Lm 1 ’ nnt PreS . eat l0CalHy U U t0 b ° trU9ted that McBride 
will not ouly retain her former extensive patronage but will 
be able to secure a large portion of new business. ' 
Another Fine Salmon Painting.— “After the Ro»n„». - 
the title which Mr. Waiter M . Brackett ha, given 
STVT? for A '"“ z 
i“ B0Sl0n lhc P« ™*. attracting crowd, o“ 
wemiall hi', 3 maMerl ProdUCt,0n8 ' " hicl > “ JpIS “hen 
The subieef represeQtatloa of “killingasalmon.- 
Tcly sho e ’nn, r rUa **■ **• to 5afe * ^ upon a 
rocky shore, pa.tly overgrown with weeds and grass • beside 
h™ he. the rod and reel. A fo.ming rapid arnfa .thlW 
oZZ T ? rcflectod the “geandforaBt of the 
opposue shore, with a bit of blue sky in the distance, make up 
the background. The fish, however, is the all-absorbing idea 
and t „ difficult to say which most challenges our admiru- 
of rfe V' 8 f“ mClry ° f his fori “- ‘be endless variety 
of tints w th winch kif, coat of mail actually sparkles. The 
wonderful irndescence which constitutes one of the principal 
charms Of a salmon fresh from the sea, is renderedwilh an 
ar intic skill, which I venture to say has never been equalled 
bv I tkmrn \ g ' Umrk shows that he ^ been captured 
by a skUlfuiang 1 .,-; not a drop of blood mars tbe purity of 
his silvery s.de. Although Mr. Brackett has for years stood 
without a rival as a puinter of game fish vet tnu r • . 
not fail to add greatly to bis already enviable repElff 11 ' 
Towing Extraordinary— Very Much r, M , m 
miie tire nckooaer G. Coweii ™ 
ota r » 
parted e and V o Pt ^ ^ ^ ^ witha J erk -’ some’thin. 
found that a kink in th^ 
cable had got round a whale’s tail. Whether whales can be 
made useful in towing schooners has yet to be daH?L; i 
Tke slory date, from July 15ik, aad tL Mew VmkZ re 
S? the fact. We have ioag wanted ,ome kild eeon^mt 
cal traction for our State canals. 
FOl^ST AND STRF.AAf 
sportsmen's clubs and a eonuuitico on the game ll v* 0 f o ‘“1^ *’ 
when w.sol, agreed upon ^termination to carry out the laws 
E. J. UOOPKB. 
Halting mid Ranting. 
HIGH WATER FOR TOE WEEK. 
47 
French petulant*. DSed “ “ n equivalent of the 
- * - - 
**«*•» for Febm- 
aud little known group of ext^n i ? d ° f a v,r > '“‘er, sting 
ooverl, s which have recently been n nl T 8 ' Ualo8a,lr,a - The dia- 
°I bed containing new and Wndtrful form, f ?' "*** Mou “ u ‘ u region 
porta m, an, | will, no doubt befo,» l * f ° f 1,118 order Brc mo.t Ira- 
^oa. of information coneernl^ with a great 
kuow so lime, sonic questions .m,, e '.°T “ f wl,lcl1 81 Present we 
the bed Which yield the rcmalu 8 u na , r° aT “ 8 ‘° tlle *«* ot 
Cope declares them to bo lower ceia^ML TT?*"' fur - "’bile Piof. 
recent number of the a m.rUan Journal ot'ZJ' * 08 noted ln “ 
to b. d upper JurnsMo. Dr.T. II. st reels contra tT' an " 0,,n< es ‘heir age 
n ' The Discolored Waters of ihcGuif Tf n " Interesting article 
,lld one on ,ho •• Dlstrlba.lon If ,or “ la -" 88 " Frof . j. B . 

Date. 
Bouton. 
AVio York. 
Charleston 
Feb. 22 
Feb. 23 
Feb. 24 
Feb. 25 
Feb. 20 .. 
Feb. 27 
H. M. 
3 03 
3 89 
4 63 
0 01 
7 19 
3 19 
8 19 
u! m7 
M 
0 49 
1 87 
a 35 
3 40 
4 49 
5 4S 
U. M. 
11 24 
M 
0 62 
1 69 
3 03 
4 12 
0 us 
fishing snoods. 
W H I LE Wri T llng ab0Ut Cullectiu S the c^oZoffb^iLL 
I was reminded of two letters lately published 
mtheFoRESTANDSTREAM-onefromMr YVm r< r ; P f r d 
the other from Dr. Richardson, of Toronto, Canada. M r (tart 
interesting letter describes well the way of nmkinrr' V 
from the worm, and also describes some lengthy ones°f3o 
inches long) in his possession. Now, „ a far M *j £ 
Ur. Kiebarcison, in his letter, mentions the Atti^.o 
put, of Ohio, and proposes to cultivate it f °' 
making long and stoutfisbiug snoods. I (La here 
Doctor that they can be procured in thin , orm ^ 
Mas 
north as parallel 43 deg. 6o mio. ’ n iIlckl ° aa as f “r 
As this plant furnishes him liis most acceDtahle fonri t i 
no doubt he will be found wherever the h.,. fin i f i I 1 have 
Several years ago Dr. T. GarliS oron^ abounds, 
house. He fed them mostly oS (heTa^s of^he^? 111 iu his 
the currant bush and the snow-ball shrub. Th^do? oToS 
informed me that he could make snof,d 0 ?, . oc,ur ofleu 
three feet long, and „s . S rSl S rpi,lai 
the best gut in the present market is in itf strong ? U ‘,“ S 
From my own experimcuts and what t i °, n{5esc P ar ts- 
learned from Dr. Giulick, I am confident that kad P revious| y 
snood lor the fly fi.her cm be made from tlhs sow™ S “S“i 0 f 
em *“ TOt 
la continuation I will say that the catermlkr of tho 
cecropia ,s about three times the lcmgtb anc? bffik lfLlw, l M 
mon silk worm ( Bombyx mori), from wffich^ iSe ^snoods of C °S' 
'abundance!*' 1 J ° U m “ y be 8ure “ li ” d ?n 
fJi:. E. Sterlino. 
hninn 7. y,lcllt Addio Voorhis, Seawanhaka Y 
be lengthened, re-rlgfed as a schooner and re -Samei 
-The annual regatta will take 
1 be steam yacht Lurline has been sold hv Ar^ di t 
P hoenix to Mr. Piore Lorillurd, N Y Y. C. 7 P 
Brooklyn Yacht Club 
place J une 18. 
A Schooner in a Marl Bed. — T he Lumberton, N. C 
f , , aCC ° Unt ° f a sdhooner found a strange place’ 
disc 1 frCa di ° f Wle WlIld9 ’ WaV6S UDd 5510(19 are occasionally 
fcfroph? attaXed' 0 ^ ““ Ci ' CUM ““ S 
" S0 “ e S '?* 
miles northeast in L,umoi-rton ? .N f' near *ihp cs 
threartr: d S H? edded ’ eiglU 0r tea ^ below the . face'oi' 
£ jSh'iteYo^dS 81 'u'TTf 1 8hapc - 5ix *“ “ 
..the surrounding^ marTnnd the n'Tsl^fk™ JvhfwS 
various’kind^f’hon^’antlteeth^io^^and’iiear ik" 0re were 
Loh^iana State Rowing Association.— The State re 
pJSiecJ Ih?/".? ! early in the SCrtson - and there is every 
mg one COtum « seas0u will be an unusually interest 7 
M ew SJublicatioitf. 
CALIFORNIA SALMON FISHING 
THE GAME LAWS. 
AND 
lomm Forest s»n 8 T„ B an . S “ I '““” ,SC0 ' ^ “• 
In our bay, and afforded nnn , 5 ’ a PP eare, l In the winter season 
lu auy numbers. At present l " 1Ve “ ?t yet “ ,rivcd 
been taken by elgaVlr^n ml Mo tl “o T" t,ireeaday " av « 
taken are larger tiian usual belnv „i th ® fow wbloli have been, 
whereas, lu former years, the’yLvouid S tttPe ° r f ° Ur pouuders ' 
We are all at a !o3 9 to account lor their acarelfv flb ° Ut T " UUU "- 
small numbers cannot be altogether saMsfaefoniJ 8 / 08 ^ TU °' r Ve ' 7 
destruction at young llali by the small nn ,i ■ / I trHce< ,0 ,tl0 great 
used by the Italian ami Chinese Oahellnen bII« W me , 3 " l!S °' ^ ne,s 
,or Tto «« JS5SSS3KST*' 
Fish, of coarse, change their feedlmr ^ 
* ieeuuig grounds, «nd are directed in 
w ™r r : a /s^jz?h^ “£ New yoa 
Sf* ,,, " rls,a ' T, »'' »B* fad, Z*. 
nay Judge, accurate schedules or routes, fares, eto., with a comnlete 
dl wlilm 013 a, ‘'! ' VlDter boardln 8'k ou s e 3. The Intending vlauorwIU 
LTIlrS,::^ 9 ° f U ' e * Pathfinder," and tlL tourist Will 
ir St RVARD f IsDEx ~ U is th e custom of the students of near- 
y every one of our colleges to Issue a student’s catalogue which shall 
ST-™ HUtl Mltab ' e "«««>-*»“ informaln not m be 
if me nir :: c r:r ge cataiogue ' Ti,e r,,,ux ^ a ^ 
C °" ege kterary aud social as- 
the C^d smdeT “ 8 ma,t6r of - more tl,a u transient value to 
u 2?,“* Biolyoling Journal, published at Boston, 
11 intended to cater to the Interests of tho velocipede riders ThI 
I - "’ l .' h av81 ' iely ot “•**•« relating to this theme, and will 
Ilv lin a , Unlltei1 clrculal,on among the devotees of the swiftly 
W* have received from T. B. Peterson & Co., Philnddnhia. 
•The Devoted Bride,” a nogel, by St. George Tucker, of Virginia. P 
h T*l E ^ S ‘ ATEDR ’ 8 Manual; Or, Specific Mating of Thorough- 
KJS5 hoTho In tl0 h , V0, r° C ° Utam * praotlc “> Sections fX 
U hP * a ,hor °ughbred vaneUes of fowls. The book Is the result 
of boa ho sown experience, and will doubtless prove a valuable 
sssi 1 'ssxsi ? c,,oice pou,tr " - pa -- “ 
Th e Popular Science Monthlff Supplement is always inter- 
wlan'.n TT n,ecren,u or w " a » appears la the English journals. 
Y\ i can coll atteutlon ouly to two or three of the articles In the Fetru- 
:\7'!TT, r : V T ry ma * bel ' veoa u< oovers is wen worth rea!ung. 
That article which will be found of greatest Interest to the major ItVo 
our readers is ent.tled “Dog Poison lu Man." by Henry W. Acland 
M.D. This essay, which Is reprinted from tho Conl.^Larj, fovUu. 
! ke thfr ft 8 ' 80,ne ,en ® ,,, ' and lu 8 "muncr somewhat nu- 
1 f! i iLr nT‘ ? “^i' 60 '" 1 Wllcr on l " c s u bJ( c l with whom we 
are familiar Dr. Aeland gives some Interesting statistics lu reference to 
If ‘l 8 ,? d ‘,!? 0Wl1 ' 8, am0Ug ,,ther 'k |n E 8 i that from 1850 to 
me the annual deaths from hydrophobia In that country were one to 
SSSIS T ***■ ° lhw lmereS,lDg puin,s - 1,ave no apace 
The “ Little Health of Ladles,” by Francis Power Cobbe, Is also from 
the Contemporary Rtview, and treats an important subject ln what 
would seem to the average male Intelligence a very sensible fashion. 
Todd one on the ” Distribution of Thmber Prof J ‘ B - 
Iowa;- but tho most inter., ting panorC L " of Pralr les In 
United States Survey of the Terrliorics " by d TTvT Uo,M * ° n lhe 
«hlcU Is really a sort of advance renort .i, S ^ v - H.-yim. i ,„ 8> 
the work accomplished by tho Mirv'-y dmoi th!T “ ^ Ck ‘ Ur 1,k ' a uf 
splendid work done, by this survey in the nf.t IT ,car ’ lS ”’ Tl ‘o 
of Its publications are a s„u,co of | ride m , T* "*^ rb c " aractfir 
mon in Ameilcu, and it is ex.rolu 8u tS- t o ‘ l ” ft!l 8clemlflo 
past years- work has been very «ncce>,fui y kn0Tr tllrtt l bo‘r 
Heecnt Llieraitire coniams notices of i 
issued, whue Genera, Notes contra a 
,48 Sre Y oiU T Anywhere, any. 
Church, New York. The World lire rallona b y F ’ s - 
ba F V^ oru .0 New York World 
humorous kind, have furf.wLd ,m B,or “ , "«* «'omo. 
with au endless source^ 2 re8ll0r8 ° f l "° ** 
these clever bits of fun ami satire ‘ Lai “ f * au > tUe author of 
There Is a solemn farclcullty abunt these of />i"Hut originality, 
duces honest merriment ah those »m « * " ' dcl1 lnvar| “bly pro 
believe, as inculcated by ZZ T wWuh ara 'aught 
persistently Into us than for the reunn thL' ITT" tbcy Wero ha "‘uiercd 
posely perver-ed and upset 5 Mm fmde , !Z “ re pur - 
lt is not the lortolse which wins hut the h*. “ reaU<1 the tortol *o. 
crow the old crow cannot he guilod S the f v ,hffl fox und t,ls 
tho fox Insists on It, only after *• n» lu cro " r will ring If 
on the Llmirof a Tree -• Skta ^ 8 88,(5 ««• 
fluence they once ha.i in this wUifand the i m 0, T W0,,,lers at ‘ho In- 
duce now. Did the literary allegory rind m f eff T* theT w,mId P r,> 
masters that no one has ever at tLJrcl to dolhe’llke f° Uta, "° 8UCU 
return to these lessons, when growu In 2 2 ** * 7 Stm w0 
to us In our days of chlldhoo.l, and unwmm^l wV h e °“ ,ln P ar,od 
Lanegau, It Is llkeiv, may become ti, . n U ° y ' use tbe fable. Mr 
os did the great Spaniard, knight eiTanTr? U MV^h bl T’ " rrlt ' D ‘ C tlU5m 
are fully up in cleverness to th! text, and boffi iha am ‘ “ ,IIUalrttUou8 
BlT ^rS E pia^^r * 
London, Paris and New York. ’ 61 tr ® Gulpm, 
cruelt/oT Socles 11 'tJoTu P S e“S n Unneue888r y amr >dnt of 
onely, a horse shoul.l hold Ids head nSSa l/L^Lm n"™ * '° Uk 
bis bit, fleck himself with foam an I th ,r ,eh i ' * h u ' 0,l8in P 
Idnd legs should assume any other position than th fore 80(1 
follow fashion In the harnesslmr of „?! '" e U8tural ono - We 
in neco. dunce win. the dictites of fhe tuilor^o 'T T C '° h " 0llr ' ielvc8 
discard what Is uncomfortable or hurtful to on? SiiMhe^ 1 *. T “* 1 
have no such power of exoreasimr n, A . n aim, the poorbeuan 
..™ io. j;r:: z: zz rn rsr 
-learned his lessons on horachu k W-nderW„J T, W 08,07 
land, Jogging along on his horse, Wesley rnoa ly rode wfth b '°T, Eo * llf h 
the bridle of his horso hanging unea-e.i f . r ? , th book ln “and, 
"Why.” a-lted.lohnW.sle, ? «u n ti!J L T? ° ^ Dect • 
Thinking over it, the great leader ot Moth „i, U M ® noVur 8lunj blos ?•» 
II was because "he rode his horse with a lj 0 «e ZrSll*' Zr ‘n e " at 
the author of the pan* under review, may be a, id , 0r ’ 
the Ural who, In EngUnd, U<rected attention io r,!J d Uavu bee " 
the bearlug-relu and the exaggerated b.u In common u.? T"' e<1 br 
-slonal letter of Mr. Flower’s, addressci to the London T™ ° CCi: * 
other leading Journals In England. Ur.r awaked? SnSSU f“" U 10 
poor horses, so that, at present the s-uui.m* T'i 7 p hy ,or th0 
lag every aetton of the horse h, me.ua of ovei-dgur^Vrim'" 6 '' 
terriblo bits Is looked on with increasing disfavor Lr a rT. ° r 
said something about bearlng-rolna and the peopm ^ ' sTi I e ' ,,a 
which la quite pertinent, sir Arthur declared thJ wh n h , D ’ 
cqulpago where the horses were suffering from ti„n , T . 7 ““ 
the owner of such horses must b. ** . irn#,r K J 1 "‘“ring-rcma that 
ought r 0 observe, or ver/ Ignorant of what he o£ST£ tao*i T* ^ 
pous or cruel » • • When I observe B Wuo ' v - or P°m- 
MEbt bearmg-reln Is used I ,rraI1 " a81 
know who are the greatest fools London in !, 
Apart from the cruelty of the use of the h urlug rein , ! „ J 
pie do not know, is that lt,s the cause of disease In' the m Le * tT' 
leading English veterinary surgeon, Mr. GUI, asserts thlr Vh 
the bearing rein Induces ” roaring, apoplexy eon. . b ° Q8e of 
frvnSS is;; ■ ,“r-, 
sure.those who continue to use this torturing Instrument have ™ n 
ot the pain they are Inflicting, otherwise they would abolfsh this ^ 
necessary portlou of the harness consigning it to the ,7° , h Qn ‘ 
Burditlcs.” Now, people who hlvn cJfSSjI “ ol *‘1?™ ab ‘ 
they do not drive themselves, ought lo know wflut they S W f e , n 
absurd to trust all matters relative to one’s horses mL, ““ 
alone. It Is both a sin and shame that people do uoi hocom!,T“ C “"T 
w.th the anlma's who labor for t„!, u . P PoJiosV TuTnlT^ 
Flower has compiled his work, and we trust that not one of ou/reade™ 
tvho uses a horse, lu harness or otherwise, for their pleasure or 
will fail to read how they should rein lu or bit their hor s cs. P ’ 
Upland Game Birds and Water Fowl op thf TT».™r, 
States, a. Pope, J r . Published by Scribner Armufn. 
& Co., New York, 1378. ° ULr - Armstrong 
The second pan of this series Iws Just been received bv 
point of perfection of Illustration, is quite equal lo the Initial nTZ. 
The subjects chosen are precisely such as allow of th B r i numbere * 
Th. tns.et browa Jo., .S^," ‘“J"' 1 ;** 
la contrasted with the finely. feathered mallard duck Ti.«r« ,1 g6, 
less Innocence lu the look of a woodcock, with Ida ri.„, . , 8 “ * u "°" 
dainty step, which Mr. Dope has most cleverly delineated! 0 The 'ams't 
sportsman seems to have the faculty of hittiueoT th.. , 7 . 1 8 
allty of each species in the ornithological family » P ® be l “‘ Uvl,lu ’ 
.* * ™ toil's 
