The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-10

paper OF which, 'sTfouA Streams Near Hal
Francisco. CAL" "Ihe Airamichi Fishin,
Waters" by g. ID. smith. 10 concluded thi
month. This GRAND salmon wasss bids fai
to rival the celebrated Restiscpche 81 4,
early date, john w. Matthews Ia iis verse,
Fishing" shows QsAint huuAos that Il
refreshing In thsse days or photographic
wit run rampant. Baron Tcheraskox 81
kasan, Russia, who ID 4 regular cant,ibp-
TO tho Angler, has 4 very interesting de-
scription Of hia .C,onversian tos Engliah
Methods and Tackle" The Isssslau angling
tackle in nae y sxtrsmsly crude and insf.
fectivs. DR.. David Starr Jordan, Of Cali.
tornia, givsa In his Salmon and Trout 81
the PAcidc CoAst." an exhaustive descrip-
tion, free from tschnical phrases, Of the
great salmon family OF the Atlantic aud
Pacific coasts. Tho American Angler, ITO
Duane street. New York: ~ y year.
In variety OF subject and popular treat
ment the contents OF the juno CosMopoli-
TIM furnish m attractive standard. The
magazine ID leading ! movement for the
solution OF tho problem OF aerial naviga-
tion. and Hiram y. Maxim, the great inven-
tor and foremost authority on tho subject.
gives the result Of som recent experiments
under the titls, '.Ths Acceptance" The
magazine opens with q charming Philadel-
phia story by Janvier, with artistic illustra-
tions from Wilson Dc Msza. Miss Hewitt.
daughter Of ex-Nayos Hewitt. gives some
very sound advice regarding fashions and
countsrfeits in btie-a-brso. Tho fiction in
cludes y mystioal ans peculiar story
by Howard Pyle. the well known
illustrator, accompanied BY two fine pic
lures Of his. and 'Maw,"a rather striking
character Of slave life. Other important
articles in this number are, ''The Working
Of the Labor Department" by the commits.
aionsr Of labor. Carroll d. Wright. and Fur
Seals In Alaska. Another sonnet OF James
Lowells il published in this num-
Der, and = poem BY lingo Deane with a full
illustration from the pen OF Will Low.
Many people will read with interest also
the poem. Mystery" by Amelia Rivss.
Among artists employed to illustrate this
are Kenyon Cox. H. Siddons Now
bray, Will II. Low, Wilson do Meza, Walter
Crane, Howard Pyle md l.. w. Kemble.
Murat Halstsad, Brander Matthews aud
Edward Everett Hale are among the other
~ appears SnRt 6ner0 are some people III
who think that it would be a
wise and sensible thing to introduce a new
of vsrmin into this country. They
re plagued with Rophsrs, and they pro-
1850 to bring in the mongoose to war on
he gopher. Sufficient 10 known of this
'peeiss to warrant the conviction that its
into America would be GRIM
nally foolish. The mongoose preys on
ats and mice and snakes and lizards. and
but it devours also such birds as it
an capture. and feeds Rreadily on the eggs
quail and other ground nesting birds.
iuch habits are in themselves sufficient to
the case against the creature; but
dded to them is the uncertainty AZ to
will be the increase of any wild spe.
les in new surroundings. Until the story
I the rabbits ann foxes in Australia, mon
DOSE in Jamaica and English sparrows in
.msrica shall have been forgotten, COM
sense will forbid the hazardous exper-
ment of adding the mongoose to the YER
ain supply Of the Pacific coast.-Forost
Stream. 8