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THE REAL POET. -? BT HOWARD 0. TRIPP. ^ Tla he whose mards like flaming fires foe Warm up th? passions of the breast, ha< Tls hi who sings of gTand desires, th< Of labor, honor, love and rest. hai he Tis he whose lines are like the breath Of summer's rarest flowers in bloom, Who sings a deathless song of death, And glorifies the hero's tomb. &?] *Tls he who with a master's art p]a uan touch ine cnorus 01 me ttuu ufiug Dlvinest feelings fc-> t'ae heart? Bright blossoms on a? angel's wing, _ \ fai He doth express the grandest thought ha In staves of sweet, exquisite rhyme, th? , And with a pen with beauty fraught 1 He writes the annals of his time. : _ cr< *Tis he who sees beyond the stars ha The beauty of another clime, ( And lifts the shadow's dusky bars da 37om sweeter scenes that are sublime. a8 He Is a man whom we admire, A mortal with a brain divine, * Whose words shall like a glowing fire th< In stanzas sweet forever shine. vri Kxhqslbx, Iowa. pa: th< Meisteii'sHlssi i by , . . as V fi Remarkable Romance. 2 ful 1 _ an ess mr ftY FWTLY THORNTON. *ri ? ta( dei r CHAPTER XXX. ha SEABCBmQ THE BCDJS. all This, then, was the end of it all! ?u The wayfaring man, dead, In his upper ^ -room, was not the Rev. Edwin C. Stiles, J but Sir Arthur Glendenning, the lost rI^ baronet ] f Xoflil Yes, Indeed, lost to his frlend9, but not murdered. And Dr. Elfenstein felt a thrill of Joy pass over him as the next thought came. Par His employer was now Sir Fitzroy Qlendennlng, and he was entirely cleared of the heinous crime with which he had ^ Sk> long been charged. He was ready to on( be received joyfully back to his own estate and home. Yes, his summons could bring him, for J be alone knew where he resided. He should start for New York lmme- 8CJ diately, and accompany and care for him on his return voyage. 0D Then another thought came?a thought tel that made his heart throb tumultuously ed ?and that thought was this: 8C Jtus pledge naa Deen mjniiea: Sir Fitzroy's name was cleared, and *n aow he was free to woo and wed the girl j of his choice. But as gladly as his '?? heart had throbbed one moment before, wi' so suddenly had it sunk again, like lead 8Q< In his bosom a ) Was this girl?this one girl that he so devotedly loved?worthy? th< Had the a knowledge of that hidden e?< crime? the Was her hand the one that nightly bu opened those panels and shoved in tbat boi repulsive food to a human being?a peer Da; of the English realm? Again, with a smothered groan, he dt)1 felt that it was she! 'we He remembered her wild entreaty that he should neither light a candle nor ev< search that corridor on that dreadful at night And he had been fool enough to listen to her pleadings. Yes! He was convinced that she had ] aided the inhuman brother in carrying rej out his wicked purposes! j8 But again, he thrust away the idea; and at last resolved to see this girl, just ttp onoe more, accnse her of being an accesaory to this foul wrong, and then hear w! w fnr an rtnintr Possibly there might be some exten- ] rating circumstances, some unexplained jar reason why she had lent herself to this lnT purpose. ^ Possibly it was to release him in thd ^ end by giving him the knife. frc She certainly bad placed this method 0X, of escape in his hands. en, Perhaps, then, God made her the in- ^ strument of his final release for His own ' ^ purposes. ? He would think so, until she had an op- ' portunity given her for a full avowal or explanation. If her own sicry proved that she will- < ingly aided this human fiend in carrying o out his sinful designs, then he would y think of her no more forever. w But, if she convinced him she was innocent? j A wild heart tumult, within, finished the sentence. Banishing all these thoughts for the , . present, the young physician turned his 5 attention again to his friends, and be- , - came interested when they exclaimed, all ^ together; d V 'There is not one doubt of his being L Sir Arthur! But how straDge that no one recognized him!" Not at all," returned the Doctor, "aa { I understand it, for I have heard a de- , Vription of ihe supposed murdered man j many, many times, as he was twenty* . five years ago?a robust, black-haired, h beardless young gentleman. Now he was a thin man, with snow-white hair h ' and a long, snow-white, full beard. His attire then was that of a gay, fashiona-1 1 ble denizen of the world; lately we saw mm ID we lung, siraiv-cuii, urnc* urunu- . doth coat usually worn by clergymen. 80 you plainly see, my friends, every- , thing tended to change his whole ap- v1' pearance." 6 "Doctor," now queried Mr. Lee, "what course is next to be pursued?" "We must, early to-morrow, go to the porter's lodge on the premises?I think b the keeper is still there?get the keys of ? Jie Ball and investigate the ruined part fn With its concealed room. If we find all !? as here said, we must at once publish the facts far and wide. I should also recall ?? the servants, who probably still are near, and reopen the house, and from his own ,ur home bury the real baronet. All these years a false baron has reigned in his stead.* th "Poor Sir Arthur! Yet what nooillty co of soul, what pure Christian principles be actuated that last resolve never to ex- he pose the usurper. Bis was a grandly pli unselfish and loving heart," remarked fo the minister, "and such self-denial and co devotion we rarely meet" on "Very true," was the reply of nearly be all present. co Then the lawyer made a proposition, di which was to visit the place at once. In "Could we not enter the ruins without) uj ,being seen?" "Yos, I am quite certain wo can," Dr.' ht Elfenstein replied. "I scarcely think itl so has boon entered since the poor priso??^ "I escaped, as the guilty party alono knew ri of Its existence; and I judge, dared not di send any person to close the place. We have time to go and return before dark. D Come, let U9 start." All the gentlemen arose as he thus ac- w quiesced in the plan, and silently wended al tLeir way to tho now deserted Hall. h They did not take the front entrance a to the grounds, but gained it by a a * shorter route, emerfirimr at Ihe jear _of f< the house, and so passing unseen to flie clump of bushes, behind which was the entrance previously used by Dr. Elf en- " * stein. . a The stone he thon found replaced, and the opening, therefore, scarcely per- b ceptible. 0 T *\ f sV? Liiis we explain to our readers, alTowlfl nnnW nnHorotanH it. The person who nightly brought the >d in a basket, came after the escape d beon made, to find the one placed sre the night previous gone. Ethel cl not returned it. Leaving the one had in its place, a second visit found it undisturbed. Twice" "tlHs" happened, then the man ted to see Sir Reginald. 3e was received alone, and told to rekce the stone and cease his labors, as more food was required. yter receiving a large reward tor past thful labors the man departed, never ving known at all for what purpose i food had been required. [tolling away the stone. Dr. Elfenstein jpT XITrougir ThTo~TEer passage way'or 11, followed by his two companions. Crossing this place, they found the or leading into the corridor wide open, It had been left the night of that terile fright. Dnce in the corridor, they hastened to 3 end near the tower-stairs, and there, de open, exposed to view through still rted panels and displaced shelves, lay 5 concealed room which for twenty-five ars had held poor Sir Arthur a prison now empty, and oh, so mournful ion seen in the light of this fearful me committed against an elder brother one so long known in their community Sir Reginald Glendenning. Fes, here it all was, just as the journal d described it. fc. good-sized bedroom, well furnished, 't bed, center table, large bookcase 1 of a quantity of well-selected books, d opening into a back room, with nectary toilet appurtenances. But the ?st terrible proof of all was a staple ven in the wall, with a long chain at:hed, from which the poor man, now id, had cut himself loose. rhen there lay the iron shelves that d so long revolved, bringing the daily owance of disgusting food, how dissting could be seen, as a large dish of 3tood on a shelf in one of tho closets. Evfirv link was now Derfect. The hor ile tale was true, [f further confirmation was needed it ,9 at hand, in the shape of the one te written by Reginald to his brother, ten he had given him pen, ink, and per, at his earnest request. This note fell from & took that Mr. e picked from the table. Lawyer Huntley .knew the writing at :e, as he had often received notes from > false baronet, in relation to legal -tters, Everything was examined, and everyng was found to be exactly as deibed in the journal. rhen the Doctor related his experience the night of the escape, and after ling of his discoveries in "The HauntTower" he led his friends up to the >ne of that stupendous fraud, istonisbm^nt and indignation blended the explanations that again broke ?m each lip, as they saw the frightful>king figure, and all the colored lights, th their workings, used so long and so ;cessfully to operate upon the fears of phnlo p/immnnltT. rurning away then with disgust from i spot, Elfenstein led them back, and ieavored to open the door leading to ) wardrobe In "Ethel's former room, b he found it as he feared, securely ited within. The same fastenings derred entrance Into the baronet's room. Saving discovered all that could be ae that day, the three gentleman nded their way from the place, and ?r returning to their homes for their mine meal, they all decided to meet the tillage inn, and there make known 3 contents of the mysterious wallet. CHAPTER XXXL A PAINFUL INTERVIEW. [t was the morning after the events a ted in the last chapter had taken kce, that Ethel sat alone in Lady tire Linwood's private boudoir, parently engaged with some pretty icy work, but in reality more occupied th her own sad thoughts than the Bdle work. 3er grace the Duchess of Westmoretd and Lady Claire had accepted an rttation from their agent, Mr. Bradley, visit an estate he had recently added their possessions, quite a long distance >m the castle. In order to thoroughly imine it, they expected to occupy the tire day, and as Ethel had quite a Evdache, she declined accompanying seated by the broad open window, she ,tched the little party as they drove ay, then resumed her own thoughts d work. She was really glad to be alone this y; glad to rest from teaching, even ille she liked her daily occupations, sr heart had been very sorrowful ever ice she entered this charming home. Her dejection was caused entirely by j coldness which had arisen between rself and the young physician she had ^rned t-dlQYk during the weeks she had been in this ice everything had been done to proite her happiness. She was ever treatwith the greatest kindness, and by ,dy Claire with true affection. She had tered into a-1 ber pupil's pleasures with iming sympathy when her soul was ?n most cast down. to-day occupation was irksome. Her nd rebelled from study and the schooloks, and, as I said, the holiday was to r a welcome relief. How beautiful everything looked to r weary eyes as she cast them from b window! How full the air was of fra knee, from flowers ana ousn, ana now jrrily a starling was singing from the anches of an old elm near by! But its innocent glee awoke no answer? echo in her own heart; thero all was solation and sorrow. She felt so lonely in this her youth?no Dther, aunt, relative near in whom to id sympathy and love. Yes, she was utterly alone, and would i until claimed by an unknown father; id when she might be cheered by the ve of one true heart, her misfortunes kd alienated its respect, and all she uld do was to constantly battle with >r own self, and strive to overcome the lfortunate attachment that was wearg upon her health and spirits. To-day, the more she resolved to forget Is man, the more she studied over his Idness, the more she fondly rememred him, and told herBelf that it was r own want of frankness, aud the sua* clous circumstances In which ho had und her placed that had shaken his nfidence In her Integrity, and merited ly his scorn. But, bound as she had en to solemn secrecy, she could not ncelve how she could have acted fferently, and she felt convinced that, order to be true to the trust imposed )on her, she had done no wrong. So deep had beem her reverie that she ;ard no bell, no opening door, no und, and not until the words, diss Nevergail, I hope I do not inteript you," fell upon her ear, did she earn that she was not alone! Starting to her feet, she turnec* to face r. Elfenstein. She would, have extended herhand and eicomed mm joyliniy, dui ms grave, Imo.^t stern, looks deterred her, and. as e offered no further greeting, she morel j ssnred him she was perfectly at leisure, nd then wheeled up a large easy-chan >r his use. Not noticing the latter, however, the >octor took a lighter one, and, placinf ' opposite the one she had resumed, said s he sat down: "I am glad to find you alone, as mj usiness is important, and concerns n< ne but.ours?i?a* The footman told m< at theUoof lEat the family were iiD=ent, and I would find you here." "They are absent for the day, and, therefore, I am at your service." "The nature of my business, I foar, may startle you, but I feel that I ought not to forego it on that account. I shall be obliged to ask you several questions that you may dislike to answer, but, Miss Nevergail, allow me to say, as a preface, that perfect frankness on your part will be tho best in the end." The young man paused for a moment, then pitying her evident confusion he went on: "Certain things, lately transpiring, have led me to regret exceedingly that I did not use my own judgment that evening," when we w"ere EogetfieTih "YEe corridor at Glendonning Hall, and search for the cause of our fright. I should certainly have done so had you not seemed so decidedly to oppose it I came to talk with you a little upon your career while in that house. Had you, as I suppose, any especial reason for not wishing that candle lighted, and a search made?" Poor Ethel! She knew not what course to take now to regain his esteem. Certainly she could only falter, while a burning blush mantled cheek and brow: "I had, but I cannot explain it!" "Are you ashamed to tell the reason'" Raising her eyes instantly to his sho was dismayed at the stern gaze fixed upon her own. J ? * ? V\ ? 1 A* oV\ A Jtsut sne BDSWtJrtSU, evtu iruic oiiu trembledaShamed, Doctor. Save for what I did under compulsion in the tower, I have no cau9e for shame." "Then, you certainly are a very di fferent person from the one I took you to be," was the cold reply. "Miss Nevergail, allow me to tell you that a more infamous crime was never committed than the one you, an innocentappearing youDg girl, aided and abetted by your help while in that sin-stained house." "Doctor Effenstein!" exclaimed Ethel, rising to her feet, surprise and horror blending together on each of her beautiful features, and wonder and dismay settling in her large, hazel eyes; "what is this you are saying to me? If I understand aright, you are accusing me of being an accessory to some dark crime! 8pesk! Did I understand you to mean thisF "You surely did.," "Then, sir," returned the indignant girl, drawing up her slight figure to its full height, while a queenly dignity reigned In each motion, even though every particle of color left both cheek and Hp, "then, sir, all I shall say in reply is that you accuse me falsely, and in doing so you cease to be my friend!" "But, Miss Nevergail, reflect one moment. Had I not been your friend I should wish no explanation. I am your friend, while I desire to be sure of your innocence. You say, and I rejoice to hear you affirm it, that you are guiltless. Will you not relieve my mind of these doubts by telling me frankly the nature of your occupation while at the Hall?" Clasping her hands together in anguish, the poor girl only answered: "Would that I might, but I cannot!" "Then, MisB Nevergail, I shall be obliged to tell you that all has been discovered, and that your horrible secret is known." "0, thank God! Can it be possible! Please go on, for I am anxious to hear all you know, but dare not utter one word!" exclaimed Ethel. "You must leart then, that your nightly work was to carry food to a certain concealeuToom, place fFuponrevolving shelves, and " "Doctor, you do indeed know all; then now am I free to speak, as no secret will be revealed by me? Those shelves were knocked over, and the ape escaped thai night. It was his dreadful howl that sc frightened us. Tell me, has the animal been recaptured, and returned to the owner?" "Ape? Owner?" queried the Doctor, surprise illuminating each one of his speaking features. "What can yon mean?" "Vao. PAfflnnM coirl it. wiq o. iHnH JL UO) Ull xtb^iuaiu UW?U A V If WU M M44IM never before seen of that species. He was keeping it concealed, until the owner returned with other extraordinary curiosities, he was abroad collecting. When he did return, all were to be exhibited. The fact that he kept its existence a secret, and made roe take a solemn oath, never to reveal it, was certainly no crime. It was absurd, and the absurdity sprang from a love of money, but in consenting to preserve the creature's life by giving him food, during his lordship's illness, I did it. only because he was nervous, and seemed to worry so much over its helplessness. I saw nothing wrong in it, and as it was not sinful, I am not ashamed of it." [TO nE CONTINUED.) TEMPERANCE. DRAWN DOWN. Ctmrybdis, whiriing, roaring, drew Unlucky snips and all their crew Senearn tne waves j ana, Dauerea, inrew Them up, to fall and writhe anew. Methinks Oharybdis. reddened from Its bloody victims, now has come To seize our country, dazed and dumb, And drown it in the whirl of Rum! thttr GREATEST ENEM*. The New York Observer says : "Gather up all tbe money that the working classes have spent for rum during the last thirty years and I wilt build for every man a house and lay out for him a garden, and secure for him a policy of life insurance so that the preeent home may be well maintained after ho is dead. Tbe most persistent and most overpowering enemy of the working classes is intoxicating liquor." a significant placard. The Belgian Government has ordered hung In every school room the following placard: "Of 125,000 deaths as many as 25,000, or one-fifth, are the result of alcoholism. In a period, during which the population increased by fourteen per cent., the consumption of alcohol had been augmented by thirty-seven per cent., cases of madness by forty-five per cent., crimes bv seventy-four per cent., suicides by eighty per cent., and vagarants and beggars 150 per cent." mission wobk and whisky. a devoted Christian mission worker, laboring in a much neglected mountain district. as a representative of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions. Id a recent private letter concerning the use of temperance literature. writes*. "Take drunkenness out of theso mountains and missionary work would. I think, begin to tell. Whisky, instead of the love ol money, is the root of all evil here. There is never a fight, or a murder, or any other wicked or lawless act, which does not arist irom whisky." nir thj' evil in the t.ed. TVople often sing. "Where is My Wandering Boy To-night?'' out the truth is when the 1 parents went to church or to temperance meeting this "wandering boy" also lett home i and joined his usso-'iates on the street corner. The parents are singing this song and | shouting "l?own with the saloon!" while they are giving their boy full liberty to do as 1 he pleases. And he generally lives up tc ' privileges. This is one phase of a large subr ject, and it is a phase which should be looked ' squarely in the face. However ardent pa* ren'.s may be in supporting the cause of temperance. they may. by their neglect, by theii 5 short comings iu home training, help to fostei r the liquor traffic. Their plain and manifesl duty is to nip the evil in the bud by wise anc ' careful training of their boys in all that ii excellent and lovely and of good report. Ii r the woric ot temperance retorm every on* 5 must build over against his own house.? f Mui-Continent. SALMON CULTURE. PROPAGATION OF THE FISH IN CALIFORNIA WATERS. The Taking and Hatching of Spawn at. a United States Government Station?Wonderful Work at a Hatchery. "I ~TAE up hi Shasta County, Cal., 1=/ picturesquely located on the J banks of the McCloud River and surrounded by towering hillB and mountains, is an important station of the United States Government of which the people of California have but very little knowledge. In that beautiful and picturesque spot haB been maintained for many years the pioneer fish hatchery of the State, to which circumstance is due in great measure the almost marvelous plenitude of the quinnat or Pacific salmon in California waters to-day. A San Francisco Chronicle reporter who visited the station was surprised to note the substantial character of the improvements made by the Government. The main hatchery building is a commodious structure well adapted to the purpose for which it was constructed. Other buildings include stables, engine-house, store and postoffice in addition to the residence of Superintendent Stone, whicb stands on a sightly eminence overlooking the river. Seymour Bass, foreman of the hatchery, has a comfortable residence nearer the river, while within convenient distance of all the buildings is a well-kept boarding-house, where the white help and visitors to the Btation take their meals. The popular idea of a fish hatchery is very vague. So little is the subject understood that-many intelligent people can be found who believe that fish eggs, like the eggs of a barnyard fowl, may be hatched under a hen or in an incubator. This article has been written to afford more accurate knowledge on an important and interesting subject, and embraces the results of general observations by a Chronicle reporter of the work at Baird in every department. The routine of work at Baird is embraced in three separate detachments j ?fishing, spawning and hatching. By fishing is meant the taking of the ripe parent salmon from the pool in the river below the rack. This is accomplished by the use of a 130-foot seine net with which the pool is repeatedly dragged both morning and evening. The first haul with the net is made at 5.30 a. m. each day during the fishing season, and additional hauls are made at intervals of half an hour so long aa the fishing continues good. To the reader it would appear that fishing in the waters of the McCloud River at 5.30 in the morning would be fraught with much general discomfort. Such, however, ia far I 1- il *1.^ irom ueiug me case. dciuic tuc uouing commences a great bonfire is built on the river's edge. This fire serves the double purpose of lighting up the river and of removing in a measure the chill of the early morning. "When the helpers have gathered and warmed themselves at the fire the great net is slowly unwound from the spool where it had been , plaoed to dry after the fishing of the i I night before and and is stowed in the i stern of a boat. Two men silently row out into the stream. One end of the net is dropped on the hatchery side of 1 the stream, the other end on the east side, opposite the hatchery, and then nirrnn.1 in cfivPTl to null in the net. O O i- ? _ 1 Immediately a strong pull is brought | to bear on the two ropes leading from the net to the shore. One end is attached to a hand windlass, the other to a larger windlass turned by hor6e , power. Both windlasses are put in motion at the same time, and gradu1 ally the line of cork floats betokening the location of the net commences to move shorewaard. Nearer and nearer comes the net, and then the ensnared i salmon oommences to struggle for i freedom. Here and there a tin cuts the water, there is a wild splashing as a dozen monster salmon spring hulf their lengths out of the water, and then, as the net draws still closer to the shore, the red bodies of the imprisoned fish may be seen flashing beneath the clear water on which falls but faintly a few gleams of light from the fading fire, which, in the excitement of the moment, ha6 been almost forgotten. PTLLIXG TV A FTTL A few more hauls on the two shore , ropes and the mass of struggling fish is in shallow water, while Foreman Bass is busily counting to see the size of the haul. Not. a fish in the lot that weighs less than twenty younds. A i dozen or more weigh forty or fifty pounds. Quickly the Indian helpers get to work sorting out the fish, ripe from unripe, males from females. With marvelous dexterity, acquired | only b}' experience and long practice, i the Indians pick up each struggling fish by the tail. Then follows an examination to see if tho fish be ripe and | ready to spawn. If not ripe, back i goes the fish into the stream. The ' ripe fish meets with a different fate. [ Still held by the tail it is carried u few yards to the spawning station, which consists of a platform built over [ the river and a half dozen or more j. pens built out from the platform into l the stream. Into one of these pens go i the ripe females, into another the 1 ripe male3, to aweit the spawning pro. cess which is to follow later in the day. Hard work it is sorting out and car/ rying these fish. The Indiana, when they have finished, are bathed in perspiration and feel no need of sitting by the fire during the half hour of rest which is allowed before another haul. Fishing continues until 7 o'clock, when an hour is taken for breakfast. Following the breakfast hour fishing continues with varying success until the pens of the spawning station are well filled with ripe salmon. The average haul at the present time is from thirty to forty fish. Only last week a single haul netted nearly 200 fish, and hauls have been known to run as high as 300 fish, all of large size and aggregating such enormous weight that the shore windlasses groaned and creaked in a most distressing manner as the net was advancing shoreward. The fishing finished,. then follows 4-1*^ m/v?A Knoinnatl tVifi IliC XiiUiC iUVCi\/DVlUg VUU1UV.UW V* VMV day, and that is to spawn the see res of ripe fish that have been caught. Indians armed with hand nets lift , the salmon from the pens and deposit them on the platform, where they are left to thrash and kick about until I called upon to yield their accumulated i harvest of spawn. The process of j taking the eggs requires the united I efforts of four men, a large bucket, a feather and two fish, a male and female. The female is held over the bucket by two men, one of whom rubs his hand vigorously upon the breast of the fish. From an opening back of the anal fin immediately gushes a stream of eggs, round in shape, a rich red in color, and each about the size ^-~3p= GATHERING THE FISH AFTI of a large pea. At the same time a third man holds over the pail a male salmon, who is made to discharge his milt, a white substance of about the same consistency as cream. Foreman Bass with a feather stirs the eggs and milt together until they are well united. The spawning of the female means her death. She is immediately thrown out on the bank and left to lie until the close of the day's work, when the fish are all picked up by the Indian women, and after being cleaned hung up in the sun and left to dry for Y> XJL1 IU1 iUVU. , The males continue to spawn fo a week or two at a time, and when i once used are thrown back in their proper jar to be used again day after day until the season's store of milt is exhausted. When the eggs of the female first come in contact with the milt they anite. While in this condition they are placed in shallow jars and left to stand for an hour or two, at the end of which time the eggs | separate and are ready to be washed. The process of washing follows the day's spawning, which generally lasts until nearly noon. The washing of the eggs is accomplished by placing them in large buckets, which are filled with water from tne river, witn wxucn the eggs are washed over and over again until they are perfectly clean. The next step is to carry the eggs to the hatchery, which is done by hand. A brief description is necessary, to give the reader an idea of what the hatchery is like. It consists simply of a series of long, narrow troughs, through which flows constantly a stream of water, pumped fresh and cold from the river. In these troughs are set baskets of wire netting just wide enough to fit inside of the trough and about eighteen inches in length. These baskets are the receptacles for the freshly washed salmon /ft Ii SETNE BY HAND. eggs. Foreman Bass in disposing of the eggs aims to place abont 20,000 in each basket. The unit of measure is a tin dipper which holds about 1000. The baskets being of netting on all ; sides, offer no obstruction to the conj tinuoue flow of water in the troughe. I This continued flow of water has the j same effect on the eggs as though they ! had been spawned naturally by the j parent fish at the bottom of the river. ' As the eggs are thus left in the baskets they are looked over from day to day I by experienced hands, who pick out j the dead eggs which have failed of impregnation. Eggs of this sort generally amount to about two jier cent, of the whole. It is sought to get rid of these eggs before the good ones commence to hatch. The first sign of life in the egg i6 the appearance of the eyes, which, after the first few days, can be clearly seen with a microscope. The eyes appear plainly on the outside of the egg after eighteen or twenty days. The next manifestation of life is the appearance of the head and tail, which emerge, leaving the body of the fish still incased in a sort of sac, "which is gradually absorbed. Even incum- ja bered by this sac the tiny fish display an much strength and are soon able to t , swim against the current in the trough, The length of time required for the jg eggs to hatch varies greatly, according ca to the temperature of the water. The warmer the water the quicker the _ hatching. One degree's difference in temperature makes a difference in the hatching of five days, The fishing in the evening is a repetition of that in the morning. The first haul of the net is made by the light of a bonfire at 7.30 o'clock, and fishing is continued until 10 o'clock and even until midnight, when the fish are sufficiently plentiful. The fish taken in the evening are sorted and placed in the pens, but are not spawned until after the morning haul the following day. Through all the hard work pertaining to the hatchery a visitor is impressed with the enthusiastic interest ? of the men who do the work. From * the superintendent and foreman down to the meanest Indian helper this interest in the work of the hatchery amounts almost to a passion. A day's work with them means all the work ?. that can be done. Every man has an ambition to catoh and handle as many ri fish as possible, and no considerations te of personal comfort or discomfort are m permitted to mteriere witn tne accom- sr plishment of that purpose. b] Fishing at Baird continues until m rain and consequent high water in the tc ^ ?n_ ? ? y< IE A HAUL OF THE SEINE. W ! river render it impossible to maintain tl I +.Tia ranV iu?rnPH the river. At the first ai I sign of high water the employes are d< J put to work removing the rack and a bj | large water wheel which famishes the pi power necessary to pump water from ir I the river into the hatchery. After the pi j removal of this water wheel water is ! pumped as long as required by steam. During February and March the employes are kept indoors by the is severity of the elements, and have li( nothing to do but entertain and 01 amuse themselves as best they cau. m With the arrival of April a start is ga made toward putting things in readi- oi ness for the summer salmon run dur- N ing August and September. The first fif work after the water recedes sufficiently is to throw the rack across the S< river and reconstruct the spawning tt ntat.inn and npiis. which, when not re- ti moved in time, are always swept away is by the winter flood, which often causes the water in the river to rise w fifteen or twenty feet. w The population of Baird, including fa men, women and children, numbers in is all about twenty 60uls. The people ni get along together without trouble of T any kind, living almost as one happy tl family. Superintendent Stone is uni- w versally liksd and respected by all. The p: effect of his presence and influence is & apparent even among the Indian em- tl ployes, who have been improved, both w in manners and appearance, by their contact with a kind, courteous and lj educated gentleman. The Indian et helpers are skilled in the work of the lc hatchery, and in the fishing season w their services are always in demand. tl Chosen by a Sow. In oklen times the Mayor :>f Leicester, England, was chosen by a sow. The candidates sat in a semi-circle, each holding his hat full of beans in / his lap, and he was selected Mayor * from whose hat the sow ate first? I Atlanta Constitution. A New Safety Pocket. n Pockets are to be counted among the |1 many troubles of womankind, and any II alleviation of the difficulties entailed A| by a desire to carry all that is neces- ^ sary with safety will be hailed with delight by our sex. There is hardly any feminine pocket that can be honestly fl&id to be safe for carrying money. 5 Lady Isabella Margesson has, however, | come to the rescue of her sex, and has invented one of the most convenient bags which we have yet seen. It is, < indeed, multum in parvo. It is in- | tended to heng at the side, and is di- 3 vided in half, one portion being de- I voted t-o the watch and a small bag for | gold, the other to the purse; while ? the pocket for cards and pencils is at x< the back. But by a clever contrivance " the purse cannot be reached from the outside. By means of a spring, the mouth of the bag opens wide, and on * y*\. ?! \?y 113 is A : ff XL m / A 1 2 teaii III, t J al unclasping the upper pocket first the purse is available. The bag is of a ^ very moderate size, made in different kinds of leather, being ornamental as well as useful.?London Queen. G 1 First Female Lawyer. Mrs. Myra Bradwell, wife of Judge! .mes B. Bradwell, and the founder) d managing editor of tbe Chicago] igal News, died recently in Chicago.! te was born in Manchester, Vt., in, 31. When twelve years of age flhe! me West with her parents. She wa? ' lucated at Kenosha, Wis., and in| ? MYBA BRADWELL. 352 married James B. Bradwell, a sing young lawyer. Becoming invested in his profession she commenced the study of law under his ipervision. She passed a most creditale examination, but because she was a tarried woman was denied admission > the bar. She did not despair, but ent all her energies in removing this gal defect. Her application was refused by the< apreme uourt 01 Illinois, ana sne led out a writ of error against the tate of Illinois in the Supreme Court I the United States. Her case was rgued in 1871 by Matt Carpenter, nited States Senator from Wisconsin, he Court, upon consideration, notied Mrs. Bradwell that her marriage as a legal disability, which only legation could remove. V Another effort was made to have the apreme Court consider the matter .vorably, but an adverse decision was sndered at the time. Twenty years ter the Court apparently recondered its ruling and ordered a cer-! -ficate issued. Mrs. Bradwell was the first woman i the United States to apply for ad* iseion to the bar, the first woman who scame a member of the Illinois Press ssociation and the first woman to scome a member of the Illinois State ar Association. Over twenty-five^ jars ago Mrs. Bradwell established le Chicago Legal News, the first eekly legal paper ever published in le Western States, and wap its editor id its business manager antil her jath. The Legislature gave her a fecial charter for her paper and issed several acts making it evidence' t courts and a valid medium for the iblication of legal notices. Hunting With Projectiles. It has often been repeated that man: 1 the only creature sufficiently intel-i gent to utilize as weapons exterior; ejects like a stone or a stick; in a.' uch greater degree, therefore, it was. .id, was he the only creature capable; : striking from afar with a projectile. I evertheless, creatures so inferior asl ;h exhibit extreme skill in the art of! caching their prey at a distance, j jveral act in this way. There is firstj le Toxotes jaculator, which lives ini te rivers of India. His principal food! formed by the insects who wander ??* tlifl loavflo nf n/inatir. nlftnts. To' ait until they fell into the water, ould naturally result in but meager ire. To leap at them with one bound' difficult, not to mention that thej oise would cause them to flee. The oxotes knows a better trick than lat. He draws in some drops ofj ater, and, contracting his month,: rojects them with so much force ana ;rtainty that they rarely fail to reach' ie chosen aim, and to bring into the ater all the insects he desires. Other animals also squirt various quids, sometimes in attack, but more specially in defense. The cepha>pods, for example, omit their ink, hich darkens the water and aliowa 'o*" ** ti" P.orfain insects exude JXOTES THROWING WATER AT INSECTS. itter or fetid liquids; but in all these ises, and in others that are similar, le animal finds in his own organism secretion which happens to be more r less useful to his conservation. The lethod of the Toxotes is different. It a foreign body which it takes up, ad it is an intended victim at which takes aim and which he strikes; his lovements are admirably co-ordained > a precise effect.?Popular Science [onthly. Cnt Off His Own Too With a Chisel. David Marshall, of Sharpsburg, had een suffering with n diseased toe. 7"hile it was acting pretty badly he lade up his mind that sharp measures ere in order, so be got a sharp chieel ad a heavy hammer and made himself ;ady for a surgical operation. He put le chisel on the toe. raised the hamler and brought it down with a firm hack and parted with the disagreeble member.?Baltimore Sun. The man who "itches for fame" is sually kept scratching.?Statesman. Flattery always has a string to it. ? ralvestou News. i