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FOREST AND STREAM. 
r [Aue. s» 1890. 
Fish-Fin and Other Poisons. 
Johnstown^ Pa., July 28.— Editor Forest and Stream: 
Reading "Fish-Fin Poisoning," by Wau-Kau-Mah in the 
July Woodcraft Magamic, recalls to me that the recipes 
for poisoning by fish-fin, insect bites, etc., are so many 
and so varied, and the claims made by those who advise 
them so favorable, all getting equally good results, that 
one must conclude that none are specially valuable. 
There is a simple, scientific antidote for all these 
poisons, namelv, radiated heat. 
The early application of radiated heat has been a long 
time known as an effective antidote to bites of snakes, in- 
sects and to punctured wounds, as from fish fins and sharp 
inanimate bodies. 
I cannot recall reading this fact anywhere, yet I think 
that it is well known, and like Wau-Kau-Mah, I mention 
it for the benefit of the readers of Forest and Stream. 
Even those who are "chained to business" may use it, as it 
is good for spider bites. 
Dr. Constance Heriiig, a noted scientist, who died in 
Philadelphia in 1880, aged eighty-one years, was the first 
person I know of who had used radiated heat to antidote 
the poison of a snake bite. This he did in his own per- 
son, and successfully antidoted the virus of one of the 
most poisonous snakes of South America, the Lachesis 
trigonecephahis. It seems strange that although the_ fact 
that radiated heat is so generally known to be an antidote 
to all kinds of virus, it is so seldom used as such. 
Those who hunt and fish usually have the means at 
hand to apply it. I have used a lighted cigar, a bunch of 
waste, a pine' torch, the flame of a gasoline lamp, but best 
of all the glowing embers of the camp-fire. 
When the fin of a fish punctures the finger or the hand a 
sharp pain usually en.sues, and may extend_ from the 
wound up the arm to the shoulder. This pain is often 
excruciating and sic!vening. Hold the wound close to a 
red-hot ember or anything giving off an equal amount of 
heat, and you will note that in a minute or two all the 
pain is gone and that it is seldom necessary to repeat 
the application of heat. Healing takps place without 
further attention. 
When the face or other parts of the body are tingling 
and burning and itching from mosquito bites so that it is 
impossible to go to sleep, give the parts a dose of radiated 
heat and you will go to sleep without further annoyance 
from the old bites. 
Heat destroys all forms of germ life at 170" F. 
Extreme cold, even that of liquid air, 312'^ F. below 
zero, does not destroy germs. Remember that germ life 
is not animal life. ^ 
That heat destroys virtts is well known to marketers 
of vaccine virus, for on every package is a warning not to 
dry the vaccination with artificial heat. 
In case of a bite of a venomous animal or insect I would 
trust radiated heat rather than the actual cautery. The 
reason is obvious. Grave nervous symptoms or other signs 
showing systemic affection in persons who have been 
bitten by an insect, reptile or dog may be due to poison 
absorbed, or constant irritation at the seat of injury carried 
to the central nervous sj'stem. 
Even in these remote effects we have a simple cure in 
the Buisson bath treatment for "hydrophobia, which ma}' 
be carried out even in camp, it being only a matter of ex- 
cessively sweating the patient by the use of hot air, or bet- 
ter, by a vapor bath. 
Buisson sa5'S, vaccinate an infant and give it a vapor 
bath directly afterward and the vaccination will not take. 
Hoping that those who go camping and forget their 
dope or who are unlucky and get bitten or finned will re- 
member this simple remedJ^ I am ready for my roasting 
which I suppose will be forthcoming. 
Horace E. Kistler. 
A Primitive Fishing Ground. 
To the fisherman who is fond of making original 
observations this quaint little old town of Noank, 
Conn., offers many attractions. Certain affairs this year 
made it necessary for me to give up my annual salmon 
fishing and to find a quiet fishing ground within a few 
hours' ride of New York. The merits of various nearby 
places were considered, and suddenly it occurred to me 
that twenty years ago I had spent a summer at Noank 
with the United States Fish Commission, and that the 
reason why the commission came here was because it was 
such a good place for fish. That settled it, and promptly 
upon the thought I seized my rods under one arm and 
wife and baby under the other, and marched off to 
Noank. 
The town depends wholly upon fishing and ship build- 
ing for its resoirrces, and yet there is not a fishing tackle 
store in the place where the sportsman or contemplative 
fisherman can get the sort of outfit that he needs. It is 
all commercial fishing on a large scale, and the idea that 
anybody would fish for the fun of the thing is as ludi- 
crous to the native as the idea of digging potatoes for 
fun, The storekeepers look surprised at anyone asking 
for rods and reels, and fancy things like that.' In fact, it 
is not easy to find the storekeeper anyway. If he has 
;■' me to dinner, if there is a show in town, if the children 
a-^e ill, the shop is closed. You can find the proprietor 
citen by going after him, and that is a custom that is ac- 
cepted by the villagers as quite proper. If you ask where 
to fish for weakfish with a rod no one can tell, although 
the traps catch them by the ton and weakfish are splash- 
ing under every dock in town after dark. Ask where the 
striped bass, sea bass, porgies, flounders and plaice are to 
be caught, and no one seems able to tell you that the 
channel right at your feet is full of them. The fisherman 
with a rod and reel outfit can have something biting at 
his hook all day long. The matter of bait is a serious 
question. I have to get all of my own bait. No one 
knew where to find blood worms and shrimp and little 
eels, and the common baits that are in demand. This 
does not imply any unwillingness on the part of the 
natives, for they are more than ready to be of service. 
They can tell one where to go for blackfish and bluefish 
and mackerel, for these are commercial fish. 
There is only one hotel in the town, a quiet home of a 
place, where the idea of a barroom or of the bustling com- 
mercial traveler is as foreign as the knowledge about rod 
fishing. I am not missing my salmon fishing a bit, and 
the salmon will all be larger for next year, anyway; but 
I do feel lonesome here in the midst of fishing, with no 
cranks to "talk it o'er with" on the porch evenings. I can 
find fish everywhere all day long; but the field is a big 
one and it needs a number of good fishermen for working 
out the possibilities of these reefs and channels and flats. 
I shall be here for a month and shall have fun every day. 
and if anyone wants points it will please me to give him 
whatever I have worked out for myself to date. I have 
fished along a good part of the coast from Delaware to 
Labrador, and with the exception of Hereford Inlet, in 
New Jersey, this is the surest place for sport with a. va- 
riety of game sea fish that I have found. R. T. M. 
KoANK, Conn., July 22. 
Salt Water League. 
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New YorKj July 31. — Editor Forest and Stream: The 
Protective League of Salt Water Fisherman wants to hear 
from all salt water fishing clubs. 
There are innumerable fishing clubs in Manhattan, 
Brooklyn, Richmond and other boroughs in Greater New 
York. New Jersey can point to hundreds of these clubs, 
and many are located along the Hudson River, while 
some parts of the Sound are dotted with .such organiza- 
tions. What have these clubs done for the good of the 
Protective League of Salt Water Fishermen? With but 
few exceptions the clubs have done absolutely nothing. 
They have not even extended to the League the assurance 
of their friendly feeling or good will. 
What will they do in the future? What are they ex- 
pected to do? Tliese questions the League must leave to 
their own good judgment. But it does hope they will 
take some action soon, both as clubs and as individual 
members, toward contributing their mite to the fund to be 
used solely for securing proper legislation in the future 
for the protection of salt water fish and enforcing the 
present existing laws against illegal practices by prosecut- 
ing its violators. To prosecute offenders, money is re- 
quired. The money must come from salt water fishermen 
through the small annual dues of one dollar, and by sub- 
scriptions from the fishing clubs for as much as they can 
afford, and many of these clubs can afford to contribute 
as much as five or ten dollars, and even more. 
The benefits which they, collectively and individually, 
will ultimately derive from the great good the League pro- 
poses to do for them, will be immeasurable. At the next 
regular meetings of the League, which are held every third 
Monday evening of the month at Wall's Hotel, 106 West 
Thirty-first street, New York, it is hoped that every club 
will see fit to send one or more delegates, and report to 
our secretary, and in this way, even by their presence, en- 
courage the earnest workers for the cause. In the mean- 
time, the ofhcers of the League would esteem it a favor if 
the readers of Forest and Stream would forward to us the 
titles and location of all the fishing clubs known to them. 
If this information be supplemented with a copy of the 
constitution, by-laws and names of officers and members of 
clubs, our obligations to the sender will be increased. 
The Board of Directors and officers meet at Wall's 
Hotel, 106 West Thirtv-first street, on Fridav, Aug. 4. at 
8 P. M. 
Clubs should send for petitions, which, when filled, will 
be presented to the Legislature this coming season. Be 
sure to send for soaxe. T. BiedingeRj Pres. 
New England Fishing. 
BosTONj July 29. — The salt-water fishermen who fish for 
sport are having their inning, with some good catches. 
Smelt fishing is reported fair at several points along the 
south shore. In the vicinity of Cohasset and Falmouth 
many dozens are being taken by the summer boarders. 
Cod fishing is popular with those who follow it for the fun 
of the thing. Mr. Mathew Luce has lately made several 
good catches, Avhile nearljr every good day several fishing 
crafts go oft" the Nahant rocks with merchants and busi- 
ness men as fishermen. Cod fishing seems to be as much 
enjoyed by them as does the sport on the Maine trout 
waters by those so fortunate as to be able to get away. 
Mr. W. F. Johnson, Jr., is just back from his vacation, 
which he spent near Quaddy Bay. He went cod fishing 
many days, and says the pulling up of the big ones is 
great sport. Smelt fishing continues to improve. The 
boys are getting a good many dozens off the "Punkins" 
and at other points near Falmouth. Mr. L. A. Aspinwall 
is very fond of salt-water fishing at different points along 
the Providence River, and generally spends his vacations 
that way. He returned last week from his summer fishing 
trip. Squeteague were the object this time. With his 
brother's help he made a catch of twenty- four in one day. 
Four pounds covered the largest taken. Mr. Aspinwall 
took seventeen to his brother's seven. Special. 
Pacific Coast Samon CatJght with Flies. 
I NOTICED an article in the Fishing Gazette of last week 
on Pacific Coast salmon fishing. It may interest you to 
know that while staying with a friend in Douglas county, 
Oregon, in October, 1890, I fished with large-eyed sea 
trout flies in the South Umpqua River, which ran through 
his ranch, and on several occasions landed salmon up to 
iSlbs. The fish were coming up to spawn, and although 
somewhat red and quite unfit for the table, gave a fair 
amount of sport. The local anglers fished entirely with 
salmon roe for the small salmon trout, which were also 
in the river, and were much surprised at my success with 
the fly, which they did not seem to be acquainted with. 
I have a copy of a local journal which has an article on 
the killing of a salmon by me, and as it is somewhat of a 
curiosity I regret that I cannot at present (being away 
from home) let you see it. The fly which I found most 
attractive was a roughly dressed fiery brown body with a 
grous'e wing, and yellow taft as a tail. — Correspondence 
London Fishing Gazette. 
Long Island Fishing. 
East Rockaway^ L. I., July 31.— The largest catch of 
fish ever made by one part}' was made by a party in Jack 
Simonson's yacht on Saturday. The catch was estim.ated 
to weigh over i,ooolbs. There were 467 fish, mostly large 
porgies, sea bass and a few fluke, blackfish, etc. The 
fishermen were Narrie J. Stokum, Charles Nuise, Jr., Mr. 
MacGowan and Samuel Rhame. Three hooks were used 
on a line, and in several instances three fish were hauled 
in at once. 
QuEENSWATER, L. I., July 31. — Fishing was perhaps 
never better than it has been during the past few days. 
The party on board the auxiliary yacht Inner Beach, Cap- 
tain Henry Wright, caught over 450 fish on Friday. They 
were mostly porgies and sea bass. It was the largest catch 
of the season. The party fished until they were completely 
exhausted. Bluefish are still scarce, and there are very 
few blackfish or kingfish. 
New Point Amityville, L. I., July 31. — The last few 
days have been as near perfect as possible. The air has 
been moderately cool, with a full-sail breeze nearly all the 
time. Fishing has not been good, owing, it is supposed, to 
the low temperature of the water. Very few large bluefish 
have been caught. The smaller bay fish are caught, but 
only in small quantities. 
A Lafge Nepigon Tfo«t. 
Port Arthue, Canada, July 22.— You Avill be pleased to 
learn that the largest speckled trout on record (here) was 
caught in the Nepigon River on June 20 by a Mrs. Tay- 
leur, of Drayton, England. It weighed gibs.", and was 
27in. in length by isJ^in. in girth. The fish was weighed 
and the skin dressed and sent to England as a remarkable 
specimen of its kind. 
Mr. August Belmont, of New York, and party were fish- 
ing the Nepigon last week. They had good sport. The 
largest trout caught weighed 4i!>^]bs. They left on Wed- 
nesday in their private car via the Q. P. R. for the Pacific 
Coast. John E. Newsome. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Aug. 5.— Providence, R. I.— Rhode Island Kennel Club's one- 
day show, Crescent Park. George S. Miller, Sec'y- 
Sept. 4-7. — Toronto, Can. — Toronto Industrial Exhibition Asso- 
ciation's eleventh annual show. 
Sept. 13-13.— Petrolea, Ont. — Kennel Club show. C. K. C. rules. 
F. W. Reynolds. Sec'v. 
Sept. 12-15.— Milwaukee, Wis.— Milwatikee Kennel Club's fifth 
annual bench show. Edward Meisenheimer, Sec'y. 
Oct. 2-6.— Dallas, Tex.— Texas Kennel Club's second annual 
bench show. Sydney Smith, Sec'y. 
Oct. 3-6. — Danioury, Conn.— Danbury Agricultural Society's eight- 
eenth annual show. G. M. Rundle, Sec'y. 
Oct. 10-13.— Providence, R. I.— Rhode Island State Fair Asso- 
ciation. E. M, Oldham, Supt. 
Nov. 15-18.— Philadelphia, Pa.— The Philadelphia Dog Show As- 
sociation's first annual bench show. Marcel A. Viti, Sec'y. 
Nov. 22-24.— New York.— American Pet Dog Club's show, S. C. 
Hodge, Supt. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Aug. 31.— Emmettaburg, la.— The Iowa Field Trial Association's 
second annual field trials. M. Bruce, Sec'y. 
Sept. 4. — La Salle, Man.— Western Canada Kennel Club's annual 
amateur field trials. A Cole, Se-c'v. 
Sept. 6.— Morris, Man.— Manitoba Field Trial Club's thirteenth 
annual trials. William C. Lee, Sec'y. 
Oct. 31. — Greene Co.. Pa.— The Monongahela Valley Gam^e and 
Fish Protective Association's fifth annual field trial. A. C. Peter- 
son Sec'y. 
Nov. 7.— Washington C. H., O.— Ohio Field Trial Club's trials. 
C. E. Baughn, Sec'y. 
Nov. 8-9.— Lakeview, Mich.— Michigan Field Trfala AssciGiatioi?'? 
second annual trials. E. Rice, Sec'y. 
Nov. 12.— Bicknell Ind.— Independent Field Trial Club's first 
annual trials. George D. Mayfield, Sec'y. 
Nov. 14.— Chatham, Ont.— International Field Trial Club's* tenth 
annual trials. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 17.— Newton, N. C— Eastern Field Trial Club's twenty- 
first annual trials. Simon C. Bradley, Sec'y. 
Nov. 21. — Lawrenceville, III. — Illinois Field Trial Association's 
inaugural trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec'y. 
Nov. 28. , Mo.— Missouri Field Trial Association's third 
annual trials. L. S. Eddins, Sec'y. 
Dec. 8.— Newton, N. C— Continental Field Trial Club's trials. 
Thos. Sturges, Sec'y, 
1900. 
Jan. 22.— West Point, Miss.— United States Field Tfiai; Club's 
annual trials. W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. 
Feb. 5. — Greenville, Ala. — Alabama Field Trial Club's fourth an- 
nual trials. T. H. Spencer, Sec'y. 
Bench Show Responsibilities. 
The following report of a cat show case is interesting 
because the principles apply also to dog show manage- 
ments. The report is from the New York Times of 
July 27: 
The recovery of $50 by Miss Lillian C. Moeran, in 
Municipal Court, First District, before Justice Wauhope 
Lynn, in her suit against the New York Poultry, Pigeon 
and Pet Stock Association, Limited, as the value of a 
Manx cat which she delivered to the defendant for exihibi- 
tion at its show at Madison Square Garden, was yester- 
day affirmed by the Appellate Term of the Supreme 
Court. The prevailing opinion, by Presiding Justice 
Freedman, was concurred in by Justice Leventritt. and 
Justice MacLean wrote a concurring opinion. 
The rules of the Association provided that the entry of 
animals was to be made at the owners' risk, and that all 
specimens would be cared for and returned at the close 
of the exhibition; that the Association would exercise all 
reasonable vigilance in the care of the exhibits, but would 
not be responsible for loss by fire or otherwise. 
The Presiding Justice holds that the true construction 
of the contract was that, though the cat was received at 
the owner's risk, the defendant remained bound to exer- 
cise ordinary care to prevent escape. The facts are held 
to have fully established that the defendant did not exer- | 
cise the ordinary care requisite for that purpose, but was !| 
negligent, and that the escape of the cat Was due to such 
negligence. 
In his opinion Justice MacLean saitil 'HereiTi' is an ' 
instance of bailment, or, to borrow learned language from 
Massachusetts (10 Gray, 366), 'locatum' of a Manx fe- 
line, described as a male specimen, longer as tO- its two 
hind legs than as to its fore, prize-winning from, agricul- 
tural societies, of great value, and without a tail. Zenda, 
for so the Manx was hight, was brought to the show of | 
pigeons, of poultry and of pets of the defendant, and 
placed in a coop thereof, by mistress and maid, assisted , 
by an offering man of fair complexion, and dressed in 
