forest and stream. 
JOHN CHENEY AND THE BEAR. 
Nkw Yoiik, .July HHli, 1875. 
Editor Fokkbt an n Sthka m : — 
I hud occasion soma time ago to write you concerning the shooting of 
John Clu-noy. I amid you an ex tract from a letter I receiver! from his 
wife, doted July ItKh, to show you that ho hns not Ally entirely recov- 
ered, but Is still able to do battle for himself. Keinemherine that ho Is 
over aevenly-llvc years old. there Is considerable of the old lire left yet. 
The letter reads us follows:— 
Dear Friend IK- - : • * * * * * „ * Pa got Ills 
old bear Iran fixed, set It. and caught a Inrgo hear. IIo wont up to the 
pond fishing and thought he Would look at the trap, and there was Mr. 
Hear He happened to have the hatchet, so he cut a cluhund struck him 
on the head, and when he struck the hear struck too, tearing his shirt 
lust below Ids stomach, taking ft chunk nearly out with his paw, at the 
Janie time taking hold of Ills wrist mm chewing It pretty hadly. lie got 
hurt In several pluces — taught him a luason In Ills old age - but In; went 
at him again in d made linn lie still. IIo had a small Jack knife with 
Inn:, so lie sawed away on Ills neck with it until ho thought he hail surely 
killed him. and then loft him In the trap. When David got up there he 
was silll alive nnd quite active, and he hud to kill him over again. Pa 
had a pretty had leg and arm, but tlioy lire getting well now.” 
I think tills Is doing right smart for mi old man, and my only regret Is 
that I was not there to have, u llngor In the pie. Taiiawus. 
PlMl.AUBLi'iiiA, July lull, 1875. 
Kill TO It FOIIKHT ANII Strkam.— 
I have Sven several articles in Forkst anp Stream condemning the 
Dittmar powder I have not Imd very much experience with it, Imt wlmt 
little 1 have had has been very satisfactory. 1 bud a small simple sent 
me by Mr Dittmar, which I tried In u Maynard ride and a IS-hoie seven 
mid a liulf pound breech loading shot gun. With three and u quarter 
drachma (measured) lu shot gun there was very little noise and smoke- 
mid little or no recoil, while with the same charge of orange duck p.»w' 
der (lie recoil was lerrilde. With the wood powder the shells were quite 
ns good after the discharge, If not bolter, tlmn after using black powder. 
My sample gave out, so that 1 could not test it nt long range, At thirty 
yards I pu 1 270 pellets of No. 7 out of ounce in a thirty inch circle. The 
number of sample was 15. I intend to get a supply, when I will make a 
more thorough test mid let you know the result. If my next experiments 
are as satisfactory us those I have made so fur, 1 will bid farewell to 
block powder. (j jj 
Of 1 I iu ' G^r i u i d °i J a v e n nmlS^^ 
will bn In-Id i! ! 7? c ) Association 
fjjnchtiiuj nnd Ranting. 
All coin-nanUyitlnn* from Secretaries and friends should be malted no 
later than Monday In each week. 
niOII WATER. FOR THE WEEK. 
m 1 IftiiH, , ' Cl ‘ , ,S i 0,, . k ? d tor kelween Curtis and Yales 
J ' : - Wes,er " (mrs,n< -" would be 
anTin .. .i U 1 from 80mu ,,r «" ir I'^slern clubs, 
iu U in fact as they were reprcsunlcd here by Curtis and 
' ales at our legaltns, it would seem but right for some of 
our leading dubs to send a crew or crews West! 
While there is no sport productive of more enjoyment 
Ilian bout sailing, there is yet no more fruitful source of 
accident nnd lost of life. And yet much could lie avoided ir 
a few simple rules are followed, or if inexperienced per- 
sons Would be content lo accept He services of those more 
familiar with boats until they bad acquired some experi- 
ence- The following pertinent remarks on this subject we 
take from the Capo Ann Advertiser , and commend them to 
our readers: — 
“One greal source of danger is the habit of making sheets 
fast when sailing in squally weather. The (law comes in 
an inslant, quick as lightning's liusli. and strikes the sails 
winch are made fast, and ere they can be loosed the dam- 
age is done, with the boat nearly tilled with water or cap- 
sized and sunk, jeopardizing Hie lives of those on board. 
Always hare the sheet* in your own or some reliable person' x 
hand, when sailing in sijuaUy weather, as they need us much 
cure as the helm, if not more. 
Another source is carrying too much sail. Most of the 
small yachts' sails are made loo large for sailing when there 
is a si ill breeze. There seems lo be a recklessness iu this 
respect which we oftentimes wonder does uot result more 
disastrously. Then again these venturesome persons carry 
sail too long, deeming it a weakness lo reef and make 
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Tiie Lono Island Yacht Clod.—' This club will hold 
their annual regatta on the 18th inst. The club has been 
in existence hut three years, hut uumbers some twenty live 
yachts. The officers are : George Farley, commodore; Ira 
Smith, vice commodore; James Lennox, president; George 
(.Tolius, secretary; Frank Bales, treasurer; E. Bond, assist- 
ant secretary ; Ilenry Smcdley, measurer: trustees, M. Mc- 
Mahon, J. Sweeney, George CroliiH, F Bates, and E 
Bouet; committee on membership, J. Farley, U. B.ulum, 
and II- Smcdley; regatta committee, Ira ‘ Smith, II. Smcd- 
ley, J. Swi eny, F. Bates, uud S. Smcdley. 
New York Yacht Cm: is.—' The annual cruise of this 
club will commence to day, Heel Captain Bend having is- 
sued orders for a rendezvous at Glen Cove on Wednesday, 
when the captains are to report on hoard the flagship 
Alarm. A large squadron is expected to assemble, nnd it 
is proposed to extend the cruise us far East as Portland if 
possible. 
— Ou Saturday last a race was sailed oil the Isles of 
Shoals between General Butler’s famous yacht America 
and the Resolute, of t he New York Yacht Club, owned by 
Mr. Rufus Hatch. The course was from Star Island 
round White and Boon islands and return, Doing a distance 
of thirty-nine miles. The Resolute must have been re- 
markably well handled, as she came in first, although the 
America won the race on time allowance, the Resolute’s 
time being 3h. 47m. 50s. and the America’s 3h. 53m. 48s., 
hut on allowance the latter won by 2m. 18s. 
We learn by telegraph from Portsmouth (the mail not 
having come to hand as we go to press) of the result of the 
racoon Monday between these two yachts for the Oceanic 
Cup. The course was from Star Island around Boon 
Island Ledges and Light; a distance of thirty-eight miles. 
There was no lime allowance. The Resolute started at 
11:30:33 o’clock and the America at 11:40:41 o’clock. The 
wind was east northeast. At 3:30 the America was well 
ahead, healing to windward — her best point of sailing. 
The friends of the Resolute expected her to make up her 
loss on the return, free before the wind. At midnight a 
fisherman has just arrived from the Isles of Shoals, pulling 
u whaleboat twelves miles single-handed. He reports that 
the America won the race, healing the Resolute by four 
minutes forty-two seconds. The sailing time is not given. 
Mr. Haleb has challenged Gen. Battler lo sail the America 
against the Resolute six days in the week for six weeks 
from September 1st for $1,000 a day, over the Now York 
Yacht Club course, the yachts to carry their regular crews. 
—The steam yacht Gracie, belonging to Mr. Fred. Mas- 
soy, of Brooklyn, arrived at Alexandria Bay, St. Lawrence 
River, on July 31st, reaching that point via Hudson River 
to Albany and Erie Canal to Utica and Oswego. Shu was 
in charge of Mr. Gibson and four sailors. Mr. Massey and 
family are at the Crossuiou House, Alexandria Bay. 
—There is a miniature steam yacht at Gloucester, Moss., 
of which the Cape Ann Advertiser says : — 
"Her length is 17 feet, with 42 inch beam, and her hull 
weighs hut 100 pounds. Amidships is the boiler, made of 
steel, weighing 48 pounds, 18 inches high by 8 inches in 
diameter, and lias sixty-one live eighth inch tubes, all made 
from rifle barrels, li has a 1^ inch cylinder, with 2J inch 
stroke, The propeller is four bladcd, 12 Inches in diame- 
ter, with 24 iucli pilch, nnd is placed under the boat, two 
feel from the stern. One gallon of water fills the boiler, 
ami as it condenses it is only necessary to supply the waste. 
Her steam whistle is made of two gun cartridge tubes. 
Wood is used for fuel, and a supply for quite a long cruise 
can be carried. The boat draws 24 inches of water, which 
curries her propeller clear. She was built by her owner, 
b 'II, Roper, of Boston Highlands, who is hound to the 
Isles of Shoals. The boat, all completed, cost ahoqt *500, 
'Oul is rated at half a horse power,’’ 
things snug and safe. They had rather run the risk, and 
many of them pay the penalty with their lives. 
1 lie large majority of these sailing accidents could he 
avoided, if persons would only exercise a little common 
sense. The. first and most essential thing for those who 
wisli lo sail a boat is to learn the principles from some ex- 
perienced hand and to practice sailing, taking such per- 
sons out with them and practically experimenting. Then 
let them in some comparatively safe place practice alone 
until they become personally familiar with these principles. 
A clear head and constant watching is required, and if 
these hints are attended to, the casualties would soon he 
reduced to a very small per cenlage, nnd one of Hie keenest 
etijoymenls would become divesled of much that now 
renders it almost prohibitory with the majority.” 
In this connection it may not he inappropintc to pub 
lish the following directions fo.- restoring persons apparently 
dead from drowning, which are issued by the Humane 
Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The 
list of deaths from this cause already this season is fright- 
fully large, nnd unquestionably many might have been 
saved if persons present were acquainted with the measures 
to he taken on such occasions. The following are the 
rules: — 
1. Lose no time. Carry ont lliesc.dlrections on llie spur. 
2. Remove the froth and mucus from the mouth and nostrils. ’ 
8. Hold i he body, for a few secouds only, with (he In-ad hanging down, 
so that the water may run out of the line's and Windpipe. 
4. Loosen all tiylit articles of clothiu-r about the neck and chest 
5. See that the tongue i- pulied fonvard if it fulls back into the throat. 
Dy taking hold of it with a handkerchief it will not slip. 
li. If the breathing has ceftsed, or nearly so, it must be stimulated by 
pressure of the chest with the hands, in imitation of the natural breath- 
mg; forcibly expelling tne air from the hint's, uud allowing it to re-enter 
and expand them by tne elasticity of the libs. Keiueuiber that this is 
the most important step of nil. 
To do it readily, lay the persou on his back, with n cnsleon, pillow, or 
some Anu substance under las shoulders; Hi npie-swiili h il.ii of lac 
hands ovur the lower part of the breast bone a i l tin- upper p i, - of ihe 
abdomen, keeping up u regular repetition uud relunuiun of p.esoiire 
twenty or thirty times a minute. A pressure of thirty pounds may uo 
applied with safely i.o a grown person. 
7. Itub the limbs with the hands or with dry cloths constantly, to aid 
the circulation uud keep the body warm. 
8. As soon as the person can swallow give a tablespoonful of spirits 
in hoi water, or some warm codec or tea. 
9 Work deliberately. Do not give up too quickly. Success has re- 
warded the efforts of uours. 
The O’Neii, Engeluart Match.— A n agreement has 
been entered into between James O’Neil and George Engel- 
hart lo row a three mile race at Saratoga on Tuesday, Sep 
temher 2lst, providing the lake is smooth. The match is 
for $1,000 a side, aud Dr. Russell Withers has been chosen 
referee, or in the event of his declining, Mr. E. R. Craft 
will he invited to act. O’Neil has never rowed a profbs- 
sioual race, hut is credited with liaviug made the fastest 
three-mile time ou record, viz. 21m. 191s. He was de- 
feated by Eugelhart at Troy in October 1872, when both 
winner aud loser beat the best time, professional or ama- 
teur, on record, which up to that time had beeu James II. 
Mills 22m. 20s. Eugelhart making 22m. 214s. and O.Neil 
22iu. 20s. 
— Charles Askins of Brooklyn and Thomas Jones of this 
city, rowed a three-mile straight away race on the Ilarlem 
River on Saturday, the course being from Gales’ Lumber 
Dock to Norris’ Dock. Jones won by nearly a miuule iu 
20m. 40s. 
On the same day the second semi-monthly race, two 
miles slraighl-away, for the challenge medal of the Gram- 
Grey Boat Club was rowed, U. R. Mills, R. Wcisuer and 
Frank Winne being the contestants. Mills was Hie winner 
after a sharp struggle with Winne. Wcisuer broke his 
stretcher aud was disabled. 
— Thu Rough and Ready crew of Gleu Cove aud the 
Lorelei of Sea Cliff, rowed a lace at the latter place ou 
Saturday. The Rough and Ready won easily iu 21m. 30s., 
the distance being somewhat under three miles. 
— PUtstou, Pa., is lo have a boat club. Seven hundred 
dollars in money bus already been subscribed, and an or- 
ganization effected. The line reach of the Susquehanna 
at this point will afford a splendid course. 
—The Schuylkill Navy Regatta has beeu fixed for 
Saturday, Sept. 18. There will he in addition to the regu- 
lar challenge flags of the navy, special flags for the win- 
ning boats, and individual prizes for the winning crews. 
There will be races tor four-oared shells, one aud oue-hulf 
miles straightaway National Cruise, aud for GO barges, 40 
gigs, Paris doubles and singles. One mile aud return 
Horn Rockland, up and hack. The date is made one week 
earlier than last year, to meet the date of Hie Cricket 
Tniiin:immt, . 
Riiitur Poii but and 8TRBAM-— Pfm-AnewiiiA, August ad, 1875. 
The lew *?„* T T r> ' )e ‘ r Ncvor 
'••on. .In,«*d«a23 V«y iSndsomeT t!* 10 ? ‘ 
S^Si:^r (,rop8,obu 
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nhov, T,.,He Rock to their boat house; on, of conTc^wo wl ll Z Z) 
,iiem M,e " n - d " ivn ’ " ,n,,|n s "My « L w ,h 
* *; McBcnth can,<! so ,,0,,r being second Hint hi. bow »-■>• under 
side lo I u o k Vt 't hc^r ace ^ ***"* *“ C0U ' <, '‘' t W,B ’ pU " tHl ° tt ,0 u,,c 
The next race w‘w between two fonr-oared sheila r-CainllU-C r 
A dams, stroke; F. Henderson. 2; Wise, 3; Sum. it stlueon bow 
VO 'f w y T , ° «**»• barker. 8; ■> D. Ferguson, 
■ . I W est, how This course was from Olraid Bridge down, amt 
until .mh 1,0 '“"f r 1,10 ’biele scull race It was not 
mull (he boats had passed the Undine club bouse that belling was at all 
-afe when Adams pushed Ins crew to the front, and kept them there by 
n little over a length. 1 
lhM^'J 0 ,? bl ?,' bC u l ^ fla ' l proVMl veri ' '“••'MHoft even for so short a race 
Ihclng from the bridge down :)-Snn«hino-C. It Adams, stroke; o. y. 
West, how; M.ion.hine-F Henderson, stroke; S 1 $. Stinson, bow 
Upon rounding Turtle Hock , ho Sunshine -had u by all odd-.” beluga, 
em i C, 1 ' el 1 h 1,1,1 lncl ' by l,,eh ‘hey »ere eclipse d, nn.l at Hie 
flulsh they had the pleasure or joining lu the cheer which greeted tlm 
well-earned half length victory of the Moonshine. 
Immediately fo lowing came the six-harge race over the same course:- 
Cygnet -I- Henderson, stroke; (J. Wise. 2; J. D Ferguson, »; J. v,. t . 
tcrliiie, 4; J. Wuiiaker, 5; A E. Roberts, 0 ; s. fi. Stinson, coxswain . 
Stronger C It .Adams, stroke; O West, J. Watson, Jr., 3; W. 
n ' a*Ul«y. ft: (Jen. I’mker, 0. J. I). MclSeath. coxswain. 
At Dirtle Itock the Cygnet, le-iduif by a length, were rowing well to- 
gether, and altogether looked ns if they hud rather a nice thing of It, but 
when they crossed the line they could boast of a lead not more than 
three feet. Stinson, in his excitement, let hi* bout run end on u small 
fkitT. making the splinters fly and the audience laugh. 
It was getting almost dark, but still there was light enough left for the 
most amusing performance of the day-a mb race. The amlcs of fiicnd 
Jones in his persevering but vain endeavors to sit iu n tub w lnn uot Ic«b 
than three men held it for him, will nut he forgotten by the survivors 
The race was woo by H C. Carlisle. Then came im extemporaneous 
swimming match, won by W Drvaut. 
After the good thing* of the table had been properly discussed tho 
company were vas.Iy entertained by the presomation of tho rare aud 
valuable (C) prizes, which the winners had *o nobly earned. StULta. 
4 J C,V j £ ul > liftttioiis . 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
Wallace's Adirondack Guide. — W e hud occasion, lust 
year, lo notice most favorably this* valuable book, which was then incor- 
porated lu a largo volume entitled ••Dubes In the Wood*.” R bus since 
been reissued, as we I hen advised, in u separate work, whereby it has 
been mode more portable uud more available to the tourist and sports- 
mun, and the price considerably cheapened. Ills now o.pionsly illus- 
trated, and contain* a most accurate map of tho entire Adirondack re- 
ion Much valuable instruction has been added, and taken, ail iu nil. 
ii seems marvelous that bo much of the very information which sports- 
men uccd should be compressed ana compreheudedjn so small a com- 
pass. Every qaeTy which would naturally arise is here anticipated in 
minutest detail, and so far as we can discern, nothing is lacking ns to 
heights and depths, distances, localities, sporting grounds, rnllroud and 
wilderness routes, hotels, outllts, expenses, and „n ol(ll , r ,, oml8 ot jn _ 
etrnctiou, by which both novices aud old stagers may profit. It In- 
trinsically perfect in its entirety. Sold-by the American News Company 
119 Nassau street, New York, at $2, which is but Rule more than tho 
original cost ot the map which it contains. 
Southern and Southeastern Nevada.-. Wc are iu- 
debted to Lieut. George M. Wheeler, Engineer Corps, United Slat- s 
Army, for a copy of the Preliminary Report, which embraces the results 
uf Hie reconuoisance made by him llirough Southern aud Southeastern 
Nevada I, contains mi outline of the geographical aud mLAorealugicat 
peculiarities of the country traversed, including the famous White Pine 
and other iniuiug districts; also descriptions of tho various Indian 
tribes inhabiting these districts, and a list of the game aud fish found In 
the Slate. This report, or Its principal features, will be embodied in 
Volume 1 of Lieut Wheeler's forthcoming report of geographical ex- 
plorations and surveys west of the One Hundredth Meridian. 
The Pet Slock, Pigeon and Poultry Bulletin is published in 
thin city, at No. 30 Courtlaridt street, by the Associated Fanciers. It 
contains all the poultry news, and is conducted independent of any so- 
ciety or clique. The importance and dimensions to which this subject 
is rapidly uttniniiig demands that it shall be represented by such a jour- 
nal us this, fearless in exposing fraud and opou for the discussion of 
such subjects as may cornu w ithin its scope. 
—The Hod and Gun newspaper has passed into the 
hands of Messrs. T. C. Banks, Win. Humphreys, and 8. 
II Turrull, of Chicago, and is now published at 31 Park 
Row, New York city. The serious illuess of Wilbur F. 
Parker, its late editor, we understand was the primary 
cause of the chanse. Our Gonucclicut friends will find it 
expensive to print a paper iu the metropolis, but we have 
no doubt that they will be as successful iu the future as 
they have been iu the past. 
—They have a very unsportsmanlike way of catching 
bass iu the Monongahela, called “dipping," A skiff is 
pushed swiftly near the shore, aud wheu the water is ris- 
ing the fish will jump out of the water, in three cases out 
of four “flopping" into the boat. At least so says the 
Morgantown Post, which mentions catches of from thirty 
to fifty flue bass taken in one night in this way. 
