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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
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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, _ \
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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. : _
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*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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 *
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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
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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|
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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