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[May 9, 1889, 



but I believe they are better suited to the stocking of cer- 

 tain classes of our lakes than carp, because they are abetter 

 pan fish andean be caught at any time of the year by the 

 most inexperienced person; they can be placed in a lake in 

 company with the most predaeeous species of fish and will 

 thrive. * * * My experience with the sin all-mouthed 

 black bass in Rice Lake, Stony Lake, the Musk oka 

 Lakes and other places in the East, where I have 

 caught thousands of them and examined the stom- 

 achs of many, led me to believe that * * * fully 

 one-half of its food was composed of crayfish and the bal- 

 ance of insects and their larvae, frogs, minnows, perch and 

 the young of other fish. They breed and grow apace in 

 clear water with clear, stony or gravelly bottom and where 

 there is an abundance of crayfish, all ofwhich can be found 

 in many of the lakes of Assiniboia." 



The report on the fisheries of British Columbia contains a 

 great deal of valuable material, and deserves more attention 

 than our space will allow. The pack of salmon in Alaska 

 during the season of 1888 is thus stated: 



Cutting Packing Co.. Cook's inlet 25,000 cases 



Alaska Commercial Co., Cook's Inlet 15,000 cases 



Arctic Packing Co . Cook's Inlet 13,000 cases 



D. L. Beck & Son, Chilcat River 20,000 cases 



B, A. Seaburg, Stikiue River 15.000 cases 



Fishing & Trading Co., Klawack Inlet 10,000 cases 



Bradford & Co., Bristol Bay 35,000 cases 



Alaska Packing Co., Bristol Bay 28,000 cases 



Arctic Packing Co., Bristol Bay 25.000 cases 



Alaska Commercial Co., Bristol Bay 18,000 .cases 



Karluk Packing Co., Karluk River 12,000 cases 



Charles Thomas & Co., Karluk River 30,000 cases 



Kadiak Fishing & Mining Co., Karluk River. . . .20.000 cases 

 Cutting Packing Co., Wah Bay... 17,000 cases 



Bnotnn TTiaTitnrr Mr T»n^m™ fV. Tr.„., T3..„ il ram 



358,000 cases 



Cases contain 48 oue-pound cans each. 



• 'Ski 1" is a native name for the "beshowe" on the west 

 coast of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands. In flie 

 books this fish is known as Anoplopoma fimbria, and the 

 species has attracted favorable attention because, of its 

 adaptability for smoking like the halibut. The salt fish 

 commands the handsome price of -518 per barrel. In eight 

 days' fishing two vessels caught 314 barrels of these fish. 

 The depths in which they were taken varied from 200 to 230 

 fathoms, and the apparatus used were hand lines and trawls. 

 A trawl of 300 hooks set. two Or three hours brought up 100 

 to 150 lish, averaging about lOMlbs. each. The skil is very 

 rich and oily; a25-lb. fish yields a quart of oil, which the 

 natives use as a substitute for butter. The flesh has a deli- 

 cate flavor and is very digestible. 



The report of Max Mo wat, fishery oflicer in charge of the 

 Fraser River hatchery, on the kinds of fishes found in the 

 lakes and tributaries of the Fraser River, their abundance, 

 spawning season, etc., is full of interest for the angler and 

 the fishculturist. We are not quite sure that we know the 

 "aguassa, silver and speckled trout," but Ave know that the 

 dolly varden (maluun, the red-throated ipurpuratus) and the 

 lake trout (n(tmaycus1$ arc found in this region. Gard- 

 ner's trptlt occurs there also. The lakes are said to be fairly 

 alive with trout and salmon, while the surrounding country 

 is covered with herds of large game. The only drawbacks 

 are the lack of facilities for travel and the difficulty of 

 securing board and lodging even at high rates; but to these 

 conditions is due the preservation of the lish and game. 



FISHCULTURE IN VV YOMING.-We are indebted to 

 Mr. Louis Miller, Commissioner of Fisheries, for the follow- 

 ing account of the Wyomiua fish hatchery, abridged from 

 the columns of the Laramie liuunicrawj. The large supply 

 of breeding fish kept in this establishment was noticed in 

 Forest and Stream, Feb. 7. The hatchery is located on a 

 forty-acre tract of land five and a half miles southeast of 

 Laramie and is under the charge of the Commissioner and 

 Mr. W. D. Tanner, superintendent. As soon as a title to 

 the land can be obtained, which is looked for during the 

 coming summer, the hatchery will be enlarged so that its 

 capacity will be 1,500,000 fish every winter. Money has been 

 appropriated for this improvement. A large number of 

 black bass have recently been secured for stocking lakes 

 and 200 have been placed in Hutton's Lake, one of the best 

 fishing resorts in the Territory. Sunfish, carp and catfish 

 will be added to the introduced species. Brook trout, lake 

 trout, rainbow trout and California salmon have been ac- 

 climated for the most part with gratifying success. So 

 does the young West add line upon line to its policy of ag- 

 gressive fishculture. and it will be advantageous to some of 

 the older sections of our country if they heed the lesson 



TROUT DISTRIBUTED IN PENNSYLVANIA. — The 

 demand for brook trout in Pennsylvania has been unparal- 

 leled. Mr. J. P. Creveliug, superintendent of the station at 

 Allentown, has sent out more than one million fry from bis 

 hatchery alone, and the number will probably be brought 

 up to eleven or twelve hundred thousand. These go to 

 natural brook trout streams of the eastern slope of the 

 Alleghenies. The station at Corry will probably supply an 

 equal number to streams on the western slope of the Alleg- 

 henies. Allentown station has furnished twice as many fry 

 as its intended capacity called for. If appropriations are 

 forthcoming the facilities of both hatcheries will be largely 

 increased. There has been very little demand for rainbow 

 trout. 



WORK OF THE GR AMPUS. — Dr. Henshall, who has 

 recently returned from Florida on the Fish Commission 

 schooner Grampus, reports that Barnes Sound was two feet 

 shallower t ban ever before, notwithstanding the excessive 

 rains. The work in fresh water was very unsatisfactory on 

 account of the presence of myriads of mosquitoes. So per- 

 sistent and painful were the attacks of these pests that the 

 men were literally forced to relinquish the attempt to collect 

 in certain inland waters. The party sailed 500 miles in a 

 thirty-foot seine boat, making the bulk of their large col- 

 lection in salt waters. On the voyage north to New York, 

 Capt. Adams of the Grampus kept a sharp lookout for 

 mackerel and other schooling fish, but saw none, and whales 

 and sea birds were absent. 



TROUT HATCHING IN COLORADO. — Dr. John Laws 

 received 35,000 eggs of brook trout from Wisconsin and suc- 

 ceeded in batching 95 per cent, of them in his establishment 

 at Everglade Lakes, Colorado. 



Washington, D. C, Aug. 24, 188S.— The U. S. Cartridge Co,, 

 LollcU, Mass.: Gentlemen— I have used about 10,000 of" your Cli- 

 max paper shells this year, and not a single bursted head. As 

 long asvou keep them up to their present high standard I will 

 continue to use them in preference to all other makes. Very re- 

 specitully (Signed) James M. G-heen, of Green & Cunningham.*** 



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Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 21, 1888.- £7. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, 

 Mam.: Dear Sir— I am pleased to bo able to give you a most sat- 

 isfactory account of the paper shells you sent me. I have used 

 Schuitze powder altogether for the last seven years, with Eley's 

 shell?, and yours are the first perfect substitute I have found, and 

 1 shall take care to recommend their use. (Signed) W. Graham. 

 Champion Shot of England.-^ldu. ' 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



May 22 to 25.— Pacific Kennel Club Show, Sau Francisco, Gal. 



Sept. 10 to 13.— Sixth Annual Dog Show of the London Kennel 

 Club, at London, Ont. C. A. Stone, Manager. 



Seot. 10 to 13.— Dog Show of the Central Canada Exhibition As- 

 sociation, at Ottawa, Can. Capt. R. C. VV. MacCu'iir, Secretary. 



Sept. 11 to 13. -First Annual Dog Show of the Toledo Kennel 

 Club, Toledo, O. T. B. Lee, Secretary. 



Feb. 18 to 21, 18flO.-Fourteenth Annual Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, New York. James Mortimer, Superintendent. 

 FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 4.— Third Annual Field Trials of the Indiana Kenuol Club. 

 P. T. Madison, Secretary, Indianapolis, Iud. 



Nov. 18.— Eleventh Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field 

 Trials Club, at High Point, N. C. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Sara- 

 toga Springs, N. Y. 



Dec. 2.— Inaugural Field Trials of the Central Field Trial Club, 

 at Lexington, N. C. C. H, Odeil, Secretary, Mill's Building, New 

 York, N. Y. 



OUR EVERY-DAY FRIENDS. 



EADLNG a late issue of Forest and Stream I was at- 

 i tracted by the heading of an article, "The Super- 

 Sense of Animals," or something to that effect. At the end 

 I found the name of Mr. Hallock, who has a delightful way 

 of putting things; besides the subject interested me. He 

 would have it that there is sometiug beyond mere instinct 

 in the faculties of animals; that they do not always act 

 from impulse or necessity merely. He does not stand alone 

 in this regard, especially among the lovers of woodcraft 

 Those who have a fondness for out of doors seem also to 

 possess a leaning toward admitting an equality between 

 themselves and their pets. 



"Puir Bu flie" was poisoned because a nervous neighbor 

 was annoyed by his barking at night. His owner, who had 

 lost not only Buffie, but others by 



"The murd'rous and unmanly play," 

 was not vindictive, and gave utterance to his sorrow and 

 the hope of a future reunion in verse, concluding; 



"Where thou an' Nig, wi' twa three more 

 Whahae been murdered lang before 

 Maun hae yer huntin' frolics o'er 



1 a shadowy xa.ee, 

 W hyk'B a' thae murderers hiug out -ewer 



Anither place." 



The poet had no dread of offending the sensibilities of 

 the literal believers in the, dominion of man "over the fish 

 of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, 

 aud over all the earth." 



The sentiment expressed in the stanza appeals to me and 

 1 like it. The editor of one. of our monthly magazines kept 

 standing for some time this sentence: "The editor is not 

 responsible for the opinions of contributors." A very fair 

 legend when properly interpreted and one inviting liberty 

 of expression. I take it for granted that you admit the 

 cogency as well as the propriety of the rule, and though 

 not advertised, it is understood. Therefore I, not being an 

 editor, am free to say what I like. With this privilege, 1 

 like children, snakes, butterflies, flowers, dogs, cats, or 

 whatever by its beauty, innocence or helplessness solicits 

 my regard. I am afraid to assume the superiority author- 

 ized by the Bible as commonly interpreted, having lived 

 long enough to know that it is easier to be mistaken than to 

 be right. Hence a reverence rather than a feeling of author- 

 ity impresses me when I am addressed by— my dog for in- 

 stance. 



You and I have been taught to believe that, having domin- 

 ion over all the earth, we possess souls; that we are made 

 after His image. It is very- pleasant to believe so, and as 

 Ave acknowledge to ourselves our superiority it behooves us 

 to be superior. But are we ? A man will not kick a child 

 out of his way, but sometimes he may forget himself and 

 kick a dog. I have been puzzled many times to understand 

 why men will make such distinctions, Is it because they 

 believe that the child has a soul and the dog none? Either 

 will respond to a caress or shrink at a blow, and they have 

 memories. As Mr. Spencer might qualify his statements, I 

 wish it to be understood that I do not refer to bad babies or 

 bad dogs, but to babies aud dogs in general. I cannot think 

 so meanly of my fellows as to believe that they make the 

 distinction because the dog has no father or big brother to 

 resent the indignity, but they do so rather through the in- 

 fluence of a vicious education; they prefer to adhere to the 

 letter instead of searching for the spirit of the dominion ex- 

 pressed in the first book of Moses; it is so much easier. 



We are taught to believe that many things are right, and 

 experience demonstrates that they are radically wrong, both 

 iu inception and accomplishment. The truth fairly skins 

 us alive sometimes with its satire. Still we go on believing 

 in the right of wrong-doing; the knowledge of our menta 

 infirmities is a sealed book to us. 



It has been and is still believed by some that to break a 

 broncho he must be roped, thrown, beaten, conquered before 

 he can be utilized. I believed so once, but the method has 

 always struck me as a dead failure. Were the breaker of as 

 line intellect as the broncho, in many instances he might 

 gracefully submit to a reversal of situations and allow the 

 broncho to train him, for out of the brains of bronchos we 

 may learn wisdom, as well as out of the mouths .of babes 

 and sucklings. 



I had a friend once, as brave a man as ever graced a sad- 

 dle, leveled a Winchester or loved a child, and he owned a 

 broncho. If he would saddle the animal once or three times 

 a day the pony must be roped, thrown aud blinded on each 

 occasion. My friend said it was "the nature of the brute." 

 I knew he could not be wantonly unkind to anything. It 

 never occurred to me that it might be education, aud that 

 nature had nothing to do with it. 



Several years later the madam and I were camped near an 

 old log road in the mountains in the vicinity of a friend's 

 ranch. One morning, as I was about building the fire for 

 coffee, the ranchman's son, a lad of eighteen, came up the 

 road with a bridle on his arm. He stopped near us and 

 began to whistle, as one would for a dog. After he had 

 whistled a few times I heard a whinnie, aud in a few 

 moments the rapid beat of a horse's hoot's broke upon the 

 sweet peacefulness of the summer morning. Looking in 

 the direction of the sound, I presently saw a pony coming 

 down the old road on a keen run. A dappled gray pony, 

 with ears erect and mane flying; his neck was outstretched 

 and his eyes seemed to flash with exquisite pleasure; he 

 came leaping on as if moved by thoughts of love, absolutely- 

 free, beautiful in form, graceful in his liberty and in every 

 movement. Within a few rods of the lad the reckless gallop 

 resolved itself into a swinging trot until he reached bis 

 friend, when he came to a halt and rubbed his nose against 

 the boy's shoulder. The loud whinnie was softened and the 

 arched neck pressed against the lad for the expected caress. 

 It is a good twenty years since that bright morning, aud 

 yet the memory of it is as fresh as if I saw it now; I can taste 

 again the very sweetness of the balsam-laden air, can see 

 the tender blue mist that lingered about the distant hills, 

 and see the pony's head resting against the boy's shoulder; 

 and it seemed to me then as it does now. that if there had 

 been hands instead of hoofs, he would have hugged the boy 

 and would have kissed him on the lips, instead of on the 

 hand, had he known how. 



"Where did you get that horse, Harry?" 

 "Out of 's band." 



"You don't mean to say he's a broncho— he's too kind and 

 handsome ?" 

 "That's what he is." 

 "How long have you owned him ?" 

 "About three months." 



"But how did you break him ? I supposed that they had 

 to be roped and beaten and—" 



"Now don't you believe a word of it. I haven't even 

 spoken cross to him, have I, Dick ?" 



The poay corroborated the statement beyond cavil. The 

 madam went out and shook hands with the boy and hugged 

 the horse, aud I should not have blamed her had she hugged 

 the boy, as I looked down into his honest, laughing gray 

 eyes. 



Patience, and its attendant genius, kindness, without any 

 exhibition of man's "domitiion," a simple endeavor to bring 

 himself up to the horse's standard of intellect, and the result 

 was two loving friends. That they could not talk Greek, 

 Latin or English to each other dignified the situation; the 

 understanding between them was quite perfect and beauti- 

 ful in its eloquence. 



The next morning the clouds were settled about us, and 

 my horse had pulled up his picket pin and strayed into the 

 timber. I could not see twenty feet in any direction, but I 

 could follow the trail of the iron pin and the rope through 

 the pines, and the trees looked ghostly. WTien I reached 

 the horse the spirit of "dominion" entered me, I gathered 

 up the lariat and undertook to lead the way back to camp. 

 I was as familiar with the mountainside as with my own 

 yard, but the trail doubled on itself in some way, or I missed 

 it, and it took me about five minutes to get lost. For half 

 an horn- I plodded around, taking a dozen different starts 

 from as many familiar points in the way of rocks, dead 

 trees and other certain monuments, knowing each time that 

 I was going in the right direction. Finally I became dis- 

 gusted— with the stupidity of the horse— his straying was 

 iniquitous, the rope was a burden to me and I was hungry. 

 AS long as lied the way he followed passively, though I 

 have no doubt he was wondering all the time at my enthu- 

 siastic morning pedestrianism and trying to ascertain my 

 motive. I threw down the rope and said: 



"Bob, will you find the way to camp?" 



He only lookedat me. I never had the same look bestowed 

 on me but once before. I was talking with an Arapahoe 

 brave, with another red gentleman standing by. I expressed 

 my admiration in a fluent way, of Left Hand, a chief of the 

 Arapahoes, and the bystander looked all through the con- 

 versation just as Bob did, Finally I said: 



"I should like to see Left Hand; he is a brave Indian." 



"This is Left Hand," said my red brother pointing to the 

 bystander, and the bystander smiled broadly. 



"Glad to see you. How?" I inquired. 



'•Very well." said Left Hand, proffering his dexter, mak- 

 ing me feel glad I had refrained from sayiug anything that 

 might be construed into a discourtesy. 



Bob, as I have said, looked just as did Left Hand.though he 

 did not understand English so well; but my experience with 

 Left Hand and his brother had taught me a lesson. I did not 

 admit to the horse otherwise than that I was dependent upon 

 him, nor but that I recognized his power of discriminating 

 between politeness and its opposite. 



"Will you please And the way to camp? Go on!" 



He started and I followed, it did not take him Ave min- 

 utes to tind the bag of oats under the buck board, 



Had I condescended in the first place the madam would 

 not have been uneasy and "waiting breakfast" for me. 

 When I explained to her the cause of my delay, my dilemma 

 and how I had been relieved, she said: 



"Had you let him alone he would have come home." 



"I presume so— bringing his tail behind him?" 



"I'm proud to know that you admit the philosophy of the 

 nursery." 



When you teach a dog to perform what you call tricks you 

 feel proud of the dog as he displays his accomplishments 

 successfully before admiring friends; yon take a great deal 

 of credit to yourself and consider yourself not the smallest 

 part of the show. Certainly there is pleasure in it, and 

 sometimes you are generous enough to love the dog for his 

 intelligence and obedience. But how is it when the dog 

 learns without your bestowing an effort on him? In such 

 instance, if you are not wholly given over to arrogance, a 

 touch of humility because of your own frailty, and a new 

 respect for the intelligence of the dog, must come over you. 

 When he educates himself, as it were, even iu what you con- 

 sider trivial matters, by what authority dare you say he 

 may not be gifted with reasoning faculties as well as your- 

 self? They may not be, perhaps, of as high order, considered 

 from the human standpoint, but the possession of an im- 

 perfect faculty promises what? A capacity for development, 

 certainly, and more, the possibility of perfection. 



I sat reading a few nights since, alone except for Toney, 

 the Maltese, aud Fraukie, the French poodle. I gave up 

 my chair to Ton ey r some time since, because he seemed, to 

 think it the most comfortable chair in the house; I "deferred 

 to his judgment, nay, 1 am ready to make oath that his 

 judgment is absolutely without fault in this particular. 

 My experience corroborates his to the division of a hair; sus- 

 taining each other my statement touching the chair is en- 

 titled to credit. When Toney desires to come into the 

 house, or to go out, for that matter, he does not mew nor 

 wait for the chance opportunity of some oue coming to the 

 door. He has ascertained that the knob is in some way con- 

 nected with the mystery of opening a door, so he reaches up 

 and rattles the knob. If the summons is not attended to he 

 rattles again, and as often as politeness and a due respect 

 for others will warrant. He seems to be aware that the in- 

 mates may be busy with more important matters, he is 

 willing to concede the fact, trusting to receive attention as 

 soon as his want is ascertained and it is convenient. This 

 habit came near costing him his life on one occasion. But 

 to return to Frankie. She was lying on the rug before the 

 stove on the evening in question; she got up and went into 

 the kitchen, in a few moments she came back, and sitting 

 down by me placed her chin on my hand, which rested on 

 the arm of the chair. She is but little over a year old, has 

 beautiful brown eyes that I can only see when I put back 

 from them the long, silky, black hair. 



"What do you waut, Frankie?" She got up and went to 

 the door leading to the kitchen. I did not follow, and she 

 returned, assuming her old position. I patted her on the 

 head, and my hand rested there while I continued my read- 

 ing. Turning over the page required the use of the" hand, 

 and, that service done, I rested~it on the chair arm again. 

 She put her chin upon it, giving vent to a low guttural 

 sound, as if she were clearing her throat to say something. 



"What is it, old lady?" She went to the door again, and 

 stood there until I followed. She then led me into the 

 kitchen, to the sink, placed her foot into the empty bowl 

 upon the floor, tipped it over and looked up into my face. 

 The children had gone to bed neglecting to put water in the 

 bowl, and she was thirsty. In like circumstances a year old 

 baby would have cried, and the party in charge would have 

 investigated for a loose diaper pin, and, not finding the 

 offending article, or the article offending, would have ad- 

 ministered various antidotes for colic without success, be- 

 cause a baby always has the colic when it cries; if it fails to 

 respond to treatment for colic then it is not an ordinary 

 baby. If the. babies could only talk or use a club— but no 

 matter. 



I had another dog (I have had a great many) a number of 

 years ago. I saw him grow up from a puppy brought home 

 in my arms until he weighed quite loOlbs. Broad between 



