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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21

the Little Clackamas, an Oregon tri-
butary Of the Willamette, and that
the average number of eggs taken ut
the Oregon station is only about five
million per annum, decadence of the
upper Columbia fisheries would seem
to be painfully near.
As matter Of fact il has begun.
Four years ago splendid fishing ex-
listed everywhere along the upper por-
tions of the river. Now il is becom-
ing rare. The fish are thoroughly
frightened and even that most patient
of anglers, my Chinese friend, Wing,
finds the still water sport of the tam
est. In order TO understand Just how
tame my celestial friend found it, he
should be seen like the prehistoric
''bump on log" at Rooster Rock,
where some superb fifty-pounders
have been speared; with half dozen
''sprats" as he calls them, beside him
Then one should watch the splendid
formed Indians from Umatilla and
nearby rs they stand at ''the cells" on
their swaying platforms, ready to
spear swift-scudding chinook, or
lower down stream, with ever-ready
balanced dip-net, watching the foam
for "a racer" The Indian has the
snort rs il ought to be-the Cinnamon
rs il soon will become. Following the
river down to the cascades, one can
see the cause of what our celestial
friend feels in effect. II is wonderful to
MS as we view the effdlgent splendor OF
the scene, that men are not shamed
by so close n communion with the Wis
ible forms of nature into less brutal
and unsportsmanlike method of kill.
ing Gods creatures. But there in their
worst form and fashion stand the fish
wheels. Number forty" the very
worst on the river, is clean and harm
less enough externally, but no more
sickening sight to sportsman could
exist than is discovered within. just
about Bonneville and vicinity the fish
wheels simply swarm and the writer
could but call to mind the cordial
hatred Of them expressed one day in
the terrible blizzard of '8S by the
heroic Conductor Lyons of the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company, on
whose train l was trying to travel on
to San Francisco by this route. A man
who runs fish wheel and train
wrecker were about alike in Lyons
opinion, and as Lyons's ideas are en-
titled to the weight of those of man
who saved some forty lives at the peril
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thing that was not resorted to on the
land.
Fortunately, thu salmon's enemies
are not rs numerousas were those of
the buffalo, but they are more wanton
and less merciful. There is not even
the excuse of the savage who shot
down half herd of hoof and horn and
found something of brutal satisf action
in the spectacle. The salmon's ene-
my has no eyes to see the havoc he
works in his way, but he has more
arms than Briareus to work with. He
Is monster of wood and wire, sense
less and sordid, and though controlled
by man in measure, once set in oper-
alton is no more within mans govern
ment than is the guillotine when de-
fectively constructed. And yet from
the Dalles to the stately Palisades these
insensate monsters 60 unchecked,
staining the queenly Columbia with
their victims mangled flesh and defil-
ing the stateliest streams in all Ameri-
ca with their blood.
1t is hut Just to say that only sports
men see this shame to its full extent
and that commercial considerations
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21

allotted scope of country. When
these two leaders meet a yell is given,
which is echoed along the line as a
signal to begin to close in toward the
pen.
The rabbits, frightened by the hur-
rying hoofs and continued yelling are
seen running wildly in all directions,
but approaching nearer and nearer the
trap laid for them. BY the time they
come in range of the guns the little
creatures are too tired to run fast and
are easily killed. When the guns arc
few and the clubs are busy elsewhere,
stones are thrown by an expert and a
rabbit falls, hit in the head. Some run
against the netting in their fright and
their eyes are put out. All this time
there are many in the pen, 800 or more,
if the drive is good one running
wildly about, trying hard to avoid the
seemingly cruel blows from the clubs
of their enemies. Perhaps the pen
will break, but that does not often
happen, and the ground will soon be
strewn with the slain rabbits.
Withal, it is very exciting. but the
timid and tender hearted shudder. As
an amusement, slaughter in this whole
sale manner would not be tolerated,
but since the sturdy farmers are thus
defending their crops, it may be sane
toned.
Some one will say, "Why do not the
rabbits run in their holes?" So here
we call attention to the marked differ.
ence between the rabbit and what is
properly termed the hare. 1t is the
former that, burrows in the ground,
and to which species our pets belong.
The latter, with which this sketch has
to do, are much larger, are mule-eared
and seek safety in their feetness bet
ter known, perhaps, as the jack rab-
bit. st. Louis Republic.
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fetal culture" II is cheaper to save
our salmon fisheries from destruction
than to be obliged to restore them.
Such a restoration would require years
of toll and millions of money.
In the meantime the cost of salmon
as an article for food would far ex-
ceed any ordinary means as Scotland
could not begin to supply herself.
The sportsman would be robbed OF
his rights and sport which no less
an authority than Earl Dufferin said
to the writer he considered only n
little less thrilling than hunting the
tiger when the tiger is also hunting
you, would be gone from our day and
generation, and, perhaps, forever.
Even my half-breed Indian guide,
Pierre Lott, with whom have thus
fished, "where rolls the Oregon and
gives no sound"-would protest against
such possibility did he understand
its proximity. We who have noted
the experience of Norway must, how
ever, 80 understand and II is the part
of common prudence to act in the de-
fense of ourselves and of posterity. as
well as of our right royal king game
fish and his Oregon friends.
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OF his own that winter they are cor
daily shared by brave men every
where.
That the fish wheel is not necessity
for those who follow Simon Peters
profession for living is shown all
along the lower reaches of the river.
Both the stake and draw seines are
used successfully, while the sports
man with landing net, in addition to
his gnff and rod and line, can enjoy the
grandest possible pastime with less to
annoy and more to enjoy than in any
other American waters. OF course, a
sturgeon may be now and then en-
countered, even in the upper stretches
OF the river, but this adds to the zest
of the sport. A sixty-six-pound
salmon is no small game, either. At
Kinneys, near Astoria, in Oregon,
they frequently catch them this size.
Such fish, of course, never leave the
lower waters of the river. They are
safe from fish wheels and such snares
and there is something regal in their
abnegation as they lie on the wharves
at Astoria, in season, before they are
taken away to be canned. There is no
more splendid spot on the river either
than this same Astoria, rich as il is
with recollections of the great estate,
the foundations of whose fortunes
were laid there, and the scene of WASH
ington Irving's picturesque account
thereof.
They are cosmopolitans of the worst
class to be found there during the fish
ing times, but they have energy
enough to set seines and not to resort
to the wheel of torture, They realize
that, like Othello, their occupation
will soon be gone if the fish do not
spawn in season, and they would be
among the very first to advocate the
surest salvation for our salmon---the
calling together of an intestate COM
mission with powers to act in framing
an effective law against the use of
wheels, providing for uniform season
in all the States, regulating the catch
or cannery for a few years and the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21

seem to the short-sighted fishermen
to be dependent upon their persistence
Ill their use of the inhuman wheels.
-Four years ago the writer protested
to the general Government only to
learn that the protection of the river
fisheries Of the United States, being
dependent upon the ordinarily defec-
tive laws of the several States, moth
ing could be done even by Mr.. Mar
shall Macdonald, Fish Commissioner
OF the United States.
1t was and is, however, the opinion
OF the Fish Commission that the use of
fish wheels in the taking Of salmon
ought TO he prohibited, as they not
only main hundreds OF fish unfit for
food, but being operated on the upper
reaches of the river near the spawning
grounds, they capture thousands OF
fish who have escaped tn" acts lower
down.
The destruction of one such female
fish means the loss OF hundreds OF
eggs. When 1t is seen that the Gov
ernment il able to afford but two sta
tions on the west coast for the main
tensnce Of the salmon, the one ON the
AcCloud IN California the other on
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the neighborhood assists the men and
boys attending to help, and their wives
and sisters to look on. An event of
the kind is of no little Importance.
BY IL o'clock on day set for such an
expedition the crowd has gathered near
corner of the section to be driven,
where the men and boys are soon busy
making the pen.
This is done by fastening wire net
ting by means of wooden pins to the
wires of the fence and to some posts
that have been set for the purpose,
thus forming an inclosure with an
opening in the centre of the side facing
the section to be driven. The wire
netting is also stretched along the
fence in either direction for a half mile
from the corner where the pen has
been constructed, forming two long
wings.
Now a captain is elected, who divides
the company of perhaps thirty horse.
men, sending half down each wing,
and also stations men with guns and
clubs at intervals along the line. Each
band of horsemen has leader, who
places his men at intervals over the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21

tower of the little parochial church OF
Saint Petrochius, at Clanaborough, in
North Devon. 1t has inserted its roots
SO deeply into the masonry as to
threaten the solidity Of the building.
A. few years ago the city of Stony
Stratford possessed plant curiosity
of the same nature. In the wake of a
great fire in 1742, one of the few
structures that remained standing was
the tower of the Saint Mary Magdalen
church. A bird doubtless carried q
seed to the summit of this, and there
soon appeared tree that buried its
roots so deeply that 1t had to be
pulled up in order to save the tower
from falling in.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21

nent was n representative of the bust.
ness men and was nominated onn "busi-
ness mems" ticket. She headed the
"citizen's" ticket, and asked only for
the support of those who sympathized
with her reforms-who were opposed
to saloons commonly known as "jointsn
and gambling rooms. Her election is
regarded rs significant of the result of
the vote on the question of equal suf-
frage, which will be submitted to the
voters of the State next fall, aud CON
gratulations have been pouring in on
her from all the eminent female suf-
fragists Of the Nation.
Mrs. Austin is native OF Illinois.
She was reared in Peoria, Ill. but left
there twelve wears ago. She is buxom
woman of 300 pounds, and quite in
telligent, though her general appear
ance may not be expressive of the lat
ter fact. The Kansas Good Templars,
of which order she is grand superin-
tendent of the juvenile temple, sent
her as a delegate to the National con.
vention at Detroit last year, and she
became prominent in the councils of
that organization by her activity and
adaptability to it's work. Her husband
Is railroad man, and she is the mother
of three children, all in their teens
She is prominent in church work, and
is sufficiently familiar with most of her
townsmen TO address them by theii
first names and talk politics or re.
ligion with freedom. She was the
leading speaker of the campaign, but
was elected by her personal election
eering. Chicago Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21
Signal Whistles.

The inhabitants Of Gomera, one of
the Canary Islands, have evolved
whistling code by which they con-
verse with each other at distance
Each syllable has its own appropriate
tone. The whistler uses both fingers
and lips, and it is asserted thu COM
munication can be kept up at
miles distance. Whistling is con-
fined to Gomera Island and is quite
unknown to the rest of the group.
The adoption OF this mode of carry
ing on conversation is due to the
geological formation of the island,
as it is intersected by numerous gull
lies and ravines. AS there are no
bridges across these. intercourse be-
tween neighbors is often rendered
difficult. A man living within a
stones throw of another may have to
go many miles round to make call
upon his neighbor. aud the incOn-
venlence of this led the people to
cultivate this manner Of commune
eating with each other.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21

the pleasures of landing blueback,
even ifhe doesn't know that their
scientific names, the oncorbynchus
chonchia and the salno gairduert, are
nearly as large as themselves.
But few of us seem to realize that
the salmon is in the same danger that
overlook the buffalo, and that, unless
their senseless slaughter be retarded,
they will become extinct. Unlike the
buffalo, the salmon has no means of
protection afforded him by nature, and
he can be murdered by machinery, a
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS.
THE STATES FINANCES,

WHAT STATE TREASURER NoRRTsoN's AvNuAr
REPORT SHOWS.
HARprsBURa-Stste Treasurer Morrison's
annual report is now in the hands OF the
state printer. He shows that the balance In
the treasury December I, 1893, was $780,
3o8 o.. His estimate for this year Is sii.-
377,26O so receipts and si2, ,97e 700 expenses.
rhe total interest bearing debt December I,
1893. was es, 1853 $50. The total payments
last year were sl3. i23, ,O6i II and the re-
ceitts sl3 2J2,727 80. The assets OF the
sinking fund held for payment OF the public
debt are f5. Ss3, ,O6i 81, leaving the net debt
OF the state at present s2,40i.908 81. Next
August the I per cent loan of April 1, 1879
will become due. A portion OF this loan,
amounting to $40, 100 was purchased during
the year at figures advantageous to the
commonwealth, but there will remain dus
IN August 81 .iTl.70O. Mr.. Morrison calls
the attention OF the legislature to the esti
mates for this yesr,snd remarks that owing
TO the depression In business affecting all
corporations and manufacturing companies
the revenues will be greatly diminished. He
says II the present system of expenditures
Is maintained IL requires no prophet to fore
tell what the result will be to the treasury.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21
The Final Salute at Appomattox.

There occurred curious incident ofwhich
no mention is made in The books which
have treated Of the closing scenes at APP
pomattox. The muskets OF the Confeder.
ates were allowed to remain stacked on the
field. The grass caught fire In some way
and was allowed to burn. So suddenly had
the fighting ceased,on the morning OF the 9th
that thousands OF the pieces were left load
ed
As the flames Of the srass swept along
the line OF stacked muskets the guns were
heated to firing heat and soon there was in
cessant popping. The balls went up into the
air almost straight until the force OF the
discharge was spent and then dropped down.
TO this day the field OF fsurrsnder Is strewn
with thess bullets and so little has Appo-
mattox been visited that the falls are easily
found. This firing OF the muskets by the
burning grass was the only salute that &C.
companied the surrender. When Lee had
received Grants terms and accepted them
the firing OF 100 guns ia token OF victory
was begun, but Grant quickly stopped Il.
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SOLDIERS COLUMN
THE sHARPsHooTER.


FRANK II. SWEET.
Strange, fearful man. as shadow-lilre and
keen.
Master OF all that comes within his sight,
With eyes that seem to piece the very
night.
Watching the word about, himself un-
seen
Perched in some lofty tree among the
green
And silent branches, and at such height
As seems to suit the eagles lonely fight:
Or else, perchsuee. IN some deep hole, be-
tween
Gray rocks, or where some beast has made
IT'S den
Beneath a bank, whore sunlight never
came:
Silent and watching waiting for the men,
Whoever they might be-to him the
same
And patient until his aim Is sure, an
then
Shooting them as the hunter shoots his
game.
Blue aud Grow.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21
COKE TRADE BETTER.

UMosrows-The coke trade is looming
up much stronger this week, owing to the
increased demand. The ovens In blast are
not sufficient to meet the wants OF the
trade and the plants are rapidly firing new
ovens. The Frick company will fire the
Youngstown plant this week. II has been
idle for over year. The are q ovens 10
the plant and $50 men will be given work.
Leisenring No. 3, with 400 ovens, is now
running full and many more works are
firing up.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21

| iences are Deing tOtn uOwn iOr tuel They
are now endeavoring to get help from the
poor authorities but are meeting with little
success, as treasures have been emptied for
the relief Of American citizens.
Is the past year State Dairy and Food
| Com missioner Reeder instituted IOl suit,
for the violation OF the oleomargarine law.
| Fifty per cent. of the samples of suspicious
butter examined proved to be oleomarga-
| rine.
Sur has beer brought by the Continental
! construction company, OF Philadelphia
against the CITY of Altoona, Pa, for SIS. 500
damages for failure to award the company
contract to construct reservoir there.
The Bethlehem Iron Company stock
holders voted to increase their capital stock
from 5000 900 to slo,0O0,O0O to make i'm.
provements. The company's steel mill,
which is now idle, will be rebuilt
IY the past year &59. OO2 o. we're expe nded
in construction at the Huntington reform
atory The total expenditures were el73,-
lii.H The number Of inmates received
was 2IG
Two unknown Polanders were found ly-
ing dead beside the Pennsylvania railroad
tracs near New Boston, Schuylkill county,
They had been struck by a train.
MICHAEL MAYocK's general store and John
Barrett s dwelling house at Miners Mills
we're destroyed by fire. Mayock's loss Is
st2 900; Barrett's So 900.
TUE grand jury in session at Irwin found
true bills for embezzlement against Z, s..
Pool and son of the defunct Farmers and
Miners bank.
BERT CRowAN's home near Bloomsbury,
Columbia county, was destroyed by fire.
His two little children pershed in the
fiames,
THE Munce novelty company of Muncie.
on judgments aggregating $4,000.
The city council Of Newcastle. has adopt
ed resolutions against giving foreigners EN-.
ployment on public Improvements.
WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN and his son George
we're fatally burned in a mine explosion
near Wilkesbarre.
THOMAS CRIBBoNs. the ex.convict who led
the jail delivery at Erie Saturday was run
down in Buffalo
WILLIAM DoUGAN, West Penn railroad
brakeman, was killed on that road near
Harmarsville.
WAGES of employees of the Hussey- Binns
shovel works, Charleroi, have been reduced
lO per cent.
THE bar mill OF the Susquehanna Rolling
Mill Company, at Columbia, has shut
down.
AN epidemic OF scarlet fever prevails at
Johnstown and mauy deaths have occur
red.
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KING OF GAME FISH.
THE NOBLE SALMON OF THE
COLUMBIA RIVER.
He Is Going the Way OF the Buffalo
Caught by the Thousands In In
human Wheels--May Very
Soon BE Extinct.

TAR out beyond Nebraska's
-. mighty plains where but late
was wont to roam the king Of
American beasts-lies the Co
lumbia's scenic land. known still to
fame rs the home of the monarch Of
our inland waters, the splendidly
royal salmon.
Every American sportsman knows,
says the Washington Star, something
of the keen delights of spearing a Chi
nook or n steelhead, TO say nothing of
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21
Japsnese ID nner Invit.tion,.

An invitation to dinner in lapan com.
mences as follows: Il beg pardon for
thus insulting you in begging your
company at my house to dinner. The
house Is small and very dirty. Our
habits are rude, and you may not get
anything tit to eat; and yet l hope that
you will condescend to be present with
us ut q o'clock on December O."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21

The population of what is known
technically as the "city" of London,
reaches 30l, 1884 by day, but drops to
81, 896 at night. The population Of
"Greater" London is q, ,633, 806.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21

THERE Ia no such thing as being
right with God while you are wrong
With your brother.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21

providing for increased propagating
facilities both at the McCloud and
Clscksmas stations.
The United States Commission did
some good work in July, 1887, on the
grounds above Astoria, but there is
room for more.
A. the commission has itself said,
''protsctive culture 10 easier than svti-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21
UNDER ARREST.

One of Smiths Guerrillas "Jollies" Gen
Mower with Satisfactory Results.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21

Deer have been unusually plen tiful
in Maine this year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21
EATING DOGS AND CATS.

NEW CAsrLE.-Italians in the settlements
near Ellwood City are said TO be starving
Dogs and cats are being eaten and the
fences are being torn down for fuel They
are now endeavoring to get help from the
poor authorities but are meeting with little
success, as treasures have been emptied for
the relief Of American citizens.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-21

allotted scope of country. When
these two leaders meet yell is given,
which is echoed along the line as
signal to begin to close in toward the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-23
OFFICIAL NOTICES.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF TIE Dis
tTict Of Columbia, Washington October 80 1891
To whom II may concern: Application la wing
been made 10 the Commissioners Of the District
OF Columbia, that alley he opened in block
AZ. IIomead Manor. in the District of CnlIm-
biu, the Coinmiss oners will hold a session their
Office at IL o'clock am, FRIDAY. the 2.ilb in
st0nt. TO hear any statements that may he nad,
for or against the proposed opening JOHN W.
ROSS, GEORGE TRCESDEII CHAS +. POW.
Eli. Commissioners, ID. &. oc:s:-st
OFFICE OF THE ASSESSOR DISTRICT OF co
lumbia, Washington, Oct. II. 1S9i-Notice Ia
hereby given that the THIRTY FIRST DAY
OF OCTOBER, 1894. will expire all licenses given
by the District of Columbia to apothecnries Auc-
tioneers, Banks and Bankers. Brokers. Commits
sion Merchants, Claim Agents Cattle Brokers
Dealers in lee, Merchandise. Bin Posters Deal,
ers IN junk and Seeond-han Personal Property
Dealers In Old Barrels. Insurance CoInpa ni,s In,
surapee Agents, Manufacturers OF illuminating
Gas, Projectors Of Bar Rooms. Billiard. Raga.
telle and Jenny Lind Tables, Bowling Alleys and
Shuttle Boards, Hotels, Livery Stables, InteIii-
gence Offices Restaurants and Eating Houses
Real Estate Agents, Wholesale Liquor Dealers
PrOprietOrs of Theaters. All persons engaged In
the above described business. trades. or profess
sions must promptly the same In accord
ance with law. BY order OF the Commissioners
ID. o. MATTHEW TRIMBLE Assessor ID. O.
oclS-6t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-23
FOR SALE--BICYCIES.

IOE S-NlE-sli q NV. OPP PATENT OFFICE
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NLeeis taken for ssle: STORAGE. - cents aud ! 4
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TOR SALE FALL REDUCTION-A FEW 'o3 NEW
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