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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 21, 1888. 



suicide in this way, and that it is the only way to bring 

 them to their senses. 



Owing to the clearness of the water in many of the 

 lakes around Minoqua, spearing fish is easy, and the 

 butchers have gone upon the spawning beds and the fish 

 have been at their mercy. In Tomahawk Lake musca- 

 longe are scarce owing to this extraordinary clearness of 

 the water. In the Eagle chain of lakes the fish have 

 escaped the spear, because of the water being black and 

 discolored. The fish trap and the seine have been used 

 everywhere with deadly effect. There is a sportsmen's 

 club of large membership here in Wausau, and the mem- 

 bers have determined to put a stop to the butchery of fish 

 and game for market, if possible, and in another year the 

 machinery of the law will be put into such condition as 

 to make this work easy. We shall appreciate any help 

 that we can get from the Forest and Stream. 



Neal Brown. 



Wausau, Wis. 



Landlocked Salmon in Lake St. John.— The Quebec 

 Chronicle says: ''The opening of the railway to Lake 

 St. John brought a new delicacy within reach of epicures, 

 namely, the landlocked salmon, called by the Montaignais 

 Indian's 'Quinaniche,' which is only known to exist in 

 that lake. Within the last few days quite a number of 

 these fish have been received by rail from Lake St. John, 

 being the first salmon of the season. They resemble the 

 salmon in every respect, both in appearance and taste, 

 except that they are not quite so large, running from 4 

 to lilbs. in weight. This beautiful fish will without 

 doubt attract multitudes of sportsmen to Lake St. John 

 as the salmon proper has done to the Restigouche." 



Striped Bass off Rhode Island. — South Portsmouth, 

 June 18. — Editor Forest and Stream: On Saturday last 

 I took the first striped bass, Tibs., that has been taken 

 with rod and reel in this locality this season, using a live 

 squid for bait. I have used squid, or an eel skin for a 

 number of years during the first part of the season, and 

 usually got my first bass with one of the two baits. I 

 saw many fine bass, but the water is too clear for them to 

 bite well yet, though the indications point to a good 

 fishing season. I learn that the West Island Club opened 

 for the season on Saturday. — W. M. Hughes. 



Jjfishcultum 



Fishing Tackle at Melbourne.— Messrs. Samuel All- 

 cock & Co., the well known manufacturers of fishing 

 tackle, of Redditch, England, are about to make a large 

 display of their wares at the Melbourne Exposition, which 

 will include all things used in angling, from rods, reels, 

 and lines to shark hooks, down to the smallest hooks 

 called "dust hooks,'' which are so small, that 11,214 of 

 them are required to weigh loz. 



Large Catfish. — Some large catfish have been taken 

 at Indianapolis, Ind. The People says: "At Riverside 

 Park on last Saturday night there were some remarkable 

 sized catfish taken from trot hues. One weighed 

 15*lbs., two 11 lbs., and one Clbs. Jake, the boatman, 

 took one that weighed 141bs. It was a good night for 

 cats." 



Trouting in Maine.— Newfield, Me.— Trout fishing has 

 been very good in our brooks this spring, and some good 

 baskets are reported. — Lo. 



MR. LANMAN'S DICTIONARY. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have a friend who Las a habit of Raying;: "What's the use of 

 having friends unless yon use them?" If you agree with this un- 

 sclfisli sentiment, please find a corner in your journal for the 

 inclosed, so that my brother anglers may be getting ready to 

 borrow all the dollars they may need. Chas. Lanman. 



STORY OF A NOTED BOOK. 



Among the bills recently submitted to Congress by the Hon. S. 

 S. Cox is one which will strike the public as a novelty, and be of 

 interest te those who have to do with the laws of copyright. It 

 provides for paying Chas. Lanman the sum of §60,000 as remunera- 

 tion for the infringement by Congress of his rights under the Copy- 

 right law, by utiliziug his Dictionary of Congress in the annual 

 publication of the Congressional Directory. The loading facts 

 submit Led in support of this claim are as follows: 



That the first edition of the Dictionary of Congress consisted of 

 5,000 copies, and that up to the year 1807' the profits resulting from 

 its sale amounted to $17,000. 



That the Government printed three editions of the work, and 

 that for every copy printed they paid the author a royalty of one 

 dollar per copy, thereby recognizing the rights of the author 

 under the law. That the chairman of a former House Committee 

 on Printing recognized Mr. Lannian's rights by declaring in pub- 

 lic debate, in 1W7, that he bad proposed to purchase his interest 

 in the Dictionary for 850,000; and, also, that it was only a few 

 months after that offer was made that the same chairman pro- 

 posed and carried through the scheme to utilize the plan and 

 much of the material of the Dictionary for the use of the Govern- 

 ment. 



That the effect of that action by Congress was to make null 

 and void a publication upon which the author was depending for 

 his support. 



Some other remarkable facts connected with Mr. Lanman's 

 dictionary are as follows: 



It was the only production belonging to a private individual 

 that was ever published as a public document by the general Gov- 

 ernment. And not less complimentary than the above is the fact 

 that when Congress discontinued the publication of the diction- 

 ary, and a new private edition was issued, the Senate by a unani- 

 mous vote resolved to purchase outright a supply of the edition 

 for the use of its members. 



It may also be mentioned as a curious circumstance that while 

 the National Library contains not less than 21 of Mr. Lanman's 

 productions, the only one that ever gave him any trouble under the 

 copyright law, was the Dictionary of Congress, and that trouble 

 was caused by the direct action of the national law makers.— 

 Washington Poet, June 2. 



AN IMPERIAL FISHCULTURIST GONE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Among the many notices of the late, Emperor Frederick 

 111., of Germany, I have seen no mention of him in the char- 

 acter of a fisheulturist. It was my privilege to talk with 

 him frequently on this subject in 1880, when he was the 

 Crown Princej one of whose titles was "Protector of the 

 Fishei'ies," while I was in charge of the fisheultural exhibit 

 of the United States at the Berlin Fisheries Exhibition, in 

 that year. His first visit was on the opening clay and he then 

 intimated that lie would come again and look over our 

 models when more leisure offered. Shortly after he sent 

 word that he would come at 11 A, M., aud promptly at the 

 minute he arrived. I was greatly surprised at h is knowledge 

 of the details of our work and of several recent American 

 inventions for hatching, and saw at once that he had been 

 reading extensively on the subject and had more than the 

 mere superficial information, which one would expect from 

 a priuce. 



He came once, and sometimes twice, a week and studied 

 models of our fish ways, nets, and hatcheries, and on his third 

 visit was considerate enough to ask that his visits be con- 

 sidered informal, and to request that I would not go to the 

 trouble of dressing to receive him. The frequent visits of 

 many royal persons caused much trouble in the matter of 

 dress, for we always took a drosky to the hotel and arrayed 

 ourselves in swallow-tails and white kids, and then went 

 hack trying to look as little like the waiters as possible. 

 Then after the interview came another visit to the hotel for 

 another change, and half a day was gone. Therefore his re- 

 quest not to do this showed a care for the convenience of 

 others which marked his kindly heart. As my chief , Prof. 

 Goode, aud his assistant, Mr. True, were absent in Italy for 

 some time, the entertaining of visitors fell to me, and they 

 were not all as agreeable as the Crown Prince. 



Once he brought the Grand Duke of Baden and had me re- 

 late the wonderful (to him) fact that poor people ate fish 

 freely in America and that fresh codfish sold for from three 

 to six cents per pound, and was sometimes bought for one 

 cent, for in Berlin fish is a luxury only eaten by those com- 

 fortably off, and the supply is meagre. I somehow received 

 the impression that the Duke did not believe all of this 

 statement, at any rate he did not enter into the subject with 

 as much interest as his friend showed. I tried to show the 

 Prince bur nxje angling outfits, but it was evident that he 

 did not care for that, for he went back to the Chase and the 

 McDonald hatching jars and wanted to know about their 

 merits. 



Once when I remarked that he took great interest in fiah- 

 culture he answered that he took interest in all things which 

 were of benefit to the people, especially in those which pro- 

 duce food, and I thought that the coming of this man to the 

 throne would be a great blessing to Germany, and that the 

 arts of peace would receive as much attention as the art of 

 war, but the reaper marked him before the throne was 

 reached and a great and good man, whose power to do good 

 was greater than that of any other, has gone and his loss is 

 felt far outside his realm. Feed Mather. 



A Dining Car Line to > the Pacific Coast.— The 

 completion of the all rail line between Portland, Ore., 

 and San Francisco gives the Pacific coast traveler an op- 

 portunity to patronize the famous Dining Car and Yel- 

 lowstone Park Line, the Northern Pacific Railroad. The 

 sportsman traveling in the West, whether a lover of the 

 rod or gun, naturally seeks this road, penetrating as it 

 does the lake park region of Minnesota, and running 

 through the valleys of such trout streams as the Yellow- 

 stone, Gallatin, Hell Gate, Clark's Fork, Spokane, Yaki- 

 ma and Green Rivers, for the distance of fully 1,500 

 miles, as well as lying immediately contiguous to the 

 finest hunting grounds in the United States, viz., The 

 Big Horn, Snowy Belt, Bitter Root, Cceur D'Alene and 

 Cascade Mountains. Information in regard to this region 

 can be obtained by addressing Charles S. Fee, General 

 Passenger and Ticket Agent, JST. P. R. R., St. Paul, 

 Minn.— Adv. 



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F I XT URES. 



HATCHING THE STURGEON. 



EXPERIMENTS by Prof. Ryder, of the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission, are now going on in the Delaware Paver to 

 determine the best methods for the artificial propagation of 

 the sturgeon. It is true that a few eggs have been taken in 

 the Hudson River by the employees of the New York Com- 

 mission, but the experiments were dropped because of a lack 

 of parent fish to work with. The researches of Prof. Ryder 

 has settled one or two points of deep interest to naturalists. 

 He has discovered, among other tilings, that what have been 

 considered as two species are really identical, one being an 

 older fish than the other. As the fish grows older certain 

 bones of the nose and head stop growing, while the rest 

 of the body continues to increase in size,' thus making a 

 marked change in the appearance of the fish, and con- 

 stituting what has been regarded as a separate species. The 

 results of Prof. Ryder's work will be set forth in a mono- 

 graph in the next report of the Commission. The propaga- 

 tion of sturgeon is deemed important. If the sturgeon 

 fishery can be - revived it will afford profitable employment to 

 the fishermen of the Atlantic rivers at the close of the Shad 

 season. The sturgeon come into the rivers just about the 

 time the shad go out and remain a month or six weeks. 

 Now the fishermen at the close of the shad season have to 

 seek other employment. In many places they go inland and 

 work in the harvest field or in* gathering fruit. If they 

 could fish for sturgeon their condition would be improved. 



Then it is held that the product of such fisheries would 

 materially increase the food supply of the country, It is 

 estimated that the work of carp culture, carried on by the 

 Commission, has added 10,000,0001bs. of food a year to the 

 national supply. The shad work of the Commission, Col. 

 McDonald thinks, has added an equal amount of nutritious 

 food to the annual supply. This addition to the resources 

 of the country, he claims, has not only a direct economic 

 value, but an indirect value in keeping down the cost to the 

 people of meats and other foods. When the prices of meat 

 are advanced beyond the means of the poor, or those in 

 moderate circumstances, they are enabled to substitute 

 cheap fish for meat. This competition, it is held, tends to 

 keep down the prices of meat. 



THE TJ. S. FISH COMMISSION.— Mr. R. E. Earll has 

 resigned the position of assistant in charge of Statistical 

 Inquiry in the Fish Commission, and Commissioner Mc- 

 Donald has appointed Capt. J. W. Collins to be assistant in 

 charge of the Division of Fisheries, which will include the 

 statistical inquiries. Capt. D, E. Collins, brother of J. W. 

 Collins, who for the past eight months has been acting 

 master of the Grampus, has been appointed to official com- 

 mand of that vessel. Mr. Geo. H. H. Moore is now Superin- 

 tendent of Distribution. Mr. A, B. Alexander, who has 

 been serving in the capacity of Ship's Writer on board the 

 Grampus, has been detached and sent to the Pacific to join 

 the Albatross as Fishery Expert. 



SHAD HATCING— The work of the U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion with shad has closed for the season and although the 

 official statistics have not been given it is known that about 

 250,000,000 eggs have been gathered, an amount equal to 

 one-half of the aggregate product for the last ten years, and 

 far beyond the dreams of the fisheulturist ten years ago. 

 This, taken with the fact that the cost of the work has not 

 increased, show a great advance in methods. Some eggs 

 were sent from the Chesapeake to Cold Spring Harbor, 

 Long Island, and the fry were planted in the Hudson at 

 Albany. 



GATHERING EGGS AT SEA. — The collecting of floating 

 eggs at sea is now being carried on by the Fish Commission 

 schooner Grampus, which has her base of operations at 

 Wood's Holl, but goes out into the Gulf Stream. The 

 schooner is fitted with fine nets, which take up the floating 

 eggs, and also with apparatus to keep them in good condition 

 until she returns to Wood's Holl. It is hoped that this work 

 will throw some light on the spawning habits of some fishes, 

 of which little is now known, as well as upon some purely 

 scientific questions. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Sept. 11 to 14.— First Dog Show of the Buffalo International Fair 

 Association, at Buffalo. N. Y. C. W. Robinson. Secretary. 



Sept. 24 to 37.— Fifth Dog Show at London, Ont. C. A. Stone 4 

 Superintendent. 



Oct. 9 to 12.— First Dog Show of the Virginia Field Sports Asso- 

 ciation, at Richmond, Va. B. H. Grundy, Secretary, Room 26, j 

 Sharer Building. Entries close Oct. 1. 



Feb. 19 to 33, 1889.— Thirteenth Annual Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, New York. James Mortimer, Superintendent. 



Feb. 26 to March 1, 1889.— Second Annual Show of the Renssalaer 

 Kennel Club, Troy, X. Y. Alba M. Ide. Secretary. 



March 5 to 8, 1889.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Albany 

 Kennel Club, at Albanv, N. Y. Geo. B. Gallup, Secretary. 



March 12 to 15, 1889.— Second Annual Show of the Fort Schuyler 

 Kennel Club, Utica, N. Y. James W. Dunlop, President. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Sept. 11.— Third Annual Field Trials of the Manitoba Field 

 Trials Club. Derby entries close July 1. All- Aged en tries Aug. 1. 

 Thos. Johnson, Secretary, Winnipeg. Manitoba. 



Nov. 1.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Indiana Kennel 

 Club, at Bicknell, Ind. P. T. Madison, Secretary. Indianapolis, 

 Ind. 



Nov. 19.— Tenth Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field Trials 

 Club, at High Point, N. C. (Members' Stake, Nov. 15.) W. A. 

 Coster, Secretary. Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



Dec. 3.— First Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field Trial 

 Club, at Amory, Miss. T. M. Brumbv. Secretary, Chattanooga, 

 Tenn. 



Dec. 10.— Second Annual Field Trials of the American Field 

 Trials Club, at West Point, Miss. C. W. Paris, Secretary, Cincin- 

 nati, O. 



Jan. If, 1889.— Sixth Annual Field Trials of the Pacific Coast 

 Field Trial Club, at Bakersfleld, Cat. N. P. Sheldon, Secretary, 

 330 Sansome street, San Francisco, Cal. 



COURSING. 



Oct. 15.— Third Annual Meeting of the American Coursing Club, 

 at Great Bend, Kan. F. K. Doan, Secretary, 1210 Olive street, St. 

 Louis, Mo. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



THE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration 

 of pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), i3 ' 

 published every month. Entries close on the 1st. Should be in 

 early. Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed 

 envelope. Registration fee (50 cents) must accompany each entry. J 

 No entries inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription 

 $1.50. Address "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 2832, New 

 Y ork. Number of entries already printed 6291. 



THE INDIANA KENNEL CLUB'S DERBY. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The Indiana Kennel Club's second annual Derby for j 

 pointers and setters closed June 1 with 68 nomination, of 

 which 38 are setters and 30 pointers. The entries last year 

 weire 10. of which 6 were setters and 4 were pointers. The j 

 entries were distributed from Maine to Dakota and from j 

 South Carolina to Manitoba. The number of entries far ex- 

 ceed the most sanguine expectations of the officers of the 

 club and warrants them in believing that the trials will be 

 the largest in America this year. The entries for the All- 

 Aged Stake close Oct. 1 and the Indiana stake Sept. 1. 

 Entry blanks are now ready for both stakes. Following is 

 the list of entries for the Derby: 



ENGLISH SETTEES. 



Daisy Hunter (John A. Hunter), orange and white bitch 

 (Gath's Hope— Daisy FA April 0. 



Dashing Cora (T. W. Stoutenburg), black, white and tan 

 bitch (Zippo— Ruby Buckellew), June 15. 



Caliph (C. G. Wiiichell), black and white dog (Kota— 

 Topsy), Aug. 9. 



Trenton Rock (F. Samuels), black and white dog (Change 



Gladstone's Madie). 



Pickles (T. H. Ball), black and white bitch (Baby— 

 Madame Drue), May 16. 



Belle S. (R. K. Norton), blue belton bitch (Zippo— Ruby * 

 Buckellew), June 15. 



Frank R. (D. L. Pickerel), black and white dog (Deck Roy 

 Leyht's Girl), April 5. 



Kleety Noble (W. A. Alderson), black, white and fan 

 bitch (King Noble— Elsie Belton), Feb. 4. 



Flora Temple (A. J. Gleason), black, white and tan i 

 hitch (Zippo— Ruby Buckellew), June 15. 



Dashing Dixie (W. G. Peters\ blue belton bitch (Dashing 

 Dale— Dashing Model), Feb. 27. 



Bute Dick's Bonnie (John Bolus), black, white and tan 

 bitch (Blue Dick— Bonnie), Aug. 28. 



Blue Dick's Mollie (John Bolus), black and white bitch 

 (Blue Dick— Mollie Rake), Oct. 22. 



RUSH <L. J. Hunter), dog (Jim Taylor— Flip), June. 



Highbid (J. B. Stoddard), black, white and tan dog (Peg- 

 bid— Polly II.), July 3. 



Pollywog (J. B. Stoddard), blue belton bitch (Pegbid— 

 Polly II.), July 3. 



Blanco Kouts (J. B. Stoddard), black and white dog 

 (Pegbid— Polly II.), July 3. 



Sam Kouts (J. B. Stoddard), black and white dog (Pegbid 

 —Polly II.), July 3. 



Perry T. (P. T. Madison), black, white and tan dog (.lack 

 W.— Gladys), April 1. 



Royal Prince III. (Thos. Johnson), blue belton dog (Royal 

 Prince II.— Manitoba Belle), Jan. 6. 



Frank Simpson (Thos. Johnson), black and white dog 

 (Mark J.— Cambria), April 23. 



Gay Noble (J. I. Case, Jr.), black, white and tan dog 

 (King Noble— Queen Vashti), Jan. 15. 



Resolute ( J. I. Case, Jr.), blue belton dog (King Noble- 

 Queen Vashti), Jan. 15. 



Lottie C. (J. I. Case, Jr.), liver and white bitch (King 

 Noble— Queen Vashti), Jan. 15. 



Neta Noble (J. I. Case, Jr.), blue belton bitch (King No- 

 ble—Nellie Belton), July 19. 



Florence Gladstone (J. I. Case, Jr.), black, white ahq 

 tan bitch (Gladstone— Flounce), Jan. 2. 



Dash (W. H. W r allingford), black, white and tan dog 

 (Mingo— Zoe W.), Jan. 27. 



Don (W. H. Wallingford), black, white and tan dog 

 (Mingo— Zoe W.), Jan. 27. 



Gath's Spark (S. N. Socwell), lemon and white bitch 

 (Gath's Hope— Lady M.), Jam 27, 



Nettie B. (A. Handle), black, white and tan bitch (Blue 

 Dick— Daisy B.). April, 



Unnamed (J. L. Barker), black and white bitch (Count 

 Rapier— Doim a J.), June 8. 



Nellie Rex (Joe Becker), black and tan hitch (Rex— Gip),> 

 April 5. 



Blue Dice's Beauty (H. T. Peck), black, white and tan 

 bitch (Blue Dick— Bonnie) , Sept. 28. 



Flossie Noble (J. H. Peebles), lemon belton bitch (King 

 Noble— Elsie Belton), Sept. 8. 



3 Minnie (Castlemau Kennels), black, white and tan bitch 

 (Royce— Jennie), September. 



IRISH SETTERS. 



Nat Glencho (J. T. Nattrass), dog (Glencho— Maid), Jan. 

 IB, 



Donegal Boy (C. P. Duerr), dog (Glencho— Maid), Jan. 13. 

 Sylph (J. D. Calligan), bitch (Glencho— Ashmont Nora), 

 Jan. 4. 



