawk flew 
to pick him up, but I stopped his flight with un ounce of 
No. 7 and he fell at my feet. He was a splendid specimen, 
in full feather, and the sinews on his legs were like ribs of 
steel. W c soon used up that covey and then started another 
at the foot of a large nopal, and scattering them, we picked 
them up one by one. One bird sprang up almost under my 
feet, and as he crossed, I fired, the load of shot cuttiug his 
head entirely off. A little furlher on Dr. C. bowled over a 
jack rabbit, and in a few seconds another streaked it across 
the prairie. He was a long way off, but I thought I would 
salute him. The shot struck him on the flank and he 
tumbled over, then rose, then fell, then started off. Just at 
that moment one of the dogs saw him and put chase— and 
a lively time they had of it— first the dog would tumble 
over the rabbit, then the rabbit over the dog, till 
finally I went up and knocked the rabbit on the head. ’ The 
jack rabbits and the smaller variety, similar to our hare, 
are a great pest to anyone who prides himself on the 
thorough training of his dogs, for they are so very abun- 
dant that the dogs are constantly starting them up, and it 
is almost impossible to keep the dogs from noticing them. 
In going after partridges no one thinks of shooting them. 
As we had taken up so much time with the partridges, and 
intending to go after deer in the evening, we went back to 
our horses and gave up the ducks. We found in our 
absence that Don Ramon had winged and secured a blue 
eagle— a noble bird it was, too; the plumage was exquisite 
and the eye was a marvel of liquid beauty ; the talons would 
have done fearful work with one’s flesh. I have always I 
regretted that I could not have had him mounted, for ho 
would have been a gem In any cabinet. In crossing t b e 
piairie I was struck with tho magnifying properties of tho 
atmosphere. I saw, at a distance, an auimul ly in K under a 
bush that I took to bo a coyoto, and I was strengihcnod lu 
my belief by tho Mexioan boy riding near say inn : "Mira 
los coyotes." Putting ray horso to a gallop, [ dashed up’ 
and as tho animal rose, I fired a load of buck.hot and 
tumbled over, not a coyote, but a big jack rabbit. On our 
return to the rancho we picked three dozen good plump 
partridges and had thorn Horvcd up in a variety of ways for 
dinner. While at dinner one of the servants brought in an 
armadillo which lie had just caught. It is a singul ir look- 
ing animal, ami ono very seldom seeu in muuugerlos. Its 
flesh is said to be delicuto. After diuner Dr. C. killed ono 
buck and one of our guides two does. I, being the Jonah 
of the party, killed nothing, except time. I might have 
beeu more fortunate if I had understood what my guh'e 
said, for as I was stalking a buck and three does, tho guldj 
said to mo in Spanish that "there was one close to me ou 
the loft," but not understanding I kept on, and tho buck to 
my left became frightened and sturted off, which, of 
course, alarmed tho ones I was iu pursuit of. Tho day had 
been a very warm one, aud wo diet not put on our rout* 
while tho vaquoro loading us had on only light cotton pants 
and shirt, and the latter garment proving too warm, ho 
stripped it off und lied it around his waist Returning to 
camp wo took our supper and had a good chat. Don 
Benito and myself having boon much annoyed tho night 
before by the dust, had moved our blankets in the house 
and slept on the floor. This night tho dust being settled 
down we thought wu would move out again, but just be- 
fore doing so I look a look at the sky und told Don Benito 
that ho had best stay inside again, as l ho sky looked as 
though u storm was coming up. At 10 P. M. It huvlog 
turned cold wo made up a Utile fire and then turned In. 
About midnight a norther sprung up and oh I how i he 
wind whistled and howled through the trees; eucli moment 
seemed to add fury to tho blast, and each moment It grew 
colder. Pretty soon wo heard Dr. 0., Don Ramon und 
little Fred chattering away and piling on all die spare 
blankets. We called out for them to come in; they said 
they were uot cold, oh, no I they were only awakened by 
the breeze I At daylight we rose and the outsidtre came 
in and hugged up the fire and would not acknowledge 
that they were cold. Wo piled on the wood, and as 
soon os it was light we went out to see how tho servants 
were getting along; found thorn huddled up around a huge 
fire and crumbling mucho frijo ! We soon hud Nome hot 
coffee and hard lack. In a few minutes It begun to snow 
und to freeze, ao that by eight o'clock the ice on the jmnd 
was nearly half on inch thick. After breakfast Don i euito 
and myself went out to get a back log for our lire, and 
picking out a big mosquito tree we went to work culling it 
down. Hot and hard work wo found it, culling with a 
dull axe, wood that was as solid and tough as lignum vino, 
but at last we had our back log on the tire. At len o’clock 
I proposed to go out and shoot some ducks, but i could not 
get unyone to Join; all voted that it was too cold. So 
having my previous experience of gelling lost in the Monie, 
I concluded it best not to go and run the rink of gelling lost 
In a blinding norther. After an hour or two's work chink- 
ing of the cracks to keep out tbe biting blasts, we played 
euchre and kept up a pleasant conversation, which us each 
one of us was from n different section made it very agree- 
able. Kentucky, Ohio, Rhode Island, Virginia, and the 
City of Mexico, were represented. Our poor servuul being 
ihinly clad hugged tbe fire closely. Having often been ia 
New England in mid-winter, I used to laugh at the 
Idea of a Texas norther being so very cold, but ibis iluy 
Inspired me with a very profound respect for a norther. 
Just Imagine each pore in your body being penetrated by 
an icicle, and tbe marrow In your bones being put through 
a patent ice cream freezer, and you have an iilea of the pene- 
trating chilliness of a slinging norther. At an early hour, 
after piling on all the blankets and putting on ao old fish 
net to tangle up the coarsest of tho cold, we turned In and 
