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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[July 14, 1900. 
line it was overboard, rod and all. The rod promptly 
sunk, and the fish now has the whole rigging at its dis- 
posal. Mr. Skinner is thankful that it left the boat. After 
a fight of two hours and forty minutes that gentleman 
landed the king salmon of the season on Tuesday after- 
noon. It weighed 12 pounds and was 29 inches long. 
Special. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
Chicago, 111., July 7.— Mr. W. W. Hooper, of Leaven- 
worth, Kan., btopped ni Chicago this week en route on an 
outing at Saynor s place on ir'lum Cake, Vvis. Mr. K. M. 
Lanuis, of jxansas City, is another one who patronizes 
Star l^ake, \Vis., a few miles distant from Pium Lake. 
Mr. Peter Johnson, of Chicago, has left for a try after 
the mj'^stenous bass of Green Lake, Wis. They are said to 
have a distinct species of bass up there, dilhcult to get 
started to bitmg, and equally dithcult to stop after they 
h.ave begun to fight. 
Mr. Max Fritz, of Chicago, has been fishing this past 
week at Corey's Lake, Three Rivers, Mich., and has had 
some very good spore with the bass. In six hours' fish- 
ing one day he caught twenty-six bass, of wdiich one 
weighed 5 pounds 8 ounces, one weighed S pounds 2 
ounces, two weighed 4 pounds 8 ounces each, one weighed 
4 pounds 5 ounces and two weighed 3 pounds 2 ounces 
each. There were five which weighed about 2^ pounds 
each, the rest running from to i^^ pounds. This was 
certainly a very nice day's fishing. 
Col. J. S. Cooper, of this city, is spending the summer at 
the beautiful lake country of Oconomowoc, Mich., only 
coming down to Chicago when he has some important law 
suit that demands his presence imperativel3^ The Colonel 
would far rather catch a big fish than land a big fee. 
Mr. C. S. Lawrence and Mr. F. E. Coyne, both of 
this city, had good sport the past week at Lake Villa, on 
the Wisconsin Central line. This point is in the center 
of one of the oldest and most persistently fished por Jons 
of the Fox Lake Chain, and one certainly would not 
expect so good fishing so close to the railroad ; yet in 
Deep Lake and Cedar Lake, close to the village of Lake 
Villa, the two caught sixty-four fine bass. They are 
still up there, and are reported to be having a good time. 
Mr. M. E. Wroe and wife, of this city, have been fishing 
up in Crooked Lake and AVild Cat Lake, in Wisconsin. 
They had fine sport, and caught 267 bass and 8 muscal- 
lunge. They are very well satisfied with their outing. 
Mr. H. English, of Von Lengerke & Antoine, this city, 
goes with his wife to-day to Lake Vieux Desert, Wis., via 
State Line. Mr. English will be away about a week, and 
will come back loaded with fish stories for the gang. 
Mr. E. L. Periston, of Chicago, starts this week for 
State Line, Wis. He is going at the wrong time for mus- 
callunge, but will no doubt get all the bass he wants. 
Mr. W. P. Nelson, of the American W^all Paper Com- 
pany, this citv. i« ■"e'- P'^'^^her gentleman to leave Chicago 
to-day for State Line, Wis. 
Mr. William Clinton thrown, whose home is on Staten 
Island, but who travels occasionally in the West, is in 
Chicago to-day on his Avay west to St. Paul. Having 
time for a day's fishing, he asks me where to put in his 
day, and I have advised him to try the Mississippi River 
above La Crosse, Wis. Mr. Brown has laid in a supplv 
of the biggest bass flies he can find in Chicago, and will 
see if he can do some business with the small-mouths of 
the Mississippi. I hope he may have luck, for i fhe finds 
those fish iust right, he will have something to tell the 
folks back East. 
Mr. Harry Miner, of this city, has left to-day for his 
regular weekly trip to Burlington, Wis,, after bass. He 
has been having very good luck all the season, as earlier 
reported in these columns. 
Mr. Aleck Friend, of Chicago,, has gone to-day to the 
great distributing point of our bass fishermen. Lake Villa. 
Wis. This is the entering point for a large number of 
good bass waters, which lie at distances of one to eight 
miles around. 
Mr. H. M. Van Hoesen, of this city, has started for 
Round Lake, Wis., to try conclusions with the big-mouths 
for a coi^ple of days or so. 
Mr. Charles Oik, of Chicago, joins the procession for 
Lake Villa to-day, and will return, probably with a nice 
l)unch of bass,- some time in the earlier part of the weelc. 
Mr. H. Geissman, of Chicago, leaves to-day for Fox 
Lake and Nipper=ink Lake. III. where he will spend a few 
days fishing and looking around. 
Mr, Harry Greenwood, of Chicago, also goes to Fox 
Lake this afternoon, returning some time next week. 
Mr. Belasco, of the Chicago Fly-Casting Club, is yet an- 
other to try this same water this week. All these gentle- 
men wall give good account of themselves. 
Dr. F. R. Sherwood, of Chicago, left this week for a 
trip of some days to Star Lake, Wis., where he goes after 
bass and muscallunge. 
^ Mr. J. E. Hubbert, of Chicago, has started for De Pauw 
Camp, at Woodruff, Wis., where he will spend some days 
with his friends, Mr. De Pauw and family. 
Mr. D. B. Corwin, of Dayton, O., outfited here in 
Chicago for the plea^^antest trip of any of those mentioned. 
He goes to the mountains, his objective point being 
Steamboat Surin^s. Colo. You can't beat the mountains 
for the summer time. 
To-day I met my old friend, Charlie Burton, who used 
to be one of our most persistent fishermen some years 
ago. Charlie put in the Fourth of July perch fishing in 
Lake Michigan. To be called a perch fisher in this city 
is usually a term of opprobrium, but in perch fishing it is 
jtist a= it is in everything else. There is room at the 
top. Charlie and his friend, Mr. Hoyt, did not content 
themselves with dangling a line from the Government 
pier. They took a boat and went out on the bars off Fifty- 
first street, anchoring at the third buoy, and fishing in 
20 to 40 feet of water. Here they located the nerch — not 
little perch, but big ones, and lots of them. They used 
big minnows and g'^t good, big perch, bringing home 
■seventy large ones. The ordinary string of perch seen on 
the streets here is inqde up of little fellows not over 5 or 6 
inches long. Mr. Burton tells me they had some oerch" 
which Avere 14 inches long, and he described their dav as 
having been a very pleasant one. and by no means to be 
called devoid of sport. His only regret is that he sun- 
hunipd his wrist so badly that it is p-J^trt'^^Plv sore and 
Remedy for Sunburn. 
1 told Mr, Burton what to do about his case of sun- 
burn. I think I have earlier mentioned the same thing 
in these columns. We rather laugh at a man who wants 
to protect himself against sunburn, but, indeed, the effects 
of one's first day ot summer fishing are sometimes and to 
certain complexions so painful as to be almost serious. 
Mr. Burton's case of sunburn is something properly to be 
called serious, and requiring medical assistance. Some 
time ago a friend who saw how badly I was after a day 
of fishing in the glaring sun, told me to get a little bottle 
of linseed oil and limewater — an ounce of each — half and 
half, shake together. PIc said this would at once take 
out the "fire" of the sunburn. I tried it and found the 
remedy to be of marvelous quickness and efficiency. 
When one's face and neck are bli.stered from the sun, it 
need not be called undignified or unmanly to resort to this 
simple and very practical remedy. After using it you 
can get a night's sleep, and go fishing the next day with 
impttnity. I have tried this and know it to be good. 
E, Hough. 
Hartford Building, Chicago, lU. 
New Fishing: Grounds. 
QuKENSWATER, L. I., July 9. — A new fishing bank has 
been discovered in the ocean between Long Beach and the 
old Fishing Banks. The discovery was made by Capt. 
Henry Wright, while out in the auxiliary yacht Inner 
Beach, having on board the Charles Gardner Fishing 
Club. It was too foggy to see the landmarks and find 
the wreck of the Iberia or the old fishing grounds, and 
the party sailed about after weakfish. During a tem- 
porary calm and while jigging for weakfish, sea bass were 
hooked. Capt. Wright at once anchored, and upon in- 
vestigation found that he had struck a pocketful of fish. 
The party caught all they cared to. and after carefully 
marking the spot returned through the inlet to Queens- 
water. _ The new fishing place was named "Queenswater 
Ridge." It promises to be a favorite spot for local fisher- 
men. The party caught 185 weakfish and a great number 
of sea bass, etc. The members of the club are : Capt., 
Chas. Gardner; E. Housman, F. Coulon, F. Girdes 
Christ. McCue, F. Grifl^ths. G. Schilling, G. Dressel, .S. 
Marcus and Frank Doe. 
Menhadener*s Haul of Weakfish. 
Prince's Bay, Staten Island, N. Y.— Tuesday, July 3, 
the menhaden fishermen made a haul here in Prince's Bay 
with good results from their point of view. It was a haul 
of weakfish, and they quickly loaded a small steamer and 
sent them away, probably to Fulton Market. But the 
menhaden industry never catches or interferes with the 
food fish of our waters ; we must expel all such thoughts 
from our mind, because the people that run the business 
deny it from time to time in the daily papers. "You 
can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can't." 
etc. 
Weakfish are very plentiful in the bay at present, and 
are of large size, but don't seem to be biting very good 
yet. On the Jersey coast opposite our place "the farmers 
are taking wagon loads of weakfish every day to use as 
fertilizers on their farms, but that's Jersey" style, vou 
know. " " *** 
American Fisheries Society. 
The aunual meeting will be held at Wood's Holl, Mass.. 
July 18, 19 and 20. Our issue of last week contained a 
list of the papers to be read. In addition to that list there 
will be others: "Spawning Habits of the Large-Mouth 
Black Bass in the South," by J. Bayard Lamkin, of 
Georgia, and "Some Original Contrivances as LTsed at 
the l^ook Hatchery of the Plymouth Rock Trout Com- 
pany," by C. C. Wood, of Massachusetts. The subject 
"'Breeding Habits and Growth of the Clam," which in the 
list as published was assigned to Mr. Wood, will be dis- 
cussed by Dr. A. D. Mead, of Rhode Island. The officers 
of the Societj- are Jno. W. Titcomb, President, St, Johns- 
bury, Vt., and Seymour Bower, Secretary, Detroit, Mich. 
All persons interested in fishculture and the fisheries are 
invited to attend the meeting ; and membership in the So- 
ciety (annual dues one dollar) is open to all. 
New Jersey Coast Fishing. 
.\3BURY Park, N. J.; July 7.— But little has been the re- 
ward of the endeavors of the fraternicy during the past 
week as regards surf fishing. The prevailing west winds 
and scorching heat have caused the bass to take a leave of 
absence. Kmgfish, too, are quite scarce, although some 
few are taken each day. A great many New York city 
fishermen were with us on the Fourth, but the intense 
heat caused many to forsake the sport and seek the 
shade, and they had about equal success with those who 
stuck to their post, as but few fish were taken. 
Weakfish are biting well at Barnegat, and running fine 
in size and condition. Many anglers are now turning 
their attention to that body of water since the departure 
of the bass from along the coast. A few hours of easterly 
winds will again start the sport among the bass, and many 
an anxious eye is kept to windward each hour of the day 
and night. Leonard Hui.it. 
Long: Island Crabbing^. 
East Rockaway, L. I., July 7.— Small crabs are very 
plentiful and the boys are having plenty of sport catch 
them. They run up the creeks on the flood tide to feed 
and are caught by the ordinary crab net, after being en- 
ticed within its reach by a piece of meat attached" to a 
.short piece of fish line. 
In the hills of Virginia and West Virginia I remem- 
ber in my boyhood daj^s the little streams that were fed 
by springs, and favorite swimming holes could be found 
along them all. They were full of fish, and a source of 
delight to the young and old. After forty years' absence 
I revisited some of the same old streams.' The trees had 
been cut from the hillsides. The springs had dried up. 
The old swimming holes were gravelly and sandy wastes 
—as dry as Sahara, except where the channels were filled 
with muddy torrents for a few hours after a bie rain.— ■ 
Hon. John F. I^a^ey, addrefi? bpfofc A.merican Forestry 
/^-ssocjation 
Game Laws in Brief and Woodcraft Magazine. 
Contents for July. 
The Game and Fish Laws of the United States and 
Canada. 
Locusts and Wild Honey Mj'ron W. Reed. 
Hatter Billy and the Wolf Pit. . .Montgomery M. Folsom. 
A Japanese Duck Hunt... .....Andrew Haggard. 
Fishing for Berkshire Bass. Henry Guy Carleton. 
The History of an Old Friend Charles E. Whitehead. 
Blackcock Shooting in the Alps,.W. A. Baillie-Grohman. 
An Amateur Pearl Fisher H. Phelps Whitmarsh. 
Evening Harmonies. Charles Whiting Baker. 
Some West African Folk-Lore: 
The Spider and the Bearded Rock. 
The Spider and the Leopard. 
The Leopard and the Monkey. 
How Panthers Catch Monkeys Shikari. 
The Great Eagle of the Philippines C. J. Cornish. 
Imml 
Fixtures. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Aug. 21. — Emmetsburg, la. — ^Third annual field trials of the 
Iowa Field Trials Association. M. Bruce, Sec'y, Des Moines, Ieu 
Aug. 28.— Siou.x Falls, S, D. — Inaugural field trials of the South 
Dakota Field Trials Association. Olav Haugtro, Sec'y, Sioux 
Falls, S. D. 
Sept. 3-4. — La Salle, Manitoba, Can. — ^Vestern Canada Kennel 
Club's annual field trials. A. Lake, Sec'y, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 
Can. 
Sept. 6-7. — Brandon, Manitoba, Can. — Third annual field trials ol 
the Brandon Kennel Club. Dr. H. J. Elliott, Sec'y. 
Sept. 11. , Manitoba, Can. — Fourteenth annual field trials of 
the Manitoba Field Trials Club. Eric Hamber, Sec'y, Winnipeg, 
Manitoba, Can. 
Oct 30. — Senecaville, O. — Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Association's sixth annual field trials. A. C. Peterson, 
Sec'y, Homestead, Pa. 
Nov. 7. — Hampton, Conn.— Connecticut Field Trials Club's field 
trials. J. E. Bassett, Sec'y Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 
Nov. "7-8, — ^Lake View, Mich. — Third annual field trials of the 
Michigan Field Trials Association. E. Rice, Sec'y,' Grand Rapids, 
Mich. 
Nov. 12.— Bicknell, Ind.— Third annual field trials of the In- 
dependent Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, 
Ind. 
Nov. 13. — Chatham, Ont. — ^Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 16.— Newton, N. C— Eastern Field Trials Club's twenty- 
second annual field trials — Members' Stake. Nov. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec'y, Greenfield Hili, Conn. 
No. 20. , . — Illinois Field Trials Association's second 
annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec'y, Mattoon, 111. 
Nov. 20. — Ruthven, Ontario, Can. — Second annual field trials ot 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon, Jr., Sec'y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. 
Nov. 20. ■, Pa. — Central Beagle Club's annual field trials. A. 
C. Peterson, Sec'y, Homestead, Pa. 
Nov. 22.— Glasgow. Ky. — Kentucky Field Trials Club's annual 
field trials. Barret Gibson, Sec'y, Louisville, Ky. 
Nov. 27. — Paris, Mo. — Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Trials Association. L. S. Eddins, Sec'y, Sedalia, Mo. 
Nov. SO.— Newton, N. C— Continental Field Trials Club's sixth 
annual field trials— Members' Stake; Dec. 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec'y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 
Muzzling of Dogs Abroad. 
Washington, D. C. — At the instance of the Commis- 
sioners of the District of Columbia a State Department 
instruction was sent to certain Consular officers in Europe 
asking whether dogs are required to be muzzled in for- 
eign cities and if the results have proved satisfactory. 
In reply, Consul-General Mason writes from Berlin: 
In Berlin, Frankfort, and, so far as I know or can ascer- 
tain, in all cities and large towns of Germany, dogs are 
required to be muzzled whenever they are on the street 
or publice place, and this regulation is enforced in cities 
even w^hen the dog is led or held in leash by the owner, 
or is harnessed for working purposes to a cart or other 
vehicle. 
In Berlin every dog is subject to a tax of 20 marks 
($4.76) per annum. When this tax is paid the dog is reg- 
istered and the owner receives a small brass disk bear- 
ing the registered nunibei" of the animal, which must 
thenceforth be worn on its collar. The absence of either 
number or muzzle subjects the dog, when outside the 
mclosed premises of its owner, to immediate seizure by 
the dog police, who are a special branch of the municipal 
police appointed and qualified for that purpose. 
The effect of these regulations has been to practically 
exterminate stray and useless dogs, to restrict the dogs 
actually kept (i) to those of fine race owned by people 
in easy circumstances, (2) to those kept for hunting, and 
(3) to those used as working animals by milkmen, market 
men, butchers, peddlers, etc., in or near towns or cities. 
The ordinance is enforced with unswerving rigor and 
impartiality, and as a consequence hydrophobia is prac- 
tically unknown in Germany. 
Consul-General Osborne responds from London that 
he submitted the questions of the Department to the 
Board of Agriculture and they sent him copy of the 
rabies acts and a tabular statement of the number of 
cases in London during 1897, 1898 and 1899, showing 
that the operations of the Board, following upon the 
steps which had been taken by the local authorities of 
London to eradicate the disease, were attended with such 
success that no case of rabies has occurred within that 
area during the past year. The regulations governing 
the muzzling of dogs are summarized as follows: 
Any unmuzzled dog found by the police in a public 
place, not under the control of any person and not 
wearing a collar with the name and address of the owner, 
will be seized by the police, and the owner will be liable 
to a penalty not exceeding £20 ($97). 
No dog shall be allowed to be in or on any public place 
unless such dog is muzzled with a strong cage muzzle, so 
constructed as to render it imoossible fo*- the doar to bite, 
but so as not to prevent it breathing freely or lapping 
water. 
Any dog not muzzled may be seized, and if diseased it 
shall be slaughtered; if suspected, it shall be detained or 
dealt with as the council thinks expedient; if it is not 
diseased or suspected, it shall be detained for three days, 
and if not then claimed by the owner shall be slaughtered 
Qf tiispospd ?s the ^.oitncil deems expedient. In addli-? 
