Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-03


"DEAR Mr.. PETERS: You need not trouble
about that matter. have heard from my has
band. You did not hit him suppose; at all
events, he must have got away very quickly.
But ne has mad bad fever and been delirous,
and that accounts for his silence so long past
quarter, day If you wish TO see me
Wish to see her! Good heavens! Not IL I
know it. whew!-whst a relief" cried this
most ungallsnt of men.
The Way King Christian Causht
Salmon.
The king has given his lcelandic subjects a
reception to-day. Yesterday be was walking
about the town in plain clothes, accomp panied
only by his son. The people could hardly be-
heve that tina tall gentleman who returned alI
salutes was " his majesty" but phogrsphs and
eDgrSviDgs of him are so numerous that they
could not be long deceived, though they were
evidently surprised. Then he took a ride of
i've miles into the country and caught salmon.
The process of fishing in which he INDUCED is
not difficult. The river flows in several chan
ne!s over its bed of lava, and Is damned 80 that
the water runs into large boxes, and tumbIes
through hole in each box, making a slight
fall. The hole is guarded on the inside
against exits by long, convergiug sticks, and
the adventurous fish, swimming up the river
Ind The little waterfall flashing before them,
seeming TO come from pleasant pool above,
and jump il with force sufficient to plunge
them into the box; and there they are safe AZ
mice in trap into which they have cra~led
through sharp wires that yield them admission
readily, but forbid return. The salnon's
well known power ami gameness in jump
ing waterfalls gives rise to this contrvan Se.
The king caught the salmon by inserting in the
trap where they were taken basket net on A
pole and sco0piDg them ont. In this WAY hfty-
one were captured during his visit, the largest
weighing twelve pounds and half. When his
majesty was weary OF Iadling out the hsh ne
passed the spoon net to his son. This is certain
ly lot a spoTtmanlike method of taking a game
hsb, but 1t Is very effective, aud perhaps It is all
the same TO fish, if they must be caught on
Sunday, we are informed, the trays are opened
ana the hsh allowed to go up the river and lay
40 ha ttno -Ra,, a.,
trapped every day, but this was found to be so
destructive that it was abandoned. The per-
mission given the salmon to run one day in
seven, we are assured, is sufficient to keep I'D
the supply. We had ride to-day to the sal
mon fishery, where the king distinguished him
self, and found the ponies of the islands, as the
English would say, quite jolly. They go along
very smartly, and are both spry and tough, II
is funny and admirable to see them rattle along
with dainty and nimble steps over the eVerlast.
ing lava, swift and sure-fOoted under burdens
that would seem sufficient for large horse-an
animal, by the way, that could not get along
here at ail.-LLetter8 Of Aurat Halstead.
COURAGEOUS CHtRF.-The Pail Mall Ga
Zette says: /" Letters from st. Petersburg speak
OF rem arkable feat of determination on the
part II General TrepOff. the head of the St
petersburg police, who had given in earlier
life extraordinary proofs OF personal COURAGE,
A fearful double murder was recently commit
ted at the military academy OF the city by
policeman, who, being attached to the fem ale
servant OF the doctor of the establishment. fan
cied he had cause to suspect her of infidalitv.
having entered the doctors quarters to up
braid her, he ended by taking up a carving
knife and killing the unfortunate woman On the
spot and then Staying the doctor himself with
II In his study. Here he locked himself in with
the instrument of his crime, and vowed he
would despatch the first man with IL who at
tempted TO arrest him. The police summoned
10 the spot were awed by his apparent determi-
nation; while some proposed to shoot him as a
Wild beast, and party went in search of fire
engine with view to drench him into surren-
der. A report of the occurrence reached GEN
erai Trepof. Springing into the droschky,
which is kept ready for emergencies, the GEN
eral was on the scene ia q few minutes. He or
dered the door to be burst open, and then en-
tered unarmed. AS expected the murderer
retreated into corner and prepared TO sell his
life dearly. The General approached him I'M
hesitatingly, with the words: well, my friend
you have committed pretty pair of murders,
and hear you are going to stick any one who
tries to take you. Now stick me; for / have
come on purpose to take you myself The
wretched man was so awed by the quiet AMI
authoritative manner of his former superior
that ne lowered his weapon and made no reply
TO the challenge, and two of the police officers
who had followed General TrepOff sprang on
him and secured him without further resist
ance. It Is not surprising that the st. Peters
burg police. in relating the story, declare their
chief TO be the bravest man in Russia"
A HIGHLAND HUT.-The Pail Mall Gazette
in review OF Miss Wordsworth s book of remi-
niseences, says:-"A series of rough adventures
b4ONsAl INC LdFSitTS 10 LOCu Marine. ana
there they obtain shelter for the night in little
hut built for visitors to the Trossachs) for the
Trossachs were visited and admired before Scott
wrote his Lady of the Lake.O The whole
scene is charmiDgly described, but it is espe-
claliy interesting as showing how ready Miss
wordsworth was TO discover and to eDioy
simple pleasures: we carOuSed over Guns OF
coffee, laughing like children at the strange
atmosphere spread along the walls and above
our he ads in the chimney, where the hens were
ToosuDg like light clouds in the sky. We
laughed and laughed again in spite of the
smaTting OF our eyes, yet had qGieter pleasure
In observing the beauty of the beams and
Tafters cleaning between the clouds of smoke
They had been crusted over aud vanished by
many winters, till where the freight fell upon
them they were as glossy as black rocks on
suaDy day cased in ice.' one OF the apartments
OF the hut was given up to the COW. Before
breakfast, Miss Wordsworth writes the
housewife was milking behind the chimney
and thought / had seldom heard a sweeter
hreslde sound; in an evening, sitting over a
sleepy, low burned fire, it would lull one like
the purriDg of cat Miss Wordsworth pos
sessed in no slight measure the percep lions of
the artist, and might have been herself an
artist or poet had she not with \ magnificent
but perhaps unconscious generosity dedicated
all her powers of mind and body to the service
OF her brother.'
NAPLRs.-Charles Warren Stoddsrd writes to
The San Francisco Chronicle 90 Dashing
through these forests Of vines, and between
a. 20 Tar nod