Aug. 9, 1903. J 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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that fact, the Indian reached again into his gunny sack 
and pulled forth a third pint bottle full and untouched, and 
again was this bottle returned to its resting place minus 
half its contents. 
"A turn in the road brought lis to the trail where the 
Indian's way and ours parted, for only a little distance 
back in the woods was the Indian village. Before leaving 
the rig the Indian again re'ached into his storage ware- 
house and pulled out a fourth pint bottle of whisky un- 
opened. Holding it out to our gaze that we could be 
assured that it was a full bottle, he slipped it into the 
recesses of his blouse. Then gathering up his gunny sack 
he left the wagon and walked straight to a small brook 
by the roadside. As the horses inoved on we kept our 
gaze upon the Indian and saw him take the three half- 
emptied bottles and carefully replace the missing aqua 
fortis with aqim piira from the brook, and then jam the 
corks in good and hard, replacing the mixed drinks in 
his sack and moving along the trail to his village. 
"And this is the way it appeared to us — viz., that three 
other bucks tliirstj'^, but too lazy to go after it, placed in 
the hands of our late companion fitnds sufficient to secure 
four pints of whisky, one pint to be allowed the runner 
as commission for his trouble. 
"So having helped himself liberally to the whisky of 
his principals, he covered up his shortage as above de- 
scribed, and if any criticism was made on the weakness 
of the fire water, he no doubt blamed it upon the ras- 
c;i!ly liquor seller. 
"The Indian may be a child of nature and wholly un- 
sophisticated, but when it comes to a question of manipu- 
lating whisky he certainly is an adept." 
Charles Cristadoro. 
Fish Choke the Paddle Wheels of a Steamer* 
Yearly, as the dticks and geese hurry south, leaving 
freshly frozen rivers and lakes in their wake, we read of 
the farmer who goes early to the slough on his farm to 
break the ice that the cattle may drink. How that 
farmer notices the lake dotted with clumps of feathers, 
which on closer investigation turn out to be mallards and 
canvasbacks, frozen solid in the ice. And when he has 
chopped them all free his two-horse wagon load is all 
the team can haul. 
But down near New Orleans emanates the following, 
v.'ith all the ear marks of tritth : 
The high tides filled the sloughs with salt water and 
drove the buflalo fish into the fre,sh-water canal. Had 
tliere been' a few of them only things would have gone 
well, but as it was, the canal was literally choked with 
them and the breathing room in the water giving out 
myriads of them turned belly up. 
The pilot of the steamboat traversing the canal plowed 
his way through the dead and living fish alike, choking 
his paddle wheels and finally running aground upon a 
solid mass of dead and alive fish. 
The suffocating fish died and then the odor appealed 
to heaven. Darkie.s were hired to pitchfork them out 
upon the bank as they would throw hay, and lime was 
sprinkled on them. But this was slow and unsatisfac- 
tory, because there were six solid miles of fish in that 
■canal, Something had to be done, and it was proposed 
to cut 100 feet of levee and let in sufficient water to sweep 
the fish into the Gulf. Another proposition was to sta- 
tion a nimiber of large tuge in the river near the locks and 
flush the canal by pumping. I understand this latter plan 
was followed. 
The fact that these fish were buffaloes gives credence 
io the story ; one might readily believe it of carp. In fact, 
if the carp of the country could be driven into the Erie 
Canal, suffocated and flushed into the Atlantic Ocean, the 
country would be the gainer. The German carp, like the 
little German band, has become considerable of a nuisance, 
and we can easily dispense with them. 
Charles Cristadoro. 
The Connectic«t Wotm Law* 
I Editor Forest and Stream: 
Having read the editorial in last issue of Forest and 
Stream, in regard to digging sandworms in Greenwich, 
Conn., I thought perhaps I might be able to throw a little 
light on the subject. As I understand it, the law pro- 
hibiting the digging of sandworms was passed in order 
to protect the long clams. My informants are oystermen, 
and they claim that in digging the worms great havoc is 
wrought by disturbing the youiig clams — that all small 
clams thus disturbed die. Whether the law applies only 
to non-residents I have been unable to definitely ascer- 
tain, though I have carefully looked over the "Public 
Acts of the State of Connecticut" for the last four years. 
There ai"c some who claim that this law is simply a re- 
laliatory measure, That New York discriminates against 
non-residents thi'ough a like law. Whether this is true 
or not, I cannot venture to say. 
William H. Avis. 
HiGHWOOD, Gorm., July 21. 
The Big Fish Eat the Little Ones. 
Jamaica Plain, Mass., July 26. — ^While fishing for 
pickerel in Charles River yesterday, I found a dead 
pickerel. Its death had been caused by a smaller pickerel 
which the larger one had attempted to swallow. The 
larger pickerel would weigh about a pound, and the 
smaller one fully half a pound. 
Quail must have wintered well in this section, for wc 
can hear them calling from any part of the woods near 
the river. 
July-ig in going around a sharp bend we flushed four 
Avild ducks, and yesterday about half a mile from this 
point we saw a wild duck with her brood of three little 
,ones. 
The weather was just right for pickerel yesterday, and 
we captured thirteen. The bass have not been biting very 
good for the past two weeks, and a little sunshine will 
make fishing better in that line. I caught one small-moutfi 
black bass there last year that weighed four pounds two 
ounces. E. C. D. 
Fish-Scale Flowers. 
Domestic industries travel in a manner that often 
astonishes the careful student. The Indians of Venezuela 
and Northern Brazil have from time immemorial been 
skillful makers of fish-scale flowers and leaves. The 
denizens of the ocean in the tropics are notable for the 
color and brilliancy of their scales and fins, the range 
of chromatic tints, including pink, rose, scarlet, sky- 
blue, ultramarine, apple-green, emerald, and oHve-goId, 
orange, gray, lilac, and purple. The scales are easily 
fastened together or to wires with strong fish glue, 
which is singularly durable and permanent. The indus- 
try passed to the West Indies, where it was adopted by 
the Spaniards, and during the Cuban War came over 
to the mainland and found a home in Florida. In the 
present year it. has come northward, and now finds a 
habitation in New York city. 
One of the shops is not far from the Waldorf-Astoria, 
and is presided over by a clever nimble-fingered woman 
whose work table looks almost as delicate as a jeweler's. 
Her tools arc a pair of scissors, a needle and thread, 
cloth or thread-wrapped wire, wire cutters, glue pot 
and brush, and some compressors for changing the 
curvature of the scales. The scales themselves are usual- 
ly flat when they reach the operator, and must be con- 
caved or curled in order to simulate petals, sepals, and 
many forms of leaves. A finished flower possesses a 
fantastic beauty which is unique. The shape and color 
of the vegetable world are present, but there is a cer- 
tain transparency to all the tissues, a firmness to the 
lines, and a resilience to the leaves and blossoms which 
are never found in the floral kingdom. The play of color 
is often startling, and sometimes so brilliant, and yet 
so subdued, as to seem a new variety of the best and 
richest mother-of-pearl. — Evening Post. 
The Lttck of a Pearl Hunter* 
Chicago, 111., July 24.— It might come under the classi- 
fication of "Lucky Finds of Sportsmen," or then it might 
come under the general classification of hard luck stories. 
The facts are these : Tamis Haines is a clam fisher of the 
upper Mississippi River, and has been for some years. A 
week ago he took his net results of pearls, which he had 
been some months abstracting from clam shells, and went 
to Minneapolis to have a look at the city. He sold his 
pearls to a local dealer for $100, the latter not discovering 
in the lot anything of special value to his notion. Then 
along came the agent of Tiffany's, of New York, who ex- 
amined the sweet water pearls which had been collected 
by this same local dealer in Minneapolis. Without much 
ado the Tiffany man sorted out a single pearl from the 
bunch which Tamis Haines had sold for $roo, and paid the 
Minneapolis man $1,500 for the same, without batting an 
eye. Tamis, according to last accounts, is still fishing for 
clams on the upper Mississippi. 
Good Fishing^ in Buffalo* 
Buffalo, July 30. — Although practically no perch have 
been caught in Niagara River this season owing to the 
numerous rains that roiled the water, residents on the 
cast side of Buffalo are able to get the toothsome fish 
without any effort. They arrange with the water de- 
partment to turn on a hydrant almost anywhere in the 
Broadway district and the fish will be thrown wriggling 
into the gutters by the stream. Nearly all the service 
pipes leading from the mains to the houses are clogged 
with perch, so much that it is impossible in some places 
to get any water. The fish average about six inches in 
length. The water department has not yet discovered 
how the fish got into the pipes. — N. Y. Sun. 
Kawartha Lakes* 
Clevelanb, O., Aug. 3. — I am contemplating a trip 
to Canada about Sept. i in quest of good bass and mas- 
kanonge fishing, and at present have two places in view, 
viz., Bobcageon and Burleigh Falls, in the Kawartha 
Lakes district, but having no knowledge of which is 
the best point, except from railroad folders, I would be 
pleased indeed if some of the Forest and Stream read- 
ers would enlighten me as to the merits of either or both 
places, stating whether good bass fishing may be had, 
also if guides are necessary. 
A. N. WiRLS, 
SO Bank street, Cleveland, O. 
Staten Island Fishingf 
Great Kills, S. I., N. Y., Aug. i. — Weakfish are run- 
ning very good at Great Kills, S. I. All boats got large 
catches to-day. M. Fitzgerald. 
The Lobster Hatchery. 
Jfrotn the London Chronicle, 
' ' Nature grim, in remorseless mood, 
\ Undoes the work that she has done. 
And out of every lobster brood 
|i Slays ninety-nine and keeps but one. 
■ 1 
Art stretches o'er the horrid scene 
? Her skillful and remedial sway — 
■f And when I speak of "Art" I mean 
% The Fish Commission, U. S. A. 
It takes the tender lobsterlet, 
' And gives him food and kind advice, 
5 Changes his boots if they are wet, 
\ -\ Brushes his hair and makes him nice. 
'■ t And lo, this baby of the sea 
■ ' In gratitude begins to thrive ; 
Where one per cent, it used to be, 
Fifty, all fat, remain alive. 
% O noble work, heroic, grand, 
That saves in scientific ways 
Those little lisping lobsters, and 
Keeps them for me and mayonnaise. 
— ^ — 
Fixtures. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Sept. 8-lL— Toronto, Can.— Twelfth annual show of the Toronto 
Industrial Exposition. Fred Jacobi, Sec'y- 
Oct. 7-9.— Danbury, Conn.— Danbury Agricultural Society's show. 
John W. Bacon, Treas. 
Oct. 8-11.— Dallas, Tex.— Fifth annual show of the Texas Kennel 
Club. Geo. W. Clayton, Supt. 
Oct. 21-24.— Frederick, Md.— Frederick County Agricultural^ So- 
ciety's annual bencli .show. J. Roger McSherry, Supt. 
Oct. 21-24. — New York.— Ladies' Kennel Association of America's 
show. Miss M. K. Bird, Westbury, L. I., Hon. Sec'y- 
Nov. 26-29. — Philadelphia. — Philadelphia Dog Show Association's 
show. M. A. Viti, Sec'y. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Aug. 19.— Einraetsburg, la.— Iowa Field Trial Association's (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) fifth annual trials. Louis 
Stuehmer, Sec'y, Emmetsburg, la. 
Aug. 26. — Salem, S. D. — South Dakota Field Trial Association's 
(member of the American Championship Club) third annual trials. 
E. H. Gregory, Sioux Falls, S. D. 
Sept, 2.— Inaugural trials of the Minnesota-North Dakota Field 
Trial Association. Dr. W. A. Moore, Sec'y, St. Paul, Minn. 
Sept. 4.— Carman, Man,— Sixteenth annual trials of the Manitoba 
Field Trials Club. Eric Hamber, Sec'y, Winnipeg. 
Sept 11.- , Man.— Fifth annual trials of the Brandon Kennel 
Club. Dr. II. Tames Elliott, Sec'v, Brandon, Man. 
Sept. 11.— 0"'Neill, Neb.— Nebraska Field Trial Association's 
inaugural chicken trials. M. H. McCarthy, Sec'y. 
Oct. 20.- — , . — Western Field Trial Association's second 
annual trials. C. W. Buttles, Sec'y, Kansas City. 
Oct. 27.— Paris, Mo. — Missouri Field Trial Association's (member 
of the American Championship Club), sixth annual trials. L. S. 
Eddins, Sec'y, Sedalia, Mo. 
Oct. 27.— Washington C. O., Ohio.— Monongahela Field Trial 
Club's field trials. A. C. Peterson, Sec'y. 
Oct. 28. -Whitby Island, Wash.— Pacific Northwest Field Trials 
F. R. Atkins, Sec'y. Seattle, Wash. 
Nov. 3. — Robinson, III. — Illinois Field Trial Association's (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) fourth annual trials. W. 
R. Green, Sec'y, Marshall, III. 
Nov. ,3.— Lake View, Mich.— Michigan Field Trial Association's 
(member of the American Championship Club) fifth annual trials. 
C. D. Stuart, Sec'y, Benton Harbor, Mich. 
Nov. 10.— Bicknell, Ind.— Independent Field Trial Club's (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) fourth annual trials. 
H. S. Humphrey, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Nov. 11.— Hampton, Conn. — Connecticut Field Trial Club's trials. 
F. W. Smith. Sec'y, New Haven. 
Nov. 10. — Ruthven, Ont.— North Americaii Field Trial Associa- 
tion's (member of the American Championship Club) fourt.h 
annual trials. Richard Bangham, Sec'y, Windsor, Ont. 
Nov. 11. — St. Joachim, Ont. — International Field Trial Club's 
fourteenth annual trials. W. B. Wells. Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 17. — Glascow, Ky. — Kentucky Field Trial Club's_ (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) third annual trials. F. 
W. Samuel. Sec'v. Louisville. Kv. 
Nov. 18. — Ruthven, Out:.— Fotirth annual trials of the North 
American Field Trial Chib. Alfred Wigic, Sec'y, Windsor, Ont. 
Nov. 20. — Manor, L. I. — Pointer' Club of America's (member of 
the American Championship Club) second annual trials. R. E. 
Westlake, Sec'y, Scranton, Pa. 
Nov. 24.— Washington C. H., Ohio.— Ohio Field Trial Associa- 
tion's (member of the American Championship Club) fifth annual 
trials. C. E Bauehn. Se<-'v. 
Dec. 1. — Washington C. H., Ohio. — American Championship 
Field Trial Club's second annual trials. Chas. B, Cooke, Sec'y, 
Richmond, Va. 
Dec. 1. , — . — . — Interstate Championship Field Trial 
Association's second annual trials. C. D, Cooke, Sec'y. 
Dec. 15. — Huntsville, Ala. — Alabama Field Trial Club's (member 
of the American Championship Club) thitid annual trials. John 
F. Fletcher, Sec'y, Birmingham, Ala. 
Virgfinia Field Trials Association. 
Richmond. Va., July 31. — I inclose clipping from to- 
day's Dispatch, .showing the organization of the Virginia 
Field Trials Association, which starts off with very bright 
prospects. 
The gentleman elected president, Mr. Wm. H. Col- 
quitt, is an old-time sportsman, although a young man. 
He was the original owner of Count Gladstone IV., and 
is still posted in dog matters generally. 
Chas. B. Cooke. 
The Virginia Field Trials Association was organized 
recently at an enthusiastic meeting of sportsmen. The 
Association starts out with encouraging prospects and the 
list of possible members includes all of the well-known 
sportsmen of the State. 
Letters were read from gentlemen in various sections of 
the State, offering their co-operation and support, and it 
is quite likely that by the time the bird season opens the 
Association will be one of the largest in the country. 
The meeting last night was called together by Mr. 
Cooke, and Mr. J. C. Tignor was elected temporary chair- 
man and Mr. Todd temporary secretary. Upon motion of 
Mr. Vaughan, the Association was formed, and Mr. W- 
H. Colquitt was elected President, and Messrs. W. W. 
Collins, of Houston, and Clarence W. Robinson, of New- 
port News, Vice-Presidents. Mr. Charles B. Cooke was 
elected Secretary and Treasurer, and the Executive Com- 
mittee, as elected, embraces the above, and Messrs. J. T. 
Tignor and John Jackson, of Richmond, and George C. 
Herring, of Harrisonburg. 
The Richmond members of tiie Executive Committee 
and the Richmond officers were named as a Committee on 
By-Laws and Membership. They will meet in the next 
few days and formulate a report to be presented to a 
meeting of the Association at Tignor's on Friday night of 
next week. 
Mr. Cooke read a letter from Mr. Edward Herbert 
Manle, manager for Mr. William C. Whitney, inviting the 
Association to hold its first trial at the Bellesville pre- 
serves. 
Ohio Field Trials Association. 
CiRCLEViLLE, O., July 31. — Editor Forest and Stream,: 
On account of my being absent in the Northwest for 
some weeks, please announce through your columns that 
Mr. T. D. Krinn, of Circleville, O., will act as secretary 
of the Ohio Field Trials Association during my absence. 
.A.11 inquiries for entry blanks and general information 
should be addressed to him. C. E. Baughn, 
Secretary Ohio Field Trials Association. 
All communications intended for Forest and Stream should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New 
York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. 
