April 23, 1910.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
645 
A GOOD INVESTMENT. 
Or course I have met with a good many in¬ 
teresting experiences during my career as an auc¬ 
tioneer, but the most striking of them all oc¬ 
curred, I think, in connection with a great auk’s 
egg. 
Some years ago a young fellow rode over to 
an obscure furniture sale at the country village 
in the hope of securing a bargain to help in 
furnishing a home in view of his intended 
marriage. And a bargain he did get, though 
not of the kind he originally thought of. 
One of the lots put up for sale was a basket 
full of shells, eggs and other oddments which 
had attracted the attention of an old lady who 
happened to be present. Just as they were on 
the point of being knocked down to her the 
young man was struck with the appearance of 
two large eggs in the basket, and thinking he 
might as well have them as curiosities, he 
started to bid, with the result that the lot was 
knocked down to him for $9. 
Upon examining the eggs, it occurred to 
him that he might be able to make a slight 
profit on their sale. He accordingly wrapped 
them up in a handkerchief and brought them 
to me. 
As soon as I had washed off the grime which 
covered them I discovered that they were eggs 
of no less a bird than the great auk, and as the 
result of their sale a few weeks later I handed 
the astute young bargain hunter a check for 
$2,000, which was sufficient to set him up in 
business.—Strand Magazine. 
VANISHING FOOD FISH. 
The prodigal waste practiced by the Amer¬ 
ican people is well illustrated in the extermina¬ 
tion of some of the food fishes of our streams, 
and long ago the Federal Government under¬ 
took to restock waters that half a century ago 
abounded with many families of the finny tribe. 
It is doubtless true that the shad would be as 
nearly extinct as the sturgeon if government 
hatcheries had not partially restored that fish 
to the tables of a comparatively few American 
citizens. 
The destruction of fish by dynamite goes 
bravely on in contempt of the 'law, as does 
illicit seining and trapping. The farmer who 
would cut down'an apple tree to harvest its 
crop is no more improvident than the man 
who would dynamite a stream for a string of 
fish. 
But the main cause of fish extinction is the 
wanton destruction of forests. Thus clear and 
placid rivers and brooks are turned into muddy 
and raging torrents in time of spring floods, 
and billions of eggs and young fry are buried 
in the sandbars that appear when the waters 
subside. 
Every State has laws for the protection of 
fish, but little effort is made to enforce them, 
and daily and hourly they are violated with 
impunity. Where fish are abundant and cheap 
the price of meats is regulated and kept in 
bounds by the laws of competition and supply 
and demand. 
It is stated that our streams are to be re¬ 
stocked with sturgeon from the Danube and 
another very excellent fish of that historic 
stream, the sterlet, esteemed even superior to 
the Potomac shad, and, unlike that king of fish 
it does, not migrate, but remainsMn the waters 
where it is hatched. 
But if the work of deforestation continue and 
the waters become thick with mud at spawning 
time, what chance will these desirable immi¬ 
grants have in our rivers? They will not thrive 
however, hardy they may be. The late Seth 
Green held that an acre covered with water 
ought to be more profitable than an acre de¬ 
voted to agriculture, and it would be if ade¬ 
quately stocked with fish and edible reptiles, and 
the waters providently. conserved. 
But the first thing in order is to enforce the 
laws of the States enacted for the protection 
of fish.—Washington Post. 
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Have a bottle always 
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men out of ten prefer 
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Martini (gin base ) and 
Man ha ttan(wh is key base) 
are the most popular. 
At all good dealers. 
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& BRO. 
New York 
Hartford 
London 
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