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Editorial Notes.— We will have a heavy snow-fall 

 next Monday, at least that is what Mr. Henry G. Vennor, 

 of the Canadian Geological Survey, says ; and when Mr. 

 Vennor says that it will snow it generally snows. As 

 long ago as Jan. 33d he said, and published the predic- 

 tion, that it would snow on Feb. 3d or Feb. 3d. It did. 

 Besides the snow storm next Monday. Mr. Vennor pre- 

 dicts othors on March 17th and 21st. 



Mr.F. A. Ober, " Fred Beverly, " returns to Martinique 

 this month to pursue his ornithological labors and to 

 gain the necessary materials for a work on the birds of 

 the Lesser Antilles. 



A notable feat of mountain climbing has been success- 

 fully performed by three adventurous travelers, who last 

 mouth ascended to the summit of 'Mount Chimborazo. 

 This lofty peak of Ecuador ranks as the sixth in eleva- 

 tion of the Andes. Its snow-covered top towers 31,443 

 feet above the sea, and is seen two hundred miles from 

 the coast. The ascent of this vast dome is attended with 

 hardships and obstacles which have hitherto baffled the 

 determined attempts of the most daring explorers. In 

 1802 Humboldt and his companions, after the most 

 arduous exertion, arrived within 2,000 feet of the sum- 

 mit—a point then believed to be the highest point ever at- 

 tained by man. In 1831 another attempt was made, the 

 party then reaching an elevation of 19,695 feet. When 

 we went to school we were taught that Chimborazo was 

 a volcano ; but the party who went up to the summit last 

 month report that no crater exists, nor are there any 

 evidences to be discovered to indicate that the mountain 

 is of volcanic origin. 



Pacific Coast Logic— An esteemed California con- 

 temporary has ingenuously accounted for the salmon sick- 

 ness noted by our correspondents as occurring among the 

 dogs of the Pacific slope. The explanation of the phe- 

 nomenon consists in denying its existence. Besides being 

 eminently scientific, such an elucidation is valuable be- 

 cause it cures the dogs. We trust that our amiable friend 

 may not allow its candle to burn away unseen in a dog 

 kennel. There are very many perplexing questions which 

 the world is waiting to have solved. If, for instance, this 

 California, logic can cope successfully with the baffling 

 problems of the yellow fever germs and can restore the 

 victims of that dread disease by simply denying the exist- 

 once of the poourge, suroly its genius shouidjftot be $KPWJ* 

 away to the salmon-sick dogs of Oregon.. 



THE UNITED STATES AT THE BERLIN 

 EXHIBITION. 



PROFESSOR Spencer F. Baird writes that the bill 

 providing for the representation of the United States 

 at the coming German Fishery Exhibition, having already 

 passed the House, bids fair to go safely through the Sen- 

 ate as well ; and in that event the necessary preparations 

 will be immediately entered upon for insuring such a 

 satisfactory display of our Ashing industries as the lim- 

 ited time will permit. That the United States is to be 

 represented is a subject of congratulation. We have 

 already published in detail the prospectus issued by the 

 promoters of this enterprise, which includes : (1) aquatic 

 animals, alive, stuffed, preserved in alcohol, or repre- 

 sented in pictures, casts, etc.; (2) fishing gear and im- 

 plements ; (8) pisciculture, hatching apparatus, models 

 of well known breeding institutions, fish-ways, aquaria 

 and illustrations of the development of some of the 

 most important species, such as oysters, salmon, etc.; (4) 

 appliances for keeping and conveying- freshly caught 

 aquatic, animals ; (5) models of appliances in use for the 

 preparation and preservation of the produce of fisheries 

 for commercial and household purposes ; (6) models of 

 fishermen's dwellings and costumes ; (T) scientific inves- 

 tigations regarding the stock of fish, physico-chemical 

 researches, aquatic plants in relation to fish culture, 

 herbaria, etc. : (8) history of implements of fishing, orig- 

 inal or in reproduction from the oldest times downward ; 

 and (9) literature, statistics of fisheries, and maps show- 

 ing geographical distribution of fish. 



From tliis brief resume it will be seen that the Berlin 

 Exhibition will be a gathering of all that can be useful 

 in extending our knowledge of the present condition of 

 the fishing industries of the world. The display there 

 made, and the comparisons instituted, cannot fail of re- 

 sulting in direct increase of knowledge and a consequent 

 advance in the science and methods of fish culture and 

 fish capture. We need not argue at this day concerning 

 the commercial and industrial importance of interna- 

 tional fairs and exhibitions, nor need we urge American 

 fishermen to improve the opportunity at Berlin, 

 next April, of comparing American methods with 

 the most advanced appliances and practices of for- 

 eign nations. 



DOSING DOGS. 



IT is an almost universally acknowledged fact that a far 

 greater number of our canine friends come to their 

 death by physic than by the vicissitudes of the field and 

 flood, or than those that pass away in a ripe old age with 

 their heads upon the hearth rug. Right well in the pre- 

 sent sporting decade is Macbeth's utterance obeyed : 

 " Throw physic to the dogs," though it is true in this pro- 

 gressive age the materia medica of dog-doctoring has 

 made a grand stride, and tin filings and powdered glass 

 have had to give way to areca nut and the flowery kousso. 

 Because a dog looks at the end of his tail it is no rea- 

 son that he is afflicted with worms, or that his innermost 

 parts should be converted into an apothecary Bhop. The 

 fond master buttonholes his veterinary friend in the 

 street to tell him that he has just given his dog Dana pill. 

 He smiles most blissfully, as if he had performed some 

 feat similar to making a double shot. He left Dan much 

 better— the dog was in perfect health. On his return 

 home Dan, having become restless from internal rumb- 

 lings, wanders about in a listleES way until a tty or some 

 crawling insect tickles his ear. He shakes his head to 

 drive the prowler away, which assures his good master 

 that his favorite is a victim to canker. Vile concoctions 

 are at once squirted into his brain, and new nostrums 

 poured down his gullet. Rendered ten times more rest- 

 less, the dog totters around in his oanker-cap like some 

 old woman at a fair, It now occurs to the doting owner 

 that he has not yet felt the dog's pulse ; this is done, because 

 the master feels reassured. A brace of fleas now put in an 

 appearance, and Dan tries to remove them with his claws ; 

 it is then apparent that canker is not the evil, but mange. 

 The cap is removed, and the dog, delighted to regain the 

 freedom of his ears, flaps them to his heart's content. 

 This action causes serious indecision in the mind of his 

 master, but at last mange gets the uppermost, and mix- 

 tures and decoctions are plastered over the animal's coat, 

 the dog being fortunate if all his hair is not clipped off 

 and his skin sand-papered to kill the parasites that lie 

 hidden there. Frequently the animal has to endure an 

 attack with patented appliances, directed somewhat after 

 the manner of Munchausen's bear. "When at last sleep 

 falls upon the tired victim his twitchings are taken for 

 chorea, snortings for lung disease, while his anxious 

 master groans and is at his wit's end, Thus this illus- 

 trates the fondness of man for his dog and the iron con- 

 stitution of the animal. 



The great secret, however, to prevent the real sickness 

 of dogs is early and constant care. The kennel in which 

 they are housed should be kept scrupulously clean. We 

 believe, for sanitary purposes, that all kennels should be 

 built of wood, so that if any infectious disease should at 

 any time attack the stock they can be burned to tho 

 ground and new kennels rebuilt in fclieir place at but 



trifling expense. It is a well-known fact that kennels, 

 and even hospitals for the matter of that, becomeimpreg- 

 nated with the germs of disease, and the contagion, 

 under certain conditions, is sure to crop out at some 

 future period. 



As it is the flooring that becomes the most damp and 

 foul, and is so difficult to keep dry and pure, it occurs to 

 us that all kennels should be raised from the ground a 

 sufficient distance to let the air have full sweep under 

 them. The floor then being made movable, could be 

 arranged to work on a center pivot ai each end, thus 

 enabling it to be reversed daily, and when in position to 

 be secured by a bar or bolt. This would always present 

 a dry floor every twelve hours, while the soiled side 

 could be washed and left to dry and sweeten in the air. 



Food of the proper quality and quantity is fully as 

 necessary as cleanliness, and should depend upon the 

 breed and temperament of tho animals, and whether 

 they are being worked hard, or laying fay during the close 

 season. A dog requires more meat when he is being shot 

 over than when he is only being exercised, and at all 

 times the Indian mush should contain vegetable stuff 

 and greens. Water for dogs cannot be too pure, cool 

 and fresh, and the best kennels are those which are sup- 

 plied by a running stream. If anything, pure water is 

 more desirable than fresh food. 



ThuSjttnder the above systematized arrangement.should 

 a dog be taken sick the kennel-man will discover the 

 change at once, and often as readily be enabled to trace 

 the sickness to its cause. It is delay, ignorance and the 

 abuse of medicine that causes the direful diseases of 

 which so much has been written. There are but few dis- 

 orders which if taken at once in hand, at.d by the exer- 

 cise of proper judgment, cannot be nipped in the bud, It 

 is the mania for dog-dosing, procrastination in attending 

 the dog when the disorder first makes it appearance, 

 which proves fatal and causes our duty to be such a diffi- 

 cult and so thankless a one. Rarely is it that our advice 

 is called upon untfl all experiments have failed at home ; 

 and although then wc are but imperfectly informeu, we 

 are expected to prescribe a treatment which will in all 

 cases cure, there being but little margin left for the sweep 

 of death's scythe. Unfortunately for the many, we are 

 not clairvoyants, nor possessed with the secret of the 

 grand elixir, or with the healing salve of the great 

 Bakhtyar Naineh— would that w^e were, that we might 

 distribute broadcast our samples free. 



Like the diseases of human beings, those of dogs re- 

 quire a treatment which must be governed by each indi- 

 vidual case, as there is no specific to cover each distinct 

 ailment. If, therefore, our friends will remember this, 

 and carefully describe the symptoms of their dog's disor- 

 der on its first appearance, we will be enabled to admin- 

 ister more thorough advice, and will at once give each 

 case our careful attention, To enable us to proceed in the 

 Field Department of this paper in a comprehensive way, 

 we have arranged to furnish a report on specimens. They 

 should be forwarded to the Columbia Veterinary College, 

 No. 217 East Thirty -Fourth street, this city, and in all 

 cases the express charges must be pre-paid. This ar- 

 rangement will admit of our treating diseases of an epi- 

 demic character in the most direct way, which may lead 

 to the saving of many valuable animals of the same 

 kennel. | , 



MAKING THE ROUNDS. 



WHY should, we not, just as well as our cousins 

 across the water ? What is to hinder our racing 

 men from deriving all the benefits, advantages and ex- 

 periences of a regular series of " rounds " along our 

 coast during the breezy months of spring and fall, and 

 from cruising, as at present, during the heated term when 

 most men can spare a lengthy period or vacation to an 

 extended voyage and life aboard their yachts? Racing 

 among the larger vessels in the American fleet has be- 

 come almost obsolete, and but little of it is done in New 

 York waters. A little more liberality in ideas and a few 

 concessions exacted from the close corporation system, 

 now the fashion, will serve immeasurably the public ends 

 of yacht racing, put much life into the sport, and above 

 all make it worth while for the ardent lover3 of a match 

 to keep their ships in trim for such work, if necessary, 

 from the day they ship their hands to the day they haul 

 down their fighting colorS*and lay by for the icy iutcrreg- 

 num of the fierce winter's blasts. A little amicable coop- 

 eration on the part of leading members among the larger 

 clubs would change the aspect of affairs totally. From 

 an occasional desultory club race, calling out but ameagcr 

 list of representatives, we could and ought to have a reg- 

 ular series of "' fixtures," so framed with regard to date 

 and entries that an owner could count on racing his ves- 

 sel not once or twice a season, but a score of times if he 

 feels inclined, thereby footing up his 'totals'' for the 

 year to something he can look back upon with pleasure 

 and satisfaction. 



To this end three things arc n ec< iheashould 



be open to all yachts of certain designated ehibs supposed 

 tc , be the peare in the oowpiunily^f tnaohih uttering 

 prizes,. The latter should represent purses pi cups Of :t 

 value proporliipnato to tb.e exposes aud trouble involved 



