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a rubber bulb, such as is attached to a pump-syringe. It 

 is worse than useless to blow through such a tube with the 

 mouth, for the breath, being deprived of its oxygen in 

 the lungs, carbonic acid gas takes its place, which is poi- 

 sonous to the minnows; yet I have frequently seen this 

 done by individuals, who erroneously supposed that they 

 were freshening the water, because of the numerous bub- 

 bles produced. A still better method of aerating the 

 water is to dip it up with a cup, and pour back again 

 from a height of one or two feet. 



Dead minnows are now preserved and put up in 

 small bottles for the great convenience 

 of the angler. They answer every pur- 

 pose, as a dead minnow is just as good 

 as a live one if kept in constant motion. 

 I have seen the minnows thus prepared 

 by The Curtis-King Company, Milwau- 

 kee, Wis. They are mostly shiners about 

 three inches long. As minnows are be- 

 coming scarce in some sections of the 

 country, this enterprise is greatly to be 

 commended, both as a boon to the angler, 

 and in mercy to the minnow. King's 

 prepared shiner bait is now kept in stock 

 by Abbey & Imbrie and other dealers. 



The Helgeamite. 



The larva of the horned corydalis (Corydalis cornuta), 

 an insect belonging to the order Neuroptera, is variously 

 called " helgramite," " dobson/' "grampus," " dobsell," 

 "helion," "kill-devil," "crawler," and other eupho- 



