forest and stream. 
comes lending lip I lie homestretch, and the shouts of the 
crowd at your success is quite enough at the momont to ex- 
pel any other sensation, and hy the time the saddling bell 
had rang for the “Skelter," the last and most important 
race of the day, what with a little luck and plenty of cham- 
pagne I had attained that serenity of mind when every- 
thing is cole it r dc roue; and I felt as confident of carrying 
over my costume and walked up the course to where Safety 
Valve was being saddled, out of the crowd. No less than 
thirty-six of us “sported silk" for the race, and n motley 
crowd we were ns wc faced the starter and waited for the 
word "go." As in a long race of this description a good 
“send otf" was not much of an object, there was very little 
pushing for the lead, and no trouble experienced in getting 
us off. My own pre-arranged tactics being of the waiting 
order, after the lirat rush I quietly pulled Safety Valve to 
the rear and en joyed the fun. The pace was very moderate 
ami allowed of an unlimited indulgence in mild chaff The 
champagne and jumping powder had began to tell and 
although the whole parly managed to clear the first hurdle 
the next impediment, a mud wall with a ditch on the near 
side, Drought the first installment to grief. The be 9 t 
mounted and coolest heads had nothing to do but sit still 
and pick out the clear spots, while the majority, who were 
riding only for the fun of the thing, rushed so at the jumps 
that the tails were neither few or far between It takes 
a great deal, however, to stop a Tartar pony, and when a 
rider held on to his reins, he was soon mounted and under 
way again. My pet was going “like a bird," and by the 
tune we had completed I lie first circuit I had drawn into a 
a good place among the leading half dozen, eomprbmuMl.c 
ere me d, la rr, me of the Shanghne stables. Old Toots on 
us dun, ‘Sit-on-is-ed 1,” and Briggs on “Dout-it-im"-from 
the same stable, looked with astonishment at the little 
grey griffin who was holding his own so well with their 
tried rucers. Then there was the “Ghicken" on “Ozone " 
and Fungus on “Cossack;" Boro-Gooth on “Boo- Trotter " 
and Smith, the crack jockey, on “Dick Swivelfer whom 
I looked upon as my own most dangerous opponent Hav- 
ing the course almost t« ourselves, although we shortly 
caueht up wiili the rear guard of those who had not vet 
been around steam was put on and the real raciim com- 
menced. 1 he excitement was intense, and we could hear 
the shouts of those on the stand as each jump was negoti- 
ated. roots came to grief at the double, an awkward 
jump of two walls and ditches with just landing 8pilC e 
between them. At the post and rails “Cossack* came 
down a cropper, ami I could just feel my pony's heels 
strike as he cleared it. We had now but half a mile to go 
and knowing that we could stand the pace, I determined to 
take the lead and keep it. riio rest of the jumps were 
easy until we approached the grand stand, almost in front 
of which was the water jump, followed by a short run to 
the winning post. Ins jump, originally prepared for the 
English and Australian Steeple Chase horses, was some 
eighteen or twenty feet til width, twenty two they called 
it, but 1 doubt ll it was so much ; a moderate jumpenough 
fora W, hut rat her too much for a thirteen hand pony 
U‘ ,ld , I 1 tl,e . cu,lom Skelter for the ponies to 
scramble in and out ngain. The ducking received bv the 
riders added to the amusement or the lookers o. 1; but on 
one memorable occasion a pony, “Gabriel Junks" byname 
Imu successfully cleared the entire jump. I ),«,! 
termmed if there was likely to be a close finish to attemot 
the same feat. On we came with a terrific rush 1 had 
were output* thank'r i 5 J,,red 
didatc for the M k , ^ od y° u won 1 be a cm- 
l,c ^ero Still r I fisked . 
about you^nd f ^ 1 Mv m Jld in ffi]o S1,C W “ awfully cut 
track there i v I’ j 1 fellow, you’ve got Hie inside 
a note in the offii r “ ade a T n awfuI nss of myself. There’s 
hack Chin rld^Tbu/ 011 ’ } ser,d if over as soon as 1 net 
„., n ' „ 1 . c , 11 Ttckson ; keep your pluck up and I'll 
TnnlZ ,n -' he evenin S and give you all the gup " 
was wo^dTfXws: b ° y r ° lUrned W,l “ the leUtr ’ which 
Tickson:— I cannot tell you how sorry I am 
10 K° » w »y without seeing yon. I would have 
weie miMr n el?n u n 'f ns i lmd tUev not a3,ar ‘-’ d me that you 
r»ln o y 1 ^ <lan s er > ,llld would be sent to Japan 
“ r °®“, y0U co,,Id 1 r " ove w e shall remain in Yokohama 
est i mrait i e"n e an - d 1 sliaI1 look for ward with the great - 
est mputicnce to seeing you; particularly if you really meant 
you said to me the other evening among the graves If 
come tif. n0l 'i°\r have , 9 lllin S ed your mine? ]S do' not 
come beyond Nagasaki until wu have sailed.' Yours, 
rp, . „ , Nellie, 
..177“ aI1 ’ l,ut 11 wa * enough fo set my heart beating 
me in bed" 10 CUrSC fatG Uad tbe doctor for 8ti11 kce P in 
kilTcn d rT„ , latC K and . s ! m I,anda ged up and weak as a 
St board , lllc mad packet steaming out of 
Teixc\uJ\ S yJ'\ rOUte t0 Ja P im - In le3S lhan four days we 
mremW' ‘ „ ma - and I . was ® afe 'y lod g ed in the house of 
wKltu d J ga " 1 . under fcbe 8amo roof with Nellie. 
nv ' at 4 Ved,d m a ? d r d: of t,ie -harming drives along the 
r?, Gcent , Tak ? ldo ; und how we watched the last' rays 
Ml uT ia gU r C,ng fr0,n , the Hn0w y cr «tof old Fusiyama; 
N . i ,i CSlmg 0,,l J r 10 ourselves. Suffice it to say, 
•« ft.n p fe 8tean J ei ; carned off Nellie and her father 
lon^rr 1800 ^^ me feeIin S very desolate and 
,°“ e N« waa “Pranged that within the year I was to fol 
.PUnI‘^r andlNc lca , nd 1 Were to be united again for 
better or for worse, as long as we should live 
* ***•-* 
405 
if {h P d0 not 
now e*i,.n*i,,Yi P - , 1,lcial propagation of Q,hcs is 
land R-Krt P ruc, r d in Great fcrftan, France il l 
Z il2 n| V ? W ? dCn o A-trinVnit 
j.nd in oiowntSSlw iStatt. 118 ?’ Sp A ttin ’ ? aDada , 
rnsmania have instiiU^ii 1 - ’ ! IuVft - Australia, and 
commissiont^^nd^have^alrftnrhf* ,gatl ° D a through fishery 
fl-hes as parent stock from 7 1 , l n . , P. orled Valual,le food 
industries in the near future WhlCh may ®P r,n * Iar «e 
artifidal 8ll ^opa®a\ r ion^ fm^ T* adm ' rab *V constituted for 
mera^iuimere < ^Pring U M^ f 8un^ 
pended:- bnef 1,31 ol P r omment food fish is ap- 
" rusn. i uad 
the lend but Dick was close at my quarters, and as I glanced 
bade I could see on Smith's face a confident, half sneerim* 
ook. 1 he rest were close in the rear, but the race was 
between us two, and, barring accident, I had it safe We 
were within two hundred yards of the water and aireadv 
opposite the tiffin sheds, and I could hear the shouts of “go 
it 1 ickaon from the men who preferred seeing the race 
from that point. Still Dick’s nose was lapping me and I 
thought getting slightly nearer. I could have increased 
the pace but having my nag well in hand for the effort 
dared not urge him. Now we near the stand, and for a 
moment I glance up at Nellie for just one look before I 
settle myse f more firmly in my seat ami call on Safety 
Valve for all his strength. \es. there she is, her whole 
lace glowing with excitement, her hand grasping the rail 
in front of her. And what do I see* Spots standing by 
her side, his hand resting upon hers and his arm around 
her waist! One look was enough; half blinded by passion 
I dug my heels viciously into poor Safety Valve’s ribs and 
lifted him for the jump. But it was an instant too soon- 
we were not within six feet of the edge of ditch The 
good beast gathered himself together for the effort and 
1 felt tnyseli for an instant being carried through the' air 
and could see the muddy water glancing beueulh me' 
Noblo us was the attempt, it was beyond liis powers- Mie 
good pony landed with his fore feet just clear of the further 
hank Instead o giving him hi* head I lost mine, and 
pulled wildly at the reins. l<or a moment lie struggled for 
h.s footing ttnd then his fore legs pawing wildly in the air, 
lost Ins balance ami fell backwards on me. I felt the hor 
rd.le crushing of his weight upon my body and then the 
water choking me, I lost consciousness. * # * 
I have no recollection of anything that occurred for the 
next three days, although they say that consent doses of 
chloryduie were given to keep me quiet. Coming out of 
me Influence of the drug to perfect conseiouoness I real- 
ised at last that I was in my own room. The sun was 
Miming brightly ami cheerfully, and my hoy, evidently 
Placed on guard, was puttering about the wardrobe At- 
tempting to raise myself up 1 lound that I was quite help- 
less and covered with bandages. 1 
“Boy, where’s Mr. Spots! 1 '' 
“Hall got office, 8ar. ” 
“Go tiilkoc ho come here.” 
at atlmo' V minut0 ® SpoUj CAmo U P stairs two steps 
ilnefn, 11 ! 0 ’ °!‘j fl,llo y v! l ‘ ow . do you fool; hotter, eh t The 
all i-i ' m ay “ '• you keep quiet for a few weeks you will be 
1 ^'V'G.only a rib und a collar hone broken; but 
tulk ‘ y, i l,n ‘ lsc<l Now keep quiet and don’t try to 
cm, , | n 1 1 U ' 11 y° l .‘ al1 l *0 nows. Of course you lost the 
noem- D k W<> " ,l ' aild 1 losl ln y money; hut that’s of 
dovifim! 11 ' 0 , 11 ? V ,,W ’ 1,8 1 m 1 " ot K‘»ing home; but why the 
1 can fm! wmttotl to try lo clear all that jump is moro than 
c an tVl vm| ,1<! v " ll! Was a ! 1 awful ,ow ''I the stand, 1 
homo n y „ * 0 '‘ w r L ‘ , '° "P ,lMd wo carried you 
there, „ i„ ‘ P ; huf, ''T ^ ulvo was "" l lniTl a hit, ami 
faiatod Id Inu , , ?i" ' vho . w . u ! lt Ut 1 » l, y him. Miss Nellie 
ttu and had to bo carrtod homo m a sedan chair, aud 
i W Y* f . C ’ hav , m « 9ecn tl,e children to bed has, for the 
ost Halt hour, been looking over my shoulder, and throw- 
ing both my papers and ideas into the most reckless con- 
ru^ioii bhe says I’ve been writing a lot of the most un- 
mitigated nonsense; that, I was the spooniest man in the 
bouse from the first, and that as far as poor Spots— who 
by the way, never made his visit home hut now sleeps his 
last sleep in Happy Valley— haviug had his arm around her 
waist, it is perfectly ridiculous; aud if he did she was en 
tirel v unconscious of it. However, mine is there now, and 
although we have not the cup to ornament our sideboard 
we possess another which thus far it has pleased a kiud 
I rovtdence to fill with its choicest blessings. 
Wm. AI. Tileston. 
fl £ 0 ultttr L e . 
FISH CULTURE: 
ITS ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROGRESS. 
BV ICIITirVOS. — NUMBER FOUR, 
T HE extreme fecundity of fishes, by a wise endowment 
of nature allows a large margin for destruction, 
aim 9 till leaves, with suitably provident measures on the 
part of the governments, an abundance for our wants. 
The number of eggs deposited by fish is next to aston- 
ishing. The number deposited hy a single salmon (SUmo 
s'Uar) lias been found to reach 25,000. A brook trout (N</- 
mo J'on Una! is) will deposit from 500 to 5,000. Naturalists 
have ascertained by close investigation that the pike (AW 
(nW P roducea 80,380 to 272. IG0. The sole, (tide a vuigari*) 
100,3110. I he roach, (Icticitetis riitiUus) afresh water fish 
of the carp family 113,340. The bream 137,800 The 
tench, of the carp family, 383,280. The mackerel, {scomber 
vu/gur is) 540,240. The carp, {cyprinu* carped) introduced 
from Persia into England, and from thence to America a 
fresh water fish, 342,140 eggs. The goldfish Cyprinu* 
auratm) belongs to the same family. The flounder, 1 Plates- 
m* Jtessus) has yielded the unprecedented number of 1,- 
359,400 eggs. A sturgeon {Acipcnser nturio) has produced 
tue enormous yield of 7,035,200, and Leeuwenhoek has 
lound 9,344,000 in the codfish, {Morrhua Vuigari*). M. Val- 
enciennes, has recently ascertained that a lurbut, {Rhom- 
(rus maxima*) nineteen and a half inches long, contained 
9,000,000, and that the mullet, (Afullus barbalu s) contains 
11,000,009. The herring (dujtw harrengus) contains loot) 
000 of eggs. 
Were u not for such remarkable fecundity many varie- 
ties of the finny tribes would soon become extinct, especi- 
ally those species which breed in shallow water, where the 
ova not only are exposed but the small fish become a prey 
to their natural enemies. Indeed from the time the eggs 
are deposited on their natural spawning beds until they 
reach maturity they are beset with a thousand dangers. 
“Mauy eggs are uot fecundated; many are dropped into 
depths fatal to their development; many are buried by 
drifting sand and silt; many are eaten by fish, even the 
parents themseives, others are devoured by snakes, frogs, 
and cels; and many are washed away by freshets. Tne 
very few that escape are exposed to the same, or kindred 
dangers; and the result when summed up by the most ex- 
perienced fish culturists, is, that of the ova deposited upon 
the natural spawning bods.il is estimated that not one 
shad in a million, and not one salrnou in five thousand be- 
comes a merchantable fish. 
The strong points of fish culture are, the excessive fecun- 
dity of fish, and the large percentage of ova that can be 
successfully hatched. These constitute the basis of an art 
AUTUMN AND WINTER; 
Mmo quinnat; lake whileAs™ CongeZui albm^ 6alm0n, 
SPRING AND SUMMER. 
2S£F ; r0Ck bas3 - atrUu*; sLd^io.^ 
To show how generally fish culture is being developed 
n our country, eighteen Slates of the Union have Lee Si ? 
live enactments for the protection of fishes and Comnm 
sions which are faithfully laboring to replant our Freat 
lakes and inland waters with food fishes ,of which 1h<fy 
have been almost entirely depleted through the rapaeitv 
land ? OhiS in S , inCn U experiments at Cleve 7 - 
, UUio, in 18o3, fish farm? have mulliolied bv thou 
sands, and the well nigh exhausted shadund salrnou 
fn no m fielH V n C f b | een rE8t0 ( 2 kedwita lliese delicious table fish, 
nnr hn fi d f h 1 " m,l ' 1 . effor 1 h ave greater results followed 
nor has any undertaking in any industrial department been 
under?H L Cr ° Wn a d Wi ‘ b 9,,CCess ' Wliate ^r has been 
bum in k ” y d ?P artmeut of the science, however 
bo d in conception, has been achieved, and as we ’ a ve 
ouly become familiar with the alphabet of this study we 
There r cr> ! rea ^° D l ° ex P ect g reater tilings in the future 
! !„ v ee ”v v f 1 !l,T J 0U,lt of la| JOr expeuded in New 
Kx^ee,S W .| YOrk ’ ? d 0ther Statej, - and ‘he outcome 
hopeful SuUf h 03 8ao 2 u,ne expectation of the most 
uopctul friends of the enterprise. 
But the crowning work of fish culture in this country is 
g performed through the United States F.«h Com- 
nussiou under the direction of Prof. Spencer F Biird 
SS amr<lepuZ: 88i<,a ^ ““ ^ 
fZ!‘fi-1 ble r?.° mrais3ioner flrst dir ected his altention to the 
food fi 5 h of the ocean, on the south coast of New England. 
fo\oH y «f S r be - ir b , abltS and ascertaining the causes, if any ex- 
isted, of dimimslung numbers of some of the most valuable 
species, In connection with his observations on the coast 
Ins able assistant, Mr. James \V. Milner, of the Smilhsou- 
tan Institute, explored the lakes and rivers and made the 
fresh w . atcr ‘whes a study, to ascertain the causes of the 
ncreasinguu fruitfulness of our inland w'aters. Besides these 
herculean labors, the acclimatizing of California salmon 
Wt/mo quinnat) m the waters of different portions of the 
continent ami of transferring the Penobscot salrnou {Salmo 
aalar) to the waters of California, was undertaken, and 
these transfers are likelyto be eminently successful, in 
connection with the transfer of salmon, the engrafting of 
sea fish, shad and salmon, into the fresh water fuunm by 
transferring them to the great lakes, where they seem 
to be thriving, and as much ut home as they were iu the 
sea, their natural habitat. 
Fisb culturists are also talking of transferring the Euro- 
pean salrnou, of the Volga and Danube, to the Mississippi 
our great river being equally as turbid as those ot Europe! 
this will no doubt soon be successfully accomplished But 
wlule great activity is displayed all about us in the neigh- 
boring States, it would seem as if some great revulsion of 
nature were requisite to arouse the great State of Illinois 
lrorn a “Rip Van Winkle sleep" she has so loug indulged 
in; au eartnquake or some great upheaval, that she may be 
awakened to the necessity of enacting u law for the devel- 
opment of this great iudustry. 
Enough has been said, together with the examples of 
half of the States of the Union, to discover the force of 
argument, and the necessity of some means of iucreasiu*' 
the food fish of Illinois. It would seem that it is the bu-.u 
ness of a great commonwealth lo develop all its l.ueut en- 
ergies, to evoke from abeyance any slumbering element 
that might be made to enlarge the scope of its industries 
and increase its wealth. With every facility for promot- 
ing this great eulerprise, and in view of the wants of a 
large laboriug class upon whom the burdeus of toil 
weigh most heavily, as a beneficent humane work we 
should labor to give this class cheap and wholesome food. 
To be Continued. 
successfully .............. »«„v w..o... u ™ wn ». a ... .... <„, 
which under judicious management is capable of being 
organized into the most profitable industry known to civili- 
zation. The present aspects of tills art are truly encourag- 
ing. The discovery may be said to furnish the ’‘nutu- 
na" of subsistence for hall the inabitunts of the globe. With- 
out it, misery from want of food could not be stayed; 
liuugcr could not bo appeased by products of the soil aloue. 
Hence it is one of the noblest benefactions of the country. 
The whole world has accepted the boon, and its people are 
preparing tho water area for rich and remunerative har- 
Decay ok Brook Trout in Vermont.— The Rutland 
Herald, in commenting on the above subject, offers some 
very pnitiuent suggestions, both as to prevention aud cure, 
which will apply equally as well to other parts of the 
country. Referring to the clearing out by natural decay 
aud floods, of the aucient windfalls, which made iu lime 
minature dams, cascades and pools, it says: — 
“We would restore in so far as possible these old barriers, 
or rather we would construct similar ones along the water 
courses in those places where it could be done to the best ad- 
vantage; sometimes merely felling trees into or across the 
beds of tho brooks in a discriminating way, leaving the 
filling up to time and drift, and in other cases completing 
the work with stones and brush. Here and there large 
open pools which have uo shelter fiom the sun, or hilling 
places for fish, could easily be made inhabitable by rolling 
in from the bank a few boulders, or so planting stones as 
to make a shelter. Doubthss there are almost everywhere 
for considerable distuuce sections of streams that are tor 
the present at least, past being helped in either of these 
ways without too much trouble ai.d expense— where, for 
instance, they flow through open, unsheltered grounds and 
sandy meadows. But somewhere, usually higher up. there 
are generally plenty of chances. Indeed most of our 
brooks are a. intervals bordered by trees, aud many of 
them for long distances from their sources flow through 
woodlands. In such places plenty of admirable fish ponds 
could be made with uo other impfeineut for Ue most part 
