Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-12

adult is not to rear him in plenty, but to
keep him at home, so that he may be there
when he is wanted; for he is a very gregar-
ious bird, especially fond of company,
bird of many wives (relic of his Eastern
origin) and much given to wandering
abroad to fnd them. Many are the shifts
to which the keeper is put to rePress this
wandering instinct.
FISHING WITHOUT BA1T.-Q ute
novel mode of catching fish was invented
by youth in Michigan one day last week.
He was bathing, when he perceived in the
water, little way beyond him, fish Of un-
usually large proportions swimming along
within very short distance of the bank,
and rapidly approaching him. As he saw
the magnificent specimen of the sturgeon
species, the thought of securing it without
the usual implements flashed across his
mind, and he determined to make one effort
to secure the monarch of the lakes" AS
the fish approached the bank on which the
boy was standing, the latter prepared to
dive, and before the sturgeon was quite op--
posite the youth gave leap, plunge and
dived beneath the water. Ere the astonished
sturgeon could either escape or recover from
the CONSERVATION caused by the sudden dis
turbance of the waters be was prisoner IN
the arms of the youth. who could with diff
hculty retain his hold Of the slippery Gus
toner. So
The struggles of the now desperate stur--
geon were pertinaeious and nearly crowned
with victory, though they became almost
entirely Intellectual and were finally rem
dered completely so by the aid of compan-
ion of the boy, who ran to his assistance.
Their united efforts soon completed the vic
tory over his sturgeonship and laid him
painting on the bank, triumph of muscle.
After resting awhile from the fatigue caused
BY the combat under the water they carried
the sturgeon home, where it was weighed,
turning the scales at just 20 pou nds.
A MONTANA TROUT CATCH.-Thomas
Fletcher, the nimrod of the Bitter Root
mountains, returned from Frenchtown, near
Missoula, last week with !, ,437 brook trout,
says the Butte City Miner. These, he says,
were all caught in a very peculiar manner.
The fish in the stream, he says, were play
ing suiter, and the first one, or leader,
taking hold of the hook and being drawn
up, the others, in one long string, caught
each others tails and hung on, while Tom
walked out across the adjoining fiat, drag
ging the long line of fish, until the stream
had been entirely divested of its fnny tribe.
This story may sound little fshy; but it is
true, just as Tom told it.
VITALITY OF A BAss-At Hammonds-
port N. Y, the other day, says the New
York Sun, Frank Griswold carried home a
fish he did not know he had caught. On his
string was two-pound pickerel he had
caught at o'clock in the afternoon. AT 6
o'clock, while a crowd was admiring his
string, he noticed that the pickerels stom-
ach was puffed out abnormallY. After few
minutes speculation as to what caused the
swelling the pickerel was cut open. A rock
bass about four inches long was found
suugly enveloped in the big fsh's stomach.
The membrane that tightly bound the bass
was cut away from it, and as John Freidill
held it in his hand and the crowd won-
dered at the voracity of the pickerel in
swallowing fish like that the bass opened
its mouth, gasped, and began 10 move its
gill covers.
The sudden appearance of life in the bass
after having passed at least four
hours in the pickerel's stomach
scared John Freidill, and, with yell, he
threw the bass on the ground. The con-
cussion seemed to help the fish along toward
resuscitation, for it moved its gills ivelier
than ever and Topped its tail. 1t was some
time before the crowd recovered from its
surprise sufficiently to remember that this
bass might be pushed along toward recovery
if it were placed in the water, and it was
thrown in the lake. It wasn't long before
it felt the influence of its natural element,
and began to move about on its side. Grad
| ually the bass came to itself, and at the end
of a quarter of an hour it dove off into deep
water and disappeared.
ROASTING THE QUAIL.-The royal game
in France is quail or partridge. The new
way to eat the latter is to make stuffng of
the liver, etc., perfectly and smoothly,
mixed with fine butter and truff1es. previ-
ously cooked in champagne. You then
roast the birds, covering them securely with
buttered paper lined with a grape leaf.
This is customary in roasting all kinds of
game, In fact, and it concentrates the juice.
Wheu the partridge is about half cooked,
you must take it off very carefully and
gently raise the wings and legs with sharp
knife. Between these and the body of the
bird introduce a paste, composed of bread
crumbs, chopped onions, pepper, parsley
and nutmeg.
believe that some parrots are as good as po-
licemen. Not long ago two young men sold
a parrot to the wife ola night watchman in
New York. A few days afterward they
visited the house, with dishonest intention,
about $50 o'clock in the morning; but the
bird shrieked out "Papal papa" until it
woke its mistress and frightened the rob-
bers away. ''Papa" was the watchman
who was absent from the house on duty.
A Chicago parrot also scared burglar. He
was trying to gain an entrance into the
house BY the dining room window, when he
was startled by a voice that asked him to
''come off the perch" Long silence ensued
and the burglar began work again. Once
more he was ordered in sepulchral tones to
"come off the perch" This strange voice
at dead of night bidding him cease his evil
doing was more than the man could stand,
and he hastily left the scene.
Cuvier, the great naturalist, was well
looked after by his parrot It kept watch
at the study door, and asked every stranger,
"What do you want with my master?'
After receiving an answer his next piece of
advice was, "Don't talk too muchp
JAooBTN PIGEoNs-Few pigeons can
claim greater beauty than can the Jacobin,
which is embraced among what are called
the standard varieties. The name is derived
from the fact that on the back part of the
head or neck some of the feathers lie in the
opposite direction to the rest on the body,
and encompass the head like monks hood
when he puts it back to uncover his head.
This hood is one of the chief points in the
Jacobln, and perfect specimens as to shape
and size are very valuable. We have seen
birds that could comnletelv hide their heads