Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-24

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1t is not tooImuch to say that in some
ways the lovelof salmon passeth that of
women. To reach the objects of their
affection ftheytperformsfeats and under
go hardships greater than any man
could do or bear, and to maintain it
they fight with a courage and fury
which nightmare many soldier en-
yious
E The salmon trials begin when they
first leave the sea on their long up
river Journey to meet their sweethearts.
Presently, perhaps, they meet high
waterfall Theps the salmon backs
Las Ear as possible, makes a To-
Ne-like rush and leaps for the
HeA actuallyewhizzes through the
air, his Tail is moving like lightning,
! his scales shine like silver enamel.
Perhaps he fails to greach the top by
a foot, but heNcatehess 1.-THE water, hangs
suspended for aimomena, and then with
a miraculous strength forces his way
tup and reaches the kquiet water be-
fyond II
| Perhaps thesnext waterfall is five
fleet higher, and tnessalmon leaps in
vain. Then, finding the feat impossi-
Bile, he actually ,climbstthe Sides jump
ing up from ledge to1edge and resting
rim little pools untdlsthe river above is
reached. Then hel goes on pushing
through rapids and laundering over
shadows until theA spawning ground is
reached.
In many of tibet larger rivers of this
continent the salmon is no beauty when
he reaches his journeys end. His
scales, perhaps, yafe worn off, his fins
torn and his body mass of bruises
But, nevertheless, he woos his ladylove
boldly, caresses her tenderly, fights his
rivals fercely andtwins his bride like a
soldier
But all fish aretnot so romantic
The Goldfish, for instance, is unsenti-
mental and actually ridiculous. He is
a great, gray, ugly fish, and his name
itself is absurd. If there were such
a thing as submarine humor he would
figure in it as the tgoat does in our
own comics.
The Goldfish has, in fact, an appetite
which makes the goats look pale, and
when fishermen cut the fish open they
assert that they often find such things
as scissors, suspender buckles, horse
shoes, potato parings, oil cans, door
knobs, marlin spikes, corn cobs and
India rubber shoes.
The bluefish is, perhaps, the most
terrible and bloodthirsty thing in all
nature. The tiger has sweet and
cheerful disposition compared to the
bluefish, the shark seems a phlegmatic
and amiable creature, and the wolf, by
comparison, is positively mild. The
bluefish make menhaden their especial
prey.
w nCu d cCuOCI VI these uSu pGIG6lN6
bluefish near they swim away with
such terrific haste that the ocean foams
under them, but the bluefsh cannot
be distanced. They rush among the
helpless menhaden, biting, tearing,
thrashing and even throwing them into
the air
They kill purley for the love of
slaughter. The sea is Redeemed with
blood and dotted with dead fish, but
bluefish kill on until exhaustion stops
them or until the menhaden get into
such shallow water that the bluefish do
not care TO follow. Sometimes these
helpless fish are so blind with terror
that they swim ashore and are piled
up in windrows foot deep.
Placing bluefish's kill at only 10
per day it will be seen that during
their four months yearly stay on the
New England coast they destroy about