™* 



haddock, 6 ; codfish, 6 ; blaokflsh, 12J$ ; eels, IS ■, lobsters, 10 ; 

 scallops, per quart, 25 coats ; soft cl&nis ; 30 to 75 cents; pickerel, 

 12,!:*,'; brook trout, Canada, 50 ; brook trout, Long Inland, SI ; 

 ed-snappor, 15 ; pompano, 50 ; prawns, SI ; ehrirnps, §1; smoked 

 haddock, 10 ; smoked salmon, 15 ; dry cod u 7- 



—The " Catskill rod," made by Mills & Son, to which we 

 referred in our last issue, is 10 feet in length, and not 8 feet, 

 as was stated. Weight, B oz. 



—Messrs. Conroy, Bissett &■ Malleson, of 05 Fulton St., N. 

 Y., have published a very elaborate illustrated catalogue, or, 

 mere properly speaking, " Sportsman's Hand Book," givingin 

 detail directions for every style of fishing, camping and arch- 

 ery. For instance, if a person wishes to order an outfit for 

 black bass fishing he has only to turn to the chapter on Black 

 Bass to find the appropriate tackle, with directions for use ; 

 and not only that, but even the lists for fly fishing and bait 

 fishing are separate, so that the angler need made no mis- 

 take, but will be sure to get just exactly what he wants. This 

 hook will bo sent free on application, and it supplies a long- 

 felt want. It has been prepared by Mr. Wm. Holberton, 

 whose experience has qualified him for the work. We con- 

 sider it quite a step in advance on the old style of descriptive 

 circular, when dealers not only advertise what they have to 

 sell, but instruct purchasers how to use what they buy. 



—Fish, like birds and animals, vary in their migrations ; for 

 which reason the advent of shad, and various other fishes, is 

 sometimes earlier and sometimes later. This year the cold 

 spring seems to have retarded the arrival of the shad, although 

 a few specimens were taken early in April. We do not, how- 

 ever, share in the apprehension of some fishermen that the ag- 

 gregate catch will be less than that of last year. The fishing 

 period continues often into the early days of July, so that 

 there at least are ten weeks of open time before us. 



Shad fishing is done in two ways— with drift nets and with 

 stationary nets. The drift nets are made of fine twine, at 

 •which the shad seem not to take fright as they do at the 

 coarser material of others ; these are buoyed up with wood and 

 allowed to float with the tide. The labor involved iu handling 

 them is very severe, the heavy rowing, constant hauling, re- 

 arranging and untangling, all make this a laborious occupa- 

 tion ; but the fishermen seem to enjoy it hugely, after all, 

 " when the fish bite." 



For stationary net fishing the men begin about the middle 

 of March to put down several miles of poles, and fasten nets 

 to them. At certain stages of the tide the nets are regularly 

 lifted, the men going out in clinker built lap-streaks, using a 

 big sprit sail in fair weather only. Lifting the nets when the 

 haul is heavy is hard work, and the fishermen like light hauls 

 better ; for the work is then easier and the prices higher. 



The First Connecticut Salmon. — The first Connecticut 

 salmon of the season was caught last Thursday in an alewife 

 net. It weighed twelve pounds. The fisherman who dis- 

 covered it in his net immediately returned it to the water, but 

 too late to preserve its life. The Connecticut salmon law 

 reads : 



Be it enacted, etc. Every person who shall take from any of 

 the waters of this State any salmon or grilse, or any of the 

 young fry thereof, prior to the 1st day of May, 1883, shall be 

 fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or 

 imprisonment not less than two nor more than six months, or 

 both ; unless he take such fish 'unintentionally, and immedi 

 ately restore it to the waters from which it was taken. 



The law takes effect May 1. At the last session of the 

 Legislature, time of opening the trout season was changed 

 from April 15 to April 1, and the time for taking shad closes 

 on the 20th of June, instead of the 25th, as formerly. Com- 

 missioner Wm. M. Hudson writes that all bills changing the 

 game laws were defeated, though owing to a new system of 

 publishing the laws, they will not be ready for the public for 

 at least two weeks to come. 



New Hampshire — Dover, April 14. — Large quantities of 

 smelts are taken in wiers, which is contrary to law. I think 

 it is about time our Fish Commissioners put a stop to this. 

 Codfish are caught on haul lines in our river, some of them 

 very large. No trout have been taken as yet ; the brooks are 

 too high with water. G. A. W. 



Massachusetts— 2feio Bedford, April 18. — For the past 

 week our markets have been well supplied with cod and hali- 

 but from the Vineyard. Perch, eels, herrings and a few shad 

 from our own waters. The brooks are full to overflowing, 

 yet several fine strings of trout have been taken; but not 

 much brook fishing before May. Concha. 



Movements ok the Fishing Fleet. — The number of fish- 

 ing arrivals reported at this port the past week has been 43, 

 viz.: 7 from the Banks with 195,000 lbs. halibut, and 30 from 

 Georges with 800,000 lbs. split codfish and 28,800 lbs. halibut. 

 — Capo Ann AdvertUer, April 18. 



New York— Attica, April 16.— The trout season opens 

 slowly i but few taken thus far. No fancy, high-toned, tail- 

 biting members of the family Fonlinalk in this section. The 

 tront-flsher goes to the woods, cuts a strong pole, ties a hemp 

 line at the end of the pole, digs his worms, puts on a bob 

 and heavy sinker, sits on the bank, baits his hook, dumps the 

 whole arrangement into the creek, and waits for a bite. A 

 great many good strings of six and eight-ounce trout are taken 

 in this way each season. A fly would scare the poor fish half 

 to death. Two snipe seen near town last week. Nbws. 



Tennessee— NaslmlU, April 18.— I saw to-day a fine speci- 

 men of a jackfish, taken on the Cumberland River near here, 

 and weighing thirteen pounds. He was the most beautifully 

 shaped fish I'have seen for years. Fancy his having been 

 bought for eighty cents. The darkey who had him, when 

 asked if he would sell him at an advance on his purchase, 

 said: "No, massa; dar's too much goodness in dat crittur 

 for me to part wid um at any price." The weather continues 

 cool, and our sports are getting very impatient. The Cum- 



berland Angling Club have not yet started on their grand ex- 

 pedition up the river. .J.~D. H. 



Savanna?*, April 15. — Our fishing season opened 

 very poorly. A few strings of very small bass, hardly 

 averaging three-quarters of a pound, were taken in March. 

 This month, owing to constant showers, the streams have been 

 too high and muddy to admit of any fishing. This month and 

 next should be closed against bass fishing ; but our Legisla- 

 ture, having failed to pass the "Fish Law," we shall soon 

 have the mortification of again seeing the ardent worshiper 

 of Neptune prodding over the spawning-beds with his deadly 

 trident. Will. 



Minnesota — Lake Minnetonka, April 18. — The ice went 

 out of the river last week. P. 



FlBB SWALLOWING FlBHi — Editor Eorut innl Slratv,. : 

 I see by the tone of your remarks that you regard my fish 

 story (»'. a., a 26-inch pickerel swallowed a 15-inch pickerel) 

 as a fish story. Now I would like it distinctly understood 

 that 1 meant every word of it, and would like you to give me 

 an honest answer. Are such things common ? E. B. B. 



Vail, Iowa, April 14, 1870. 



It is quite common to find an entire fish in the maw of a 

 larger one, and as many as three havo been observed — one 

 within the other. 



There is nothing marvelous about a fish swallowing any- 

 thing provided the object of its gustatory efforts be not out of 

 proportion to the capacity of its gullet. Fishermen are con- 

 tinually finding queer things in their hauls. Only the oth er 

 day in Utica, N. \'., according to the Morning Herald of that 

 city, tho purchaser of a six-pounds pike at one of the markets 

 found, upon cutting it open, around iron bolt, a three-quarter 

 inch nut, a piece of iron casting, and three stones, one nearly 

 as large as a hen's ogg. The whole stock weighed over a 

 pound, 



A Belvidere, N. J., correspondent, Mr. Geo. Wolf Hol- 

 stein, sends us this : 



Mr. L. M. Holstein, under date of Eagle Ranch, Texas, 

 April 0, writes : " One of the men caught a minnow last 

 evening, and baiting his hook fastened the line to a bush. 

 This morning he found on it a '2% lb. eel and a 20 lb. catfish. 

 The eel had swallowed the minnow and the catfish the eel, or 

 rather attempted to, the eel coming out through his gills." 

 For a well authenticated fish story this is, I think, a pretty big 

 one— too good to keep from the F. & 8. 



How to Catch Black Bass. — Mr. Editor : As my ideas 

 are different from others, I give them as the result of fifteen 

 years' experience : I prefer a 11-foot rod to one of 12-foot ; I 

 throw as long a line as possible (this is fishing from a boat) ; I 

 have repeatedly followed boats, in which parties were using 

 12-foot rods. I have, with a 17-foot rod, caught fish which 

 were probably frightened from their flies by nearness of boat. 

 A light or slim bamboo rod (called pepper-pole by the trade) 

 I think I like the best. They are very durable. After trying 

 all kinds and sizes of flies, I now use medium-sized salmon 

 flies, all black, with legs in place of hackle. If bass are slow 

 about taking fly, after alighting, let it sink to them ; then re- 

 cover, I again cast, being very careful to avoid the slack ; 

 after taking, strike very "firmly. If they try to jump, drop 

 the tip to the water and swing off, which turns and keeps 

 them under. Lse three flies before the rushes grow, and then 

 One. R. H. Dixon. 



Ganandmgua, iV. Y. 



The Holt Patent Fly Book.— Messrs. Abbey & Imbrie 

 are now prepared to supply sportsmen and the trade with the 

 " Holt Patent Fly Book." Retail prices, with folding cover, 

 each, $5 ; without folding cover, S3. 50. These books are fur- 

 nished with the Hyde clip, for keeping the snells straight. 

 They are very handsome. 



"WORMS IN TROUT. 



■X, Harmsburgh, April 11, 1S79. 



Mr. Editor .- I inclose you a sample of worms Wat were taken out of 

 some trout caugM in a stream located about ten miles Horn this place. 

 These worms are found up near tbe backbone, and on examination of 

 the intestines, which were left in a cao over night, the mass appeared 

 to be alive with these worms. They were squirming In all shapes and 

 sizes, the average length about three-quarters of an Inch. There were 

 also some tape worms about three inches long In some of the fish. Can 

 you inform me the cause of the worms in tho flsti, and if there Is auy 

 way of curing the evil ? This same thing was observed In the flsli 

 caught there last year. 



1 have not flsiied the stream for the past five years. The last time I 

 was tiiere some person had a slaughter house near the head of the 

 stream,'and I am of the opinion that these fish, from eating the offal or 

 blood, produced this trouble. 



yours truly, D. W. Bkileb. 



Tape worms and entozoa of at least three species are common 

 in the Salmoids. We have known of a tape worm sixty four 

 feet long in the stomach of a salmon. All the trout of the 

 upper Yellowstone, which has its headwaters within the vol- 

 canic region of the geysers, are wormy. These entozoa un- 

 doubtedly have their origin in something the fish has swal- 

 lowed. Either the ovum itself, or the living creature, or pos- 

 sibly the germ from the body of some other fish which it had 

 swallowed. Strange to say, theso entozoa do not seem to 

 affect the health of the fish or poison their flesh. Friends of 

 ours have eaten the flesh of trout in which tape worms were 

 found, without detriment, but they were careful in cleaning 

 them. We would not, however, like to run the risk, as 

 every minute part of a tape worm is a worm in itself. It is 

 a curious fact that while theso creatures in their mature and 

 free condition are comparatively innoccuous, it is the imma- 

 ture parasites, inclosed in cysts, which tend to destroy the 

 life of their host by the destruction of parts, as they pass 

 from one place to another, or from one stage of growth to an 

 other. 



You can judge whether it would not be prudent to destroy 

 the present stock of trout and substitute a fresh supply, sup 

 posing of course the primary cause of the disease to have been 

 first removed, viz., the slaughter house. 



J r-See Adv. of Bale at Auction, ol Norm Rods. 



Hjhe %%mt of %htnn. 



.MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB, CAFE LOQBLING, NO. 49 BOWERY 

 SOLUTIONS TO PROBLBMB— NO. 43. 



i-a-Kta 



2-B-QK 

 3— Q, R, B, or F 



This is, we think; the only possible solution, although solvers have 

 sent us other moves. 



PROBLEM NO. 45. 



"Diligence Insures Sucoess," Solutions incorrectly printed in pre- 

 vious issue : 



1-PttS K 1— PtkgR It— 1— B-B 



2-QtksBP 2— Any 2-Kt tks Fell 2— Bint 



8— Q mates | 3— K mates 



Game No. 113.-CENTRE COUNTER GAMBIT. 



Manhattan Chess Club, Cafe Logeling, 49 Bowery.— Third game 



played in the match between Messrs. Clms. Mohle and D. Graham 



Baird. March 86, 1S19: 



White. 



ElacK. 



White. 



Black. 



Chas. Mohle. 



J.). 8, Baird. 



Chas. Mohle 



D. G. Baird. 



1-P-K4 



l-P-Ql 



Sl-Q tks K B P 31-P-Q B4 



a— p tks p 



2— Q tks P 



82— R-K 



32— Q-Q4 (g) 



3-Kt-QBS 



3-Q-Q R4 



33-Q.tksQ 



33-DMk3« 



4-P-Q4 



4— P-Q B3 



:>- K Kt-f/i 



34— RforB3-KS 



« 34— B-K KtS 



5— Kt-BS 



35— R-K8 



35— K-H3 



6-P-Q RS 



6— P;K3 ' 



86-P-B6 



S5-R tks Kt (ll) 



7-B-Q3 



I— B-OS 



37— K tks R 



37— P Ua P 



S— Castles 



S-Q-O B2 



MS-PtkB E 



38— Rita P 



9-Q-K2 



9— O Kt-Q2 



39— P-B7 (j) 



89-B-B5 



lO-Kt-Kl 



10— KttksKt 



Second hour. 



11 -B tksKt 



11— Kt-K B3 



40— K-IC7 



40— B-B4 



12— P-Q B4 



12— Castles 



41- R tks P 



A1-B-R6 



13— P-Q Bo 



13— B-K BB 



42— K-B2 



42— B-B 



14— F-K Kt3 (a) 



14— B tksB 



13— it-OS 

 44— K-K3 



43— B-B4 



15-Q K IKS B 

 16-Kt-K5 (b) 





44— P-R4 





45— R-K5 



45— B-K15 



IT— Q R-Q 



17— Kt IKS B 



45— E tks P ch(k) 46— B tks R 



IS— Q tks Kt 

 19— P-K B4 





47-P-BS-Q'B 



47-B tks Q 



19— Q-B4 



48-R tks B 



48— B-K15 



20-Q-B3 



20-K B-Q, (c) 



49— K-B5 



49— P-Kti! 



First hour. 



50-K-K4 



BO— B Kt2 



21— R-B3* 



21— B-Q2 

 22-Q-B2 



51-K-K5 



51 — K-K14 



22— P-K KU 



52— R cha 



BB— K-S8 



23— Kt-QB! 



28-3 R-El 



63-K-BB 



5B-13-K5 



24-Kt-QS (d) 



24— P-Q Kt3 



54— R-BS 



Bt— B-Qfi 



25— P-Q KU 



25— P-B4 



55— R-B3 



65-B-KM 



2fi-Kt PtKsP 



26-P tks K B P 



Bfr-R-E Kt3 



86— K-B3 



27-Q-K B5 (e) 



27— P tksP 



B7— R-KI5 



57— B-K5 



28-Q-B7 Ch 



23— K-R 



55— K-Kt4 



58— B-Q6 



29— Q, P tks P 



29— B-K (J) 



59— R-K4 Oil 



59-K-Kt 



30— Q-B8 ell 



go— Q-Et 



GO— R-R5 



Resigns 



NOTES IT W. IT. DE VISSEB. 



The opening has been very well played by White, who has now a 

 much finer game than his opponent. 



(6) This Kt now takes a very commanding position, anil makes 

 Black's game even more cramped than before. 



(«) To enable Black to move his B-Q2. A more helpless position than 

 his at the present moment it would be difllcnlt to find. 



(d) This troublesome Kt now takes a position even stronger than the 

 one occupied a couple of moves before. 



(«) A good move. Black's Q, is now almost entirely out of the game. 



(/) This loses a P, which Mr. Baird gives up to force his game, if 

 possible. 



(jr) Black could not havo won the P nere by P tkB F, on accoont of 

 White's move of B tks B, which would win Black's Queen. 



(A) White wins the " exchange," however. Black plays by P-BT and 

 P-B3. 



0)Mr. Mohle has played this game very well throngiiont, but lterc- 

 misses the (mickeat road to victory. He should have played R-Q B, 

 which would have forced the game in a few moves viz. : 

 R-Q B R-Kt I R tks R B tks R 



PB7 R-Q,B B-Q Kt and wins the B 



R-QS B-B4 | 



(k) Here again White could have won the Bishop by P-K Bs. How- 

 ever, in chess sometimes as in other things, the old maxim Hold3 that 

 " the longest way 'round is the shortest way home." 



* We think there is an error in the records here. A move has proba- 

 bly been maae with the R after White's nth. White's 21st to 34th 

 moves plainly indicate it. We cannot discover where the error creeps 

 in, not having time to play the game on a board. 



CURSORY JOTTINGS. 

 —The game of Living Chess, which, was presented at the Academy 

 of Music Wednesday the 16th inst., we doubt not, was a success In every 

 respect. The programme before us, which we annex, Is somewhat 

 original, and of careful and judicious selection, reflecting much credit 

 upon the Manhattan Chess Club and its special or exhibition com- 

 mittee. A World's Chess Tournament in this country is much talked 

 of periodically, but no active steps are taken to insure the success of 

 the project, We do not think we overstate when we assert that a suffi- 

 cient sum for that purpose can be realized If the diets clubs throughout 

 the country only Interest themselves in the project and give exhibitions 

 of Hiving Chess, the profits of which should be a subscription to the 

 fond: 



r-KOORAMMT.. 



Overture, " Nabucco " Verdi 



By the Marine Baud from tho fj. S. Bl earner Wnnesotn 

 Under Hie Direction of Prof. Colletti, 



Waltz, " Immortelle " Gungl 



Himw.iota Baud. 



Address by Colonel John R. Fellows. 



Original Game of Chess, between Capt. Mackenzie and Eugene Delmar. 



Selections," U. M.S. Pinafore" Sullivan 



Jlimw-eata Band. 



Chess Problem, "Atalanta, theFleeH'ooted Qaeen," 



By Eugene B. Cook, Esq. 



Composed expressly for this occasion. 



Selections, "JHeMaien Kooingen" M.isstni 



< Band. 

 Game of chess, played in Paris, France, by Paul Morphy. September, 

 1859 ago i Mr. .Murphy conducting this and 



3i at the same time, without sight of 

 chessmen or boards, six of which he won and 

 two drawn— losing none. 

 ,phy. Blue, Bauclier. 



Grand Finale, Chess Problem, the solution of which, in seven moves, 

 By Eugene B. Cook, Esq. 



-The score iu the D. Graham Baird vs. Mohle match now stands : 

 Mohle, 8 won ; Baird, won, and 2 games drawn. We are greatly In- 

 dented to these players lor the games played in this mateh kindly 

 placed at our disposal, to Secretary LogeUng for numerous courtesies 

 and communications on chess topics, and also to Mr. De Vlsser for 

 annotating this week's game. 



-Genera! MoClellan is a fine player at ohflW, 



—Kane, the Arotio navigator, and Ills companions relieved the 

 weariness of their loy conftnement by playing ohesB, 



