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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30
OCEAN RECORDS IN 1897.
rAIsrR WILHELM DER CROSSE ES-
TABLIsHES A NEW ONE-WllAT
OTHER SHIPS HAVE DONE.
- The London Standard.

-. The London Standard.
O. feature OF the year on the Atlantic route
IN" soon The appearance Of the North German
mas ,ear,er Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. The
LIZ, ~ This vessel was industriously herald
se'S ADVANCE and unusual anticipatory in
eu -, surrounded her. because she was the hrst
N'.sN ,s- az exclusively German construction
seahic, a new Atlantic record was confidently
ii ,.od Her builders set themselves to pro
~, hicgest as well as the fastest mail
0u.v GU, anoat The first OF these conditions TX
m not particularly difficult to fulfil, and as
,,,,, The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse Is 10
ies re-. 'i,rr-that IS. twenty-five feet longer than
Nv. Nv Crnorders Iucaria and Camparia-and has
u. ross capacity Of 1850 tons. or Is" tons
go than either of these twin rivals. The
t'ss"a,ad horse power of the three is. however,
nv ,s,n,e-oS Url-and it became an interesting
'H ,ton as 10 whether the vessel of greater ton
w. vouId attain a greater speed than the two
"s which have equally strong engines. Tne
ut achieved or the first three round trips
..s.isv the high expectations entertained OF the
."u German vessel. She has not crossed the At
,Nn,;c from point 10 point in as short time as
- Cunsrd vessels. but. allowing for the dit-
,a,ce Of eleven and one-third hours in favor
=, The Queenstown as against the Needles route.
~ has beaten the Lucara's best eastern run
nho, ~ october 1890 by two hours and nfty
,r,nn,es The details OF the three round passages
nre appended:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

'pymouih only. ,.-,,,
II has been stated that the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse has been unduly pressed IN heavy
weather and that she vibrates 10 an unpleasant
extent But similar statements have been mace
before when a new vessel has established
fresh record and they need not be taken too
seriously II is possible that, being placed on
their mettle our German friends may nave Go'
the best Ohtainaale results out or their steamer
consistently with safety TO the passengers ana
70 the steamer itself. while IL Is notorious that
other English cracks in addition to the two
expressly named. are very SELDOM driven at
their fun speed But the North German Lloyd
Company may be supposed 10 know the ultimate
penalty that attaches 10 such course OF pro-
cedure as this steadily main tanned. and Is,
therefore. scarcely likely % undertake the risks
II remains that during 1891 the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse takes credit for the best Atlantic
e,eaming and as good BritOns. we await the
arrival u the Oceanic. the White Star steamer
now building at Belfast which is TO be 'ct feet
long and 70 have a tonnage Of l1.OU. and to
surVass all existing records.
The fastest east and west bound performances
OF the American Line steamers (Which also sail
from Southampton during 1897 are shown in
the following table. for which we are indebted
70 the managing agents:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30
10 DTSCRIVfN iTION.
rom rho Atlanta Constitution.

From The Atlanta Constitution.
A., sred Georgia negro. Nathan 10y name. IL
.nrIoved bv a gentleman very prominent IN
star rolitics That Nathan. also. has an eye
To- poiitical favOrs is shown by the toll""ihi
conversation. which recently took pace pe'
tween him and his employer.
"Marse Jim" said Nathan. lis you SWlhe IN
dis we're race fer Governor?
Haven't thought about it, IN
"Weu f. yer docs run. an gifts elected VIII
Won give me a job? ,..,
Certainly | would remember YOU Na'"ah
What would you like -.,.y
d. Capitol =. ,h,, CO.,
And what would you expect for that ser
vice." -, It'll, co... St n
dav would be reasonable. Das what de yuthe'
legislators get"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

~ days to Hong Kong by the Australia and
Oriental, - days llh hours to Western Aus
tralia by the Hmaaya. and "a days 20 hours TO
Melbourne by the Victoria The record passage
between South Africa and the United Kingdom
is held by the Union liner Scot, whose best run
was from Cape Town to Plymouth in is days 2.'
hours. The fastest passages this year by the
Union Company's mail steamers between South
anpton and Cape Town have been follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30
JEWISH NAMES AND BIBLE HISTORY

Tbus the names Ashkelon and feshhon' IA
,,iiiar IN readers Of the Bible, figure IN these
newly found tablets Indeed the numner oi
Jewish names known from the oid t's't t,''e
~ ERA and Nehemiah. Professor HiiIre'h'
INSIDERS it certain that consideraiir huinn,r
- iou,ish exil.s carried away 10y Nciu'had-
u ". ,.r. e.ttlei in and around Nppur, and,
i,d,jne from the many inscribed Hebrew NassS
excavated i'm the upper strata OF the runs con-
tinued to live there as lohs d. 'nc cay e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30
Passage.

1t will be seen that the fastest passages of the
year. out and home, have been made by the
Dunottar Castle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

The Te-tOnlc. Of the White star Line, went
Out to New-York in September in days II
hours p minutes. being an average Of 2o.Z'
Knots per hour for the whole voyage. In the
same month the Majestic made the trip in >
cays y hours - minutes, or at the rate Of l?Gl
Knots per hour The Teutonic's best homeward
iun was ia June. when she covered 2,SJ2 knots
N DAYS - hours u minutes, equal to 20 II
per hour
The mail steamers Of the Peninsular and ORR
entail and Orient lines have made regular pas
sages well within the mail contract time dur
ing the year but We are Informed that no at
iempts nave been made to beat records. The
best Peninsular and Oriental passages, there
Tore stand as before-that is. II days lO@. hours
ior the mails 10 bombay by the Caledonia II
days. hour from Bombay by the same steamer,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

Here are the best voyages OF the three lead
ing steamers of the Castle Line:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-16

Hours: 8 to II a. m. and to 8 p. m.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-16
ADDITIONAL POLICE NEWS.
John Proper and Son William Arrested
Monday Evening.

An item of police news omitted from
the article on the first page of this issue
is that of the arrest on Monday evening
of John Proper and his son William,
charged with entering Mackenstadts
tailor shop and stealing large amount
of goods. The theft created consider
able excitement at the time, and this
announcement will revive the interest
The sheriff and police officers hope to
be able to secure the goods also. The
prisoners will be allowed to plead at
nine o'clock this morning.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-16

Go to w. E. Downie the reliable
watch maker, DEBORAH, Iowa. He is
still repairing watches, clocks, and
jewellery. AS
For watch, clock and jewelry re-
pairing, go to w. f. Downie, DEBORAH,
Iowa, the only experienced watch
maker in the city. 4-3
We are now repairing watches,
clocks and jewelry the same as before.
w. +. Downie, watch maker and jewel
er, DEBORAH, Iowa. As
For every 80 cents worth of goods
bought at our store for cash, we will
give one chance on fifty dollar Bucks
Steel Range. ID. f. Reed.
Why bother with town COW
when you can buy pasteurized milk of
Beard at cents per quart. Cheaper
and better than you can make on
small scale. 80
German Luthe ran services at the
First Norwegian Lutheran church on
next Sunday afternoon at 2: 30 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. ID. j. Kautz, of
Fredericksburg.
For Sale-Sixty acres of land in
GlenwoOd township. Thirty-five acres
under cultivation, fifteen acres fine
timber, house, good we'll and cistern.
Apply to Ed. Larson.
-Photographs-all sizes and best i'm
the city. Also latest style picture
frames made to order. Old pictures
copied and enlarged. b. j. Reynolds,
Photo Artist in Ben Bear Studio. %
What pleasure is there in life with
headache, constipation and bilious
ness? Thousands experience them
who could become perfectly healthy by
using DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
the famous little pills. +. j. Weiser.
AT the race meeting held last Fri
day evening a committee was appointed
to circulate among the business men
and ascertain If enough encourage
ment could be secured to go on with
the work of getting ready for 1t. We
hope they may be successful, and that
good meet may be arranged for.
Another meeting will be held In the
City Hall Friday evening to consider
the question further.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-16
A Tip From One of the Girls.

You may talk of OSCILLATION,
Dreamy waltz or sly fiirtation;
You may search each cline and nation
For your fOndest hearts desire
If there's one joy that doth hover
Over all, and all joys cover,
It's to be loved by lover
In "H., $. 4 M" attire
Even the girls are interested in the
clothes sold by Bear.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-16
Ladies',

The latest novelties in fashionable foot
wear is to be found in our spring stock.
We have the best fitting, most stylish
and serviceable shoe for women's wear
in the city. JOHN G. HEXoM. 3-3
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-16

Perchance some day when mankind wiser
grow
And their dim eyes can see the truth at
last,
An honest suit from shoddy they will know
And to "H., $. Il M" cling stanch and
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-16

Long-headed clothing buyers are
buying their goods of Bear. Every
thing the est-always the cheapest.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-16

We are now repairing watches,
clocks and jewelry the same as before.
w. f. Downie, watch maker and jewel
er, DEBORAH, Iowa. AS
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-16

Go to w. +. DOwnie the reliabl
watch maker, DEBORAH, Iowa. He
still repairing watches, clocks, an
jewellery. 4-3
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-16

For watch, clock and jewelry re-
pairing, go to W. T.. Downie, DEBORAH,
Iowa, the only experienced watch
maker i'm the city. AS
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-16

For every 80 cents worth of goods
bought at our store for cash, we will
give one chance on fifty dollar Bucks
Steel Range. ID. T.. Reed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12

Mir. La Motte is now nj charge of a hatchery at Ukiah. He has studied fish and their habits for forty years.
 Last January MT. La Morte went to the upper waters of Eel River and be- gan his arrangements for collecting fish eggs.
 A cabin for the trays of eggs and a fish trap were built. The trap is made by placing a close picket fence, built in the shape of a wishbone, having the two ends about twelve inches short of joining and ending in flexible bars over the opening into the box beyond. The fish go through the aperture, but can not return and arelifted out of the trap and transferred to the tanks in the cabin.
 The eggs are extracted and fertilized in pans. Then they must stand in the trays for about two weeks until the black speck, which becomes the eye, ap- pears; they are then ready to be shipped.
 "It was a tedious work. though re- lieved by a great deal of excitement" ]" said MT. La Motte in describing how the fish come up. Miles away from any human being, two men and myself spent four months collecting the eggs. The scarcity of rain made the creek very low, so the fish could not come up. Nature tells them away down in the ocean that 1t is time for them to pre- pare for reproducing. When the rains raise the creeks the fish, which during most of the year live in salt water, start on their long voyage to the shall low, pure waters for spawning. Noth- ing will stop them; they will jump cas- cades and push through strong eddies in their mad race. No one believes fish stories, but this photograph speaks for it's own truth. The salmon jumped the waterfall, which was very swift and twelve feet high. I have seen trout do just as great jumps, but did not happen to have the camera with me at the time.
 "The eggs are kept very cold in trays at the place of taking as the slightest far or disturbance of the eggs will kill them until the eyes have appeared.
 "I have sent eggs to New Zealand which arrived safely and matched per- fectly. The period of incubation must be retarded by keeping the eggs one degree above freezing. Of course If the eggs hatch on the road the small fish will die unless properly cared for"
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12

blossom, the eggs lie in the wire baskets for two weeks more. Then with a fiirt of its tail the fish throws off it's shell, slips through the wire of the basket and swims off down the tank with it's yolk sac still attached to its belly to keep it supplied with food till it is a little stronger.
 Besides the food the egg sac contains a tiny drop of oil which works up in the transparent body till it reaches the glands of it's breast. At once the color and spots appear.
 In two weeks more the yolk sack has been all absorbed and the little fish has grown it's jaws and can eat the curdled milk and pulveriZed liver fed to it three times a day.
 Swimming about in the trough the little fish are perfectly tame, and when I put my hand into the water they flocked to 1t, trusting, I suppose, that it was something good to eat.
 Another two months and the little fish, an inch and half long, are ready to hunt their own food.
 Now it is time to plant them. With ice to keep them cool they are carried in huge cans like those used for milk to the very headwaters of some creek. When they have first been placed in the stream they will come to the hand to feed. Two days later the same fish when approached will scurry away and hide, so quickly do they harmonize with their environment. The larger fish and other enemies of the little ones do not frequent the very shallow waters, so the infants have an oppor- tunity to investigate and learn to find their own food.
 On the other side of the stones where they run to hide are tiny specks, which are the eggs of the caddies.
 You will see the devils darning- needle lowering over the water. She drops her eggs, and they attach them selves to the slimy stones till the time comes for them to protect themselves by exuding sticky gum. They keep rolling over and over until they are covered with bits of bark, which pro- tects them from the fish and gives them their odd chance of living long enough to grow their wings and get out of the water and become a devils darning-needle or gaddesfy.
 Sitting by the stream, saw the at- tack of one of the fsh's most deadly
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12

enemies-the lamprey eel. The eel was very quiet and, lying on the warm stones, I had been watching a spider. Swimming out on the smooth surface of the water, the spider attacked a small black insect which was turning round and round in the water. This insect was nearly as large as the spider, but after few seconds of fierce battle the spider started to back to the shore, working with all Its strength, towing it's captive to land. About two feet from the shore, fash and only widening ripple was left of the spider and bug. Both had become food for fishes. But they were swiftly revenged bv A long black eel, which came slowly among the stones near the shore
 was almost afraid to breathe. had heard tales of the eel, and hoped IL might throw a few stones for my oene- fit as well as It's own. It did. rms cells head was flat It had a large sucker mouth, which it fastened to smooth round stone and began to iash the water with its tail to frighten the fish out of their hiding places. l heard a splash and saw a stone, and Knew the eel was feasting on the poor htIle fish that had been hiding under the
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12

stone.
 Snakes and mink, rats and large fish feed on the small fish in the water. A kingf1sher will light on a bough over hanging the water and sit like leaf till a fish snaps at fly or comes near the surface, when flash and bird scream, and the kinghsher flies away with its fish.
 We had a large black cat" Mir. La Motte told me, "who was a persistent fisher. She would sit on the bank of the stream, gently tapping the water with her paw to simulate a fly, and would wait for hours. A fish would rise to her fly. With a movement so quick l could only see a flash she would dig her claws into the fish and throw it hundred feet or more into the air behind her. Then she would gently set tie down again and wait for another fish. I never saw her show enough curiosity about the fish to so much as look behind her to see where it had landed
 After she had fished as long as she cared to she would go around and col lect the fish. She did not stop fishing when she had all she wanted for food, but seemed to fish for the sport
 Our Clever statistical chaps" say that 15,000 persons annually leave San Francisco for the pleasure of fishing. This means vast quantities of fish which would soon make a bite a rare pleasure but for the fish which are planted every year. Outside of the fish caught privately for pleasure there were $9,000,000 worth of fish sold in the California markets last year.
 Trout eggs can be obtained from the Fish Commission and do not require more care than chickens in matching. In one years time they are large enough to eat.
 Some years agoa German, A. J. Poppe, brought carp from Germany, thinking they would be as fine here as in Ger many, where they are much esteemed They escaped from the lake where he had confined them and multiplied rapidly, feeding on the young trout. The carp deteriorated in our waters; its flesh became soft and tasteless.
 A farmer who had noticed his pigs wade into the stream anC eat the fish conceived the idea of feeding his hogs on carp. He caught quantities of the fish. the hogs devoured them with avid ity and grew fine and large.
 This farmer was very proud of his pigs and carefully guarded his secret. When his bacon came on the table he was prepared for delicious morsel But oh the surprise that awaited him. His pork was neither fish nor pig. but bad mixture of both.
 At first he resolved not to tell the story. but he, has had many laugh
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12

laying eggs at the rate of l ,000,- 900 an hour. Fish-raising beats poul- try-raising all hollow when it comes to gathering eggs.
 Up in Tehama County they have the biggest fish hatchery in the world It's only one of another line of industries in which California carries the worlds banner. This particular hatchery is the Battle Creek hatchery, and on any good egg day there the men will take their baskets and buckets and go out and gather you over 2,000OOO salmon eggs while you wait. They have gath cred as high as 2,220,OoO eggs between sunup and sunset. Of course, this doesn't include the bad" eggs which of course don't count.
 The Battle Creek hatchery was start ed by the State Fish Commissioners to feed the up Sacramento streams After they got the plant well started it devel- oped such magnificent possibilities in the fish breeding line that they deemed 1t wisest to turn the place over to the National Fish Commissioners and give the whole country chance to reap tEe benefits.
 The location Is an ideal one for a fish hatchery. The waters of the creek are at least four degrees warmer than those of the Sacramento River.
 Battle Creek is the large stream which divides Shasta and Tehama counties. It has its source in the snow capped peaks of the Lassen Buttes, and runs rapidly down the canyon to the Sacramento River, into which it empties. It is particularly adapted to the propagation Of salmon, being nat ural spawning ground for that tish.
 A ditch, a quarter of mile in length, was constructed to convey wa ter from Battle Creek to the site chosen for the hatchery. A frame building, forty feet wide and ninety feet long, was erected and fitted with sixty matching troughs of a total capa- city of twelve million eggs. A weir IFS feet in length was constructed across the creek. It was supported by five bulkheads and was designed to withstand a rise of six feet in the stream. Later on building, like the first, was constructed of wood, but much larger, being forty feet in width and 140 feet in length, with 100 hatch ing troughs and having a total capa- city of 20,000,000 eggs.
 The largest catch of salmon eggs ever recorded in the world was made at the Battle Creek fishery last sea- son. The season opened October 22 and closed December 4 During the forty rF &~f- reached the grand total of 4S,527, 800.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12

Washington County, New York, pays a bounty of 50 cents each for dead rat4 tlesnakes, and Warren County, adjoin- ing, pays a dollar. So much money has been paid out for the extermina- ton of the reptiles in the latter county and so little in the former of late that the authorities have been led to sus- pect double-dealing. It is believed that most of the snakes upon which col lections have been made in Warren were imported by interruptions persons from the neighboring jurisdiction in or der that they might secure the higher rate
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12

long in shape and capable of holding about 35,000 eggs each. The filled bas- kets are suspended in long wooden troughs, through which a stream of water flows very slowly.
 Nature Is initiated as closely as pos- sible in the care of the eggs They are watched very closely during the pro- cess of matching. Men go carefully through the house eve day and by means of small tweezers - k the dead eggs out of the baskets. The dead eggs are easily distinguished by their light CT pink or yellow color.
 After a period of one month the eggs have "eyed"-that Is, the eyes of the fish have formed and can be seen in the egg if 1t is held to the light The eggs are now ready for shipment They are packed in trays and covered with moss. The trays are fitted into chests, and these chests are sent all over the coun- try by express. The eggs from them are deposited in streams and the hatch ing continues.
 The eggs which are allowed to remain in the houses for matching soon develop into a very small fish, with a large sack adhering. This is the remainder of the egg suspended from the belly. The small fish derives it's nourishment from this sack till this source of food supply is entirely absorbed.
 The young fish still in the tanks are then fed upon boiled beef liver and hard boiled eggs until they have ac- Quired sufficient size and strength to shift for themselves. Then they are turned loose in the brooks and rivers.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12

employed at the station
 The methods employed taking the eggs are striking. The fish on their way to their natural spawning grounds run up the stream as far as the weir. There they are held from further pro- gress by the racks.
 Two seining crews are employed in catching them One crew works by day. the other by night The night crew pursues it's work by the light of several large headlights. The salmon taken from the nets are assorted as to sex. The male fish are placed in a box by themselves, the ripe females, those ready for spawning, are placed in a second box. The green" fish are