6l2 OCEAN, LAKE, AND RIVER. 



To Keep Shrimp. — Put them clean and solid into a box or basket, the latter 

 preferred, and place it on the ice in a refrigerator. We have tried covering with 

 seaweed, mixing with sawdust, meal, etc., but for a handy home method nothing- 

 worlds better for keeping shrimp alive twenty-four hours — a week in fact— than 

 the ice chest. If you are going to carry them some distance before using, it is 

 well to pack the box or basket in ice. If you are located near the water, the best 

 way of all is to have a tight covered basket or a box, full of small holes, so as to 

 allow a free circulation ot vi'ater, and with the live shrimp therein, anchor it off 

 shore. The Guilford Club, during the smelting season, have always adopted the 

 latter method at Black Rock with perfect success, with the simple difference that 

 the shrimp basket was secured -nside a large floating lobster car, and they never 

 were troubled with dead bait, but always found them alive and kicking when 

 wanted. 



Artificial Aiigle Worms.— S. St. Louis firm has patented an imitation earth- 

 worm, made of India rubber or other flexible material, to be substituted for the 

 live angle-worm. It exactly resembles the natural squirmer in color, and cer- 

 tainly possesses the advantages of cleanliness for use. It cannot be taken off the 

 hook by nibbles, and needs no preparatory " scouring." 



ADDITIONAL USEFUL HINTS. 



The following information will be found to be of the utmost practical value, 

 on occasion : 



Weather Indications. — The color of the sky at particular times affords good 

 guidance. Not only does a very rosy sunset presage good weather, and a ruddy 

 sunrise bad weather, but there are other tints which speak with equal clearness 

 and accuracy. A bright yellow sky in the evening indicates wind ; a pale yellow, 

 wet ; a neutral grey color constitutes a favorable sign in the evening, and an 

 unfavorable one in the morning. The clouds are again full of meaning in them- 

 selves. If-lheir forms are soft, undefined, and feathery, the weather will be fine ; 

 if their edges are hard, sharp and definite, it will be foul. Generally speaking, 

 any deep, unusual hues betoken wind or rain ; while the more quiet and delicate 

 tints bespeak fair weather. These are simple maxims ; and yet the British Board 

 of Trade has thought fit to publish them for the use of seafaring men. 



In Kentucky and elsewhere much reliance is placed upon the '■ goose bone." 

 It has been handed down among the early traditions of the State, and may be 

 called the Kentucky weather prophet. It is to be found in nearly every Ken- 

 tucky country home, and in many parts of the State the farmers consult it, and 

 prepare for handling their crops in accordance with its readings. The prophecy 

 of the goose-bone does not extend beyond the year in which the goose was 

 hatched, and the prediction is for the three winter months only. Take the breast- 

 bone of a last spring's goose and divide it into three equal parts, and the different 

 divisions will represent December, January and February. The breast-bone of 

 a goose is translucent, and if clear when held up to the light, the weather will be 

 mild and pleasant; but if covered with cloud-like blots, it will be gloomy and 

 cold ; the heavier the blots, the colder will be the weather. 



A Good Barometer. — Take a common glass pickle bottle, wide-mouthed ; fill 

 it within three inches of the top with water, then take a common Florence oil 

 flask, removing the straw covering and cleansing the flask thoroughly, plunge the 

 neck of the flask as far as it will go into the bottle, and the barometer is complete. 

 In fine weather the water will rise in the neck of the flask even higher than the 

 mouth of the pickle bottle, and in wet, windy weather, it will fall within an inch 

 of the flask. Before a heavy gale of wind, the water has been seen to leave the 

 flask altogether at least eight hours before the gale came to its heiglit. 



