w' -m. . . POL'LY WANTS ——z —“Cracl;er?“ I asked. But no—a bird‘s disdain Answer‘d my threadbare old refrain, And Polly niurinur’d—“Wants”——then paused, Uncertain what her want was—caused A feather from her cage to fall (Plucked, in a pet, from wing)-—’twas all. “Polly wants” murmur‘d she again, In sort of ruminating strain, Scratched her head and was still again, Like some old grandsire, weak of brain, Gone back to Childhood‘s pleasing strain; And sitting, drivelling all day long, Repeats his wants in slow sir g-son g, Wishing for—shadows—not a few, Because he has naught else to do— Or some wise fool (provoking mirth) ll'ho nothing less wants than —the earth! Till, wrought to curious mood, I saw ’Twas wise. if possible, to draw By coaxing (scolding made her worse) From her her wish—she spurned at force. “If Polly tells her wish,” I said, “With sugar plums she shall be fed !"‘— “If Polly tells,” I whispered low. “She shall come forth from cage and go To walk upon the garden wall I” But Polly grunted, “Not at 2111;" Then back relapsing, scratched her head, And "Pretty Polly wants—” she said— A pause—I stretched a coaxing hand, And laid a sweetnieat on her stand. She eyed it (on one side her head)— “§olly wants two or three,” she said. ‘ .= :.: :l‘ s s: at It In deep disgust from l’olly‘s feast I turned—for I had thought, at least, Some higher wish I should have heard Uttered by my superior bird— When, lo! the oracle had named Her wish—herself a vulgar epicure proclaim’d. the world. Deny who can— s '1 bird—a man‘s a man; And (it is due to Adam's fall)— A ,c . elling creature, after all: —-Lctitia Virginia Douglas in New York Herald. TEE BREAKERS. At a pleasant family reunion in New York the sons and daughters of an old commodore of the n. vy were assembled at the house of a well known citizen to cele- brate a domestic anniversary. The table had been cleared, cigars light— ed, and the veteran, being urged by the young ladies to spin them a sea yarn, re- lated the following story: It occurred, he said, soon after I entered the service, now more than forty years ago. we were just about to leave Hampton Roads on a cruise, when the captain’s gig dashed alongside, and with the old skipper came a slight, girlish, fair haired boy, ap- parently a mere child, but dressed in the' uniform at that time vorn by the midship- men of our navy. The little fellow had been sent to sea to learn an honorable profession, because his father, since his bankruptcy, could not e-cuc'at ‘ '5 son at honic in a manner he- .. s former station. He stood un— certain for a while on the quarter deck, alone, neglected, abashcd, until the cap- tain, suddenly rccollecting himself, turned round and introducing him to us ended by committing Harry Broughton, as I shall call him, to my oversight, as the oldest .midshipman on board. W’e were soon on intimate terms, and he was so frank, generous and winning in his manners that you could not, for the life of you, escape loving the little fellow. Even the rugged old tars would do anything to please him, and the :_ verity 0f the first lieutenant himself often relaxed itself when little Harry, as we all called him, had of- fended against some paltry rule of disci— pline. Always the fisst to turn out in a gale, never to be found skulking like some of the other youngsters from his watch, and at. all times eager to volunteer on any extra duty, he gradually wound himself into the hearts of every one on board, from the landlubbers in the waist to the captain in his after cabin. If we went on shore Harry was sure to be one of our company, for he was such a favorite with strangers on account of. his youth and beauty that we were always better welcomed if he was along. \I'e had been out nearly three years, cruising on the Pacific station, when we were ordered home, and right glad we all were to hear the news. The long, beauti- ful moonlights came and went like the sound of music, and a hundred gallant fel— lows danced away the evening watches to the lively notes of the violin. We reached the Philippine Islands, passed the straits and at last entered the Bay of Bengal. Vie were all heartily tired of close confinement on shipboard, and re- solved to run up the bay and visit a few of the chief stations on the coast. It was a glorious day when we first caught sight of Madras, with the sunlight playing full on its walls and minaret-s, the long, low beach of white sand crowned with the walls of the fort above, and a tremendous surf rolling and thundering in ahead. Every heart beat high with pleasure, and it was not a difficult matter to obtain per- mission to land. A party of officers, among whom were Harry and myself, resolved to make an excursion into the town. I should have mentioned that there is no port for vessels within twenty miles of St. George’s fort, and as our frigate would be compelled to stretch out and in until our return we had but little time for our ad- venture. ‘Ve had intended when we start- ed to leave the boats outside the surf and to land in flats which are used for passing the breakers, and which, being sewed to- gether and without heels, are admirably fitted to resist the jerking of the surf and cannot without great difficulty be over- turned. But when we neared the shore we saw that none of these native boats were at hand, and as we had but little time to lose we lay upon our oars just outside the breakers and called a council to' determine what to do. “W'hat say you, Frank, to making a dash, and passing it at once? It will be something to talk of—eh?” I shook my head in disapprobation as I pointed to the huge billows that raced by us, and curling over a cable’s lengthahead broke with noise like thunder on the beach, while the shivered wave boiled and foamed in the vortex below. “Give way, my sea. dogs, give way!” shouted the third lieutenant, coming up abreast in gallant style; “shall we dash in, Mr. Tiller?” “It looks like a venture where one cast is death, and the other a ducking, but what say you, Broughton ?” “Oh, sir,” replied the little fellow, his eyes kindling as bespoke, “they say an English man-of—war’s boat passed it a few years ago, and I’m sure we can do it, too. ,Besides, sir, we can try it with one. boat first. It isn’tsuch a high surf, after all, and look there, sir, they’re watching. us from the fort.” . ' True enough, the officers of the garrison were quizzin g us already with their glasses. I still, however, objected, feeling a strange kind of presentiment that some dreadful accident would occur if we vent- ;ured in the surf. But the national pride fof our men had been touched, and the lien- ;tenant, seeing it, wavered no longer, and fjshouting the order to “Give way,” our ‘crew broke into acheer and dashed rapidly up to the gigantic breakers. The aspect of the surf as we approached it was terrible. in, one after another rose like monsters. h '4' "‘7'? .1“ fill} .L 1 U NORW’ALK GAZETTE WE , abyss. lter!” :ing our danger, thundered, “Larboard, . of his untimely end. Enormous billows rolled! 5 - paused a moment with thEii‘ white crests combing before they descended and then hurled their mass of water down into the abyss below with the noise of a mighty cat- i aract. Hitherto, all had been careless on board, and jests had been flying plentifully about, but every man now felt that a crisis was at hand, and accordingly the deepest silence prevailed, broken only by the noise of the oars and the quick orders of the lieutenant. “Larboard!” shouted Tiller, waving his hand, “larboard a little more!” and riding . on an enormous wave we were whirled into the heart of the surf, with two gigantic billows madly pursuing us on our quarter. For a moment we thought the crisis passed, but all at once the wave seemed to lose its impetus, and gliding from beneath us broached us almost broadside to, while the foremost of our pursuers dashed against us and heeled us nearly over into the “'e were losing all command of the boat, when suddenly a voice from our colleague outside of the surf exclaimed: “Look out, there’s a shark on your quar- At the same instant Tiller, perceiv— hard-—ease off there, larboard harder, for God’s sake, down!" but the poor coxswain, startled by the ill timed warning from the other boat, and conscious of the terrible situation in which we were, lost for a 1110- incnt all command of his faculties, and be- fore he could regain them sufficiently to obey the command of his officer a wave ; struck us full on our broadside, and in an- ; other instant, with a wild cry of horror, we ,' found ourselves struggling in the surf. \Vhen I rose to the surface I struck out boldly, but I shall never forget the sight that met my eyes. The boat was already broken in pieces and the fragments tossing about, while the crew were struggling here and there in the breakers. A poor fellow was just ahead of me, bulfeting Lvith the waves, his ugonized look fixed on a huge shark that lay eyeing him just without the surf. IIc screamed for succor, but it was in vain. The current was gradually sweep- ing him nearer to his terrible one my. The other boat ventured as near as it could, but it would have been madness to approach nearer. Suddenly he gave a quick, shrill shriek, flung his arms upward and sank. The next instant the blood red hue of the surface told the fearful cause. As for myself, I struck desperately for the shore, and being a good swimmer as long as I could command my faculties I knew I had some chance of reaching land. I had turned in order to escape the current and find a place where the surf rolled in less frightfully, when I heard a faint cry, and saw little Harry struggling not two fathoms off. He seemed almost exhausted, and was barely able to keep his head above water. “For the love of heaven,” he cried, “Frank —herel’7 But as I swam towards him the noble boy exclaimed: “X0! Save yourself —I’1n nearly gone—am getting weak—tell mother and Funny I died thinking of them.” “Courage!” I shouted; “I’ll be there in a minute—hold on, my bravo lad!” and I strained every nerve to reach him, but the current was so powerful that it baffled my efforts. One while the surf would sweep us far apart, and again dash us almost to- gether. I saw, however, that I gradually neared the gallant little fellow. The crew of the boat outside bent to their oars, determined at all risks to secure us, when suddenly there was a cry, “The shark! the shark!” And the huge monster shot along not twenty yards off between us and our only hope, the boat. My brain reeled as I looked. The boat was rapidly approaching, but the surf was too wild to suffer it to come near to where we were, and between us the frightful monster was sailing to and fro, waiting for the tide to sweep us out. “I’m going, Frank; I can’t stand it any longer. Oh, my poor mother and sister! God forgive me my sins,” faintly said the boy. “Hold on a minute, for heaven’s sake!” I cried, for I was already within a. yard or two of him. “Hold on!” thundered the lieutenant from the boat; “we’ll be there if we die for it—give way, lads, for a life, hurrah!” But poor little Harry had held on until nature was completely worn out, and cast- ing a wild look on all around he faintly ejaculated, “My mother, sister—oh, my God!” and then, with a convulsive jerk of his arms, sank like lead into the waters. The next moment I would have been by his side. ' “Give way! Give way! Give way!” roared the lieutenant, wildly, as he waved on his men. “For God’s sake, come on quick!” I shouted as I dived. But alas l my search was unsuccessful, and when I rose to the surface I was far away from the spot where Harry had dis- appeared and nearing with frightful ra- pidity the shark on the edge of the surf. The boat was yet too distant to promise any effective aid. I shall never forget the emotions of that instant. A sickening sen- sation came over me; my brain reeled, my joints grew weak and my arms seemed to refuse their duty. The monaer was now nearly at my side. I could see his great fins appearing and disappearing, and alv most feel the lashing of his huge tail as it beat against the waters. I gave up all my hopes of this world and all I loved, and shut my eyes upon my terrible enemy as I breathed a silent prayer for mercy to God. A moment that seemed years ensued—a moment of torture more horrible than any I ever had conceived—when aloud, sharp cry rang out just behind me, and at the same instant a coil of rope fell beside me as a voice called out in broken English, “Hold on!” Clutching the cord mechanically, Ifelt ‘ myself drawn rapidly in among the break- ers, while the enormous monster, perceiv— ing he was going to be disappointed of his prey, struck the waves wildly with his tail, and dashed like lightning after me. “In with him, hand over hand!” shouted a voice, and I felt myself jerked into one of the boats common on the coast. At the same instant a thundering cheer rung from the crew outside the surf. Forgetful of everything but my wonderful preserva- tion I fell on my knees and thanked God I was alive. When I looked again, I saw we were riding in upon the surf and the shark had sheered outta sea. \Ve were soon landed, and I then learned the manner of my de- liverance. Having been seen, a boat had put off to our rescue, and had already taken up several of our 'crew, when they discov- ered me struggling against the current. Had I not been engaged in endeavoring to ‘ save poor Harry I would have noticed their approach sooner. As it was, four of our crew were lost. The poor boy, thank God, was washed ashore that same afternoon, and there was not a dry eye on the shi when they heard e buried him' near Madras, and so ended our battle with the surf—True Flag. Weary of Waiting. Backward Suitor—I don’t. know what to make of you. , She—Please don’t make an old maid 01 me, whatever you do.—-Epoch. ' ROPING TEXAS 'STEERS’. ’A REMARKABLE CONTEST AT 1 1 COUNTY FAIR IN THE SOUTH. Furious Animals Turned Loose for the Men and Ponies to Tussle “'ith—Pé. culiar Sagacity of the Little Ponies. 181011 “110 Have to Be Quick. One of the most interesting things I saw while I was in Texas was a roping contest at the Concho county fair. The winner of the first prize—a beautiful cowboy saddle —was to be the contestant who should rope and tie down a. steer in the shortest time. The second prize was a gorgeous gold and silver trimmed sombrero, and was to be won by the contestant making second best time. It is the intention to run up as close alongside or behind the steer as possible, and, while going about his-own gait, throw the rope over his horns; then by following along with the rope slack it may be gotten clear under him as he runs; then by taking a turn around the pommel it is secured, the pony suddenly stopped, braced With all his strength, and the steer is thrown clean heels over head literally. Bya dcxt‘crpus ' jerk and good management a steer ma‘y‘be thrown when the rope has caught lmt one horn, but it will usually slip off. "" If, when he has been roped and the rope made fast to the pommel, a steer suddenly bolts sideways, he is very apt to pull horse and rider over—especially if he be big'and the pony little. ”When the steer has been thrown all right the rider jumps off and runs to tie him, leaving the pony to hold him by keeping the line from the pommel to his horns taut. And this was to me the prettiest picture in the whole panorama. The sagacious little pony standing with his nose to the fallen adversary, straining at the line, and watching the steer with bright, knowing eyes. He realizes that he’s in a bad fix if the steer gets up, and he hasn’t the least intention of letting him do so. In the first placc,all the wild and vicious steers that can be found on the ranges and ranches about are gathered up and brought, . fighting, bellowing and protesting, to the fair grounds and put in a pen there. now THE STEER IS norm). thcn the fair commences the stccr is halcd about with sticks, clubs, yells and whoops, until perfectly maddencd, when the outer bars are suddenly withdrawn and he leaps out into the opening. The contestant whose turn it is is stationed close to one side, and is after him like a shot. The first steer was a big, lean, sorrel col- ored one. with horns about four feet across at the points, and that ran like a deer. The cowboy was a fine, handsome, keen looking fellow, and his pony one of the best cow ponies in the COuntry, a little white fellow, bearing the favorite name of Possum, with big, bright, black eyes, as quick as a cat, a “regular trump.” They got a fair start with the steer, the throw was made successfully, and then came the moment of suspense, when the pony was straining every nerve to keep with the steer, while the rider watched each turn to catch and throw him by an endwisc jerk. This he succeeded in doing, then leaped from the saddle to “tie him down,” leaving Possum to hold him. He had but touched the ground when the steer made a sudden convulsive efliort and rose to his feet. But Possum’s eye was on him; he instantly ran backward and jerked him flat. By this time the cowboy reached the steer, jumped on him and tied his feet and the business was completed. Now recommcnced the yelling and whoop- ing, and a big white steer tears into the pen and is half across the bars before he can be beaten back. He finally bursts through the bars before they can be taken down. This time it is the deputy sheriff that after- ward had the scrimmage with the Mexi- cans at Knickerbocker, mounted on a lit tle claybank with silvery mane and tail— Capt. Scott, and a captain he proves him- self. A SAGACIOUS PONY. He quickly overhauls the steer, the throw is made, the rope secured, and then the big brute bolts sideways like lightning, and horse and rider go over in horrible confu- sion. Hurrah for the captain! He’s up and off! It’s he and the steer for it. And now there were screams and roars of laughter and shouts of admiration as the plucky lit- tle fellow dodged and tacked and jerked the big animal about till attendants could come up and cut the rope and drive him into the outer regions. Here comes the next candidate for the rope. This time the roper is a handsome boy of 21 or 22, whose father owns a big ranch, of which the young man is manager. Off they go, the fiery little pony fairly fiy~ ing over the ground. The steer is roped, thrown—not without a struggle—and has only to be tied to complete the job. But the moment he feel the young fellow’s weight upon him he rises like a shot. Everybody is breathless—we hardly know whether to laugh or be terrified. But the pony doesn’t debate. He prompt ly hauls the would be “ridin’ hoss” down with a backward plunge, and keeps drag- ging him a little as he struggles to rise, un- til his master has him safely tied; and all with 'such little snorts, such tossings of his pretty head, and kickings out of the little slim heels, such sharp neighs and flirtings of his tail as were for all the world like ar- ticulate speech. ' This was the very cutest pony of all, and when his master got on him after tying down his steer he went off fairly dancing and swelling with pride and high spirits;: THE PRIZE WINNER. '5 After this there were one or two failures, one horse falling in a. prairie dog hole and one man missing the throw it had taken him long to get close enough to make. And now came an unusually wild, ugly steer, and the funniest kind of a pair to run after him and catch him. The pony was a little, ratty roan, and the man big, heavy and awkward looking. Everybody laughed when they sailed in close on the heels of the vamoosing, buckskin colored steer. But that little beetle bug of a. pony just caught up with the great long legged creature, the big, clumsy looking man threw his rope like a. streak of inebriated lightning over his horns, threw him end- wise till I looked to hear his neck crack, then hopped out of the saddle like a little circus boy and tied him with neatness and dispatch. He, out of all the fine athletic looking men on fleet ponies, was the one to take the first prize, the saddle, and our handsome boy who was manager of his father’s ranch bore off the sombrero, which ought to look appropriate enough on his - black curls and shading his brilliant black ‘ eyes. - Altogether it was all that fancy painted it. Thrilling, exciting, _ making your heart leap with excitementvand standstill‘with: suspense. Such adisplay ofi‘man’s‘zmast. cry of powerful and frantic beasts is,a Homeric spectacle, enduonq‘which, appeals to the 'original savage wh1ch~we§arejltplq sleeps in every nature.'— Chattanooga Times. I if ' The Physiology of Taste. taste sensations is a subject which is ' usually cursorily passed over in text books, I with the statements that the posterior -. third, the tip, and sides of the tongue only are sensitive; that sweet substances are best perceived by the tip, bitter ones at the back; and so on. In a German medical journal is an abstract of interesting obser- vations by Oehrwall, who, by the aid of a lens, stimulated the individual papillae by means of a fine brush dipped in solutions of sugar, quinine, acetic acid, and salt. He found that, as had before been ob; served, the circumvallate papillae were particularly sensitive, but that on the sides and tip the fungiform papilla only were sensitive. He estimated that in the whole tongue there were 350 to 400 of these pap- illae, of which he found 125 only to respond to stimuli. Many of them appeared to be incited by all four of the substances employed, but in other cases papillae were found to respond to one form of stimulus, but not to an— other. Thus 19 per cent. responded to acetic acid, but not to sugar; 24 per cent. which were sensitive to acid were unaffect- ed by quinine, while 15 per cent. which recognized sugar did not respond at all to the application of quinine. All of the papillw were sensitive to touch, pain, heat and cold. “when stimulated by a mild, faradic current, on acid taste only was ex- cited. He confirmed the observations of older authors, that most of the anterior two—thirds of the dorsum of the tongue was devoid of gustatory papillae—Science. A Superstition of Sailors. Col. Nicholas Pike tells The Brooklyn Standard Union an interesting story which illustrates the superstition of sailors regarding the killing of the albatross: “When I was en route to Port Lewis, Isl- and of Mauritius, as American consul,” he says, “the albatross and petrol were always around our vessel, the United States steamer Monocacy, and the sailors tried for a long time to get one of the former for me, but were unsuccessful. But at last one was caught and after great resistance was drawn on board, but not before his strength and skill were taxed to the utter- most. In about half an hour another one was taken and we let them go about the deck together. They were fine birds, but looked very droll waddling along the deck together. “I was instructed to procure-one for the Long Island Historical society. and was anxious to get it without injuring its plumage, and so gave one of these birds a dose of cyanide of potassium, and in a sec- ond he lay over on his side without a struggle. Following this incident we had continual squalls, when I found to my utr ter astonishment that to me was attributed a good deal of the contrariety of the ele- ments. The sailors averrcd that it was all owing to my having killed the albatross. \Vhen the storm was at its height they en- treated me not to kill any more of these birds, as they are considered to be the spirits of seamen lost in the ocean.” ' The, Coffee Tree. The coffee tree is from six to fourteen feet high, and the same tree bears for a number of years. The trunk is from twelve to eighteen inches in diameter, and when fully grown much resembles our own apple tree of from ten to twelve years’ standing. Ordinarily the lower branches begin to bend as the tree grows old, the wood being very limber and pliable, and soon form themselves into the shape of a gigantic umbrella, many of the branches reaching the ground. The bark is whitish and rather rough; the leaves much resemble those of a Citron tree. As it always grows in tropical latitudes, it Continues green throughout the year, never being entirely bare of leaves. Blossoms and green and ripe fruit may be seen on the coffee tree at any season of the year. When the blossom falls off there remains in its place a small fruit, green at first, which becomes red as it ripens, not unlike a. large cherry and very good to eat. Under the flesh of this berry, instead of a stone, is found the seed we call coffee, wrapped in a fine, thin skin. The bean is then soft and very unpalatable, but becomes harder as it ripens, and the dried up flesh or pulp, which was edible when young and tender, becomes a shell of a. dark brown color and the berry a waxy, transparent green. Each shell contains one berry, which when sepa- rated forms two of the coffee grains of commerce—St. Louis Republic. Trees and Climate. The effect of trees on climate has formed the subject of an article in Petermann’s by an able Russian observer, M. Wocikofi. He maintains that the diminution of evap- oration elfected by forests is not due to the lower temperature known to exist under their shadow, but that the most important factor is the resistance to the Winds by the trees. This causes the air of the forest to be changed more slowly, and thus the sat- urated air is not so largely replaced by dry air, and the moisture is less rapidly carried away. The vicinity of a. forest increases the summer rainfall considerably, but has less effect in winter. The storage of rain water in the moss, fallen leaves and herbage of the woods afiords a supply 0f vegetation ' during dry seasons. A striking illustrar tion of this is afforded by a forest on the western shore of the Caspian, Where the vegetation is very luxuriant, although it . never rains except in autumn and winter. M. Wocikoif has observed that forests lower the temperature of the country around them. In Bosnia. the summer is 5 or 6 dogs. cooler than in Herzegovina. This diflerénce'i-s attributed to the woods. “113' He Lost the lVIarket Wagon. ~ An odd bequest was recently uncovered from among the musty records of old Wills recorded in the county clerk’s office at Schenectady, by a. lawyer of that city, which he thinks the profession will relish in reading. The document reads: “I give and bequeath to Blank forever my market wagon.” Attached to the foregoing is this codicil: “Whereas, since the making of my last will and testament, said Blank claims to own said market wagon and says that I can use it occasionally, and if I want it I must come for it; and, whereas, I don’t fancy such remarks, I hereby revoke the bequest of said wagon to said Blank; and put said market wagon in the residuary clause of my will.”—A.lbany Argus. The Old, Old Story. The superintendent of London police told an American visitor to Scotland Yard lately that when a. noted criminal was visited before his execution by a. clergyman he listened to the story of Jesus and his suffering upon the cross in silence and then, springing to' his feet, said, “Is this true? He came to save men like me?” “Yes, it is true?” ' . . “And you sit here quietly! If I behaved that'story and were fl'eeIwould walk bare- 'every living man!” Even the great truths of religion grow hackneyed to our impatient ears and trivia] minds—Youth’s Companion. . DIVESDAY JUNE 25, 19 The localization of the different forms of foot over the world but I'would tell it. to . (5’0. PRACTICAL FISHING. “GANGS” WITH WHICH FISHERMEN WORK MOST EFFECTIVELY. Various Devices for Killing Big Fish Speedily and Surely—How to Construct ar,“Gang”-—Some of the Variousliinds of Tackle Used in Deep Water Fishing. For the practical angler who goes fishing to catch fish and not with the idea that the fish must have the biggest possible chance to get away and the angler the least pos- sible chance to capture his prey, “gangs of books” are used and are coming more into use every day. Their use is j ustified' by the consideration that the ocean and the large lakes comprise a large territory, and that fish are comparatively difficult to take, so that the Wise angler multiplies his chances of a catch by multiplying the number of his hooks. In gang fishing the hooks must be as widely separated as pos- sible in order that the bait may be swung around and cover as much space in the water as possible and attract the notice of the fish. Gangs are used. in both salt and fresh water fishing. In salt water fishing they are called “separators,” because the hooks are kept as far apart as possible. In fresh water fishing two styles are used, minnow gangs and gangs of flies. Minnow gangs are in use in angling for trout, black bass, pike and pickerel. If the reader should chance to enter the manufactory of a gang- maker with the notion of making a gang for himself he would see something like this: The expert determines first whether the minnow gang is to be made up of hooks bound on gimp or on gut. If on gut it must be either on single or double gut, the single gut being intended for troutaor small black bass and double gut for large black bass. English white silkhcart gimp is used for pike and pickerel, though some anglers choose treble twisted gut. HOW TO MAKE A GANG. The expert takes the end of the gut or gimp between the thumb and fingers of his left hand, and with his right hand ar- ranges thrce hooks at the end of the line. Vthn they are placed at equal distances apart, so that the points of the hooks form a triangle, he binds them firmly to the line with waxed silk, first laying the end of the silk along the shanks of the hooks, and then winding the silk over and over after the fashion of a thread on a spool. After securing the end of the thread by a peculiar twist known to anglers the artisan meas- ures 05 an inch or so of the line and binds on three more books in a similar way. Afterward he measures off an inch more and fastens a single hook on the gut. This hook is called the lip hook. It is so called because it is placed on the gut above the gang, and the minnow is hooked to it through the lip. The Whippings are finally coated with varnish, and the gang is ready to use after fastening a swivel at the end of the gut. The Seth Green gang, so named from the 'inventor, or at lcast, as that is disputed, the great advocate of artificial propagation of fish, is the simplest of gangs, being made of two treble hooks, one lip hook and a gut from six inches to a foot long, with a. swivel. It is used for brook trout or small black bass, and it costs twenty-five cents at tackle stores. For black bass fishing, Where the fish run large, it is customary to use two or three treble hooks and a. lip hook, with a. very stout gut about three feet long. They cost from thirty to fifty cents. For large black bass, lake trout or pickerel fishing some fishermen prefer a minnow gang with a patent treble hook baiting needle, bound in either a heavy single or double gut. They can be used for trolling or still fishing. MANY KINDS OF TACKLE. Finally, where fish run very large, two or three treble hooks and lip hook are used on treble twisted gut or silver gimp from one to three feet long. They cost~from 30 to 50 cents each. Undoubtedly this is the most popular gang used for trolling among the Thousand Islands, and for that reason it is termed the “St. Lawrence gang.” It is highly esteemed because on it a. minnow lives longer than on any other gang, and because it is the easiest gang on which a minnow can be placed. Furthermore, it does not scare away the old and wary fel- lows by a dangling line of books in the rear. Some anglers ‘ use three swivels on the end of the gimp, and this course pre- vents kinking and breaking of the gimp and the loss of the fish. In trolling for black bass, perch, rock bass and pike perch a deadly gang is com- posed of a nine foot single or double gut leader and four flies known as Seth Green’s favorites. For the tail or stretcher fly a “Seth Green” is used, for the first dropper a. “Governor Alvord,” for the second drop- per a. “Grizzly King” and for the upper dropper a. “Lake George.” For the “Lake George” dropper a. live minnow is often used with a “Seth Green gang.” , In salt water fishing 8. gang once very popular has long since been discarded by many anglers on account of its bungling construction. It consisted of two pieces of brass wire bent to form nearly a quadrant of a circle. These Wires were fastened to- gether in such a way that when in use they Were pulled out to form nearly a half cir- cle. The other ends were formed into loops, and from each end a. gut or gimp ‘ leader was suspended, the leader being long or short according to the depth of the water. It was suspended from the center, and swivel was constructed in the top so that the apparatus could revolve when a. fish took the hook on one of the lines. From the center below was suspended a. lead sinker. This gang was superseded by a lighter invention, With the big sinker, furthermore, the waves frolicked, and it was not certain whether the fisherman had a. fish or not, and the bobbing of the line was often due to the sinker. ' One of the most popular weakfish gangs was adopted from a. gang Sometimes used in black bass fishing, and differs from it only in having a float painted red floating on the water. Its simplicity is its' great, merit. The fishing line is passed through two eyes of a three armed swivel. Then a snell is fastened to the third eye, the shell being divided at its further end into two' arms. One arm is short and one long, so that both hooks will not come together.— _ New York Times. ‘ Labor Necessary to Genius. . Great composition cannot be produced by any amount of labor, nor can good music, nor'good art of any kind; but it cannot be produced'without labor. It is a. curious fact, also, that the writers who have most natural talent have the greatest capachy for taking pains. It is so in the other arts. There are painters who will paint you twelve large pictures in two days at a dollar apiece, and they are dear at the price. There are paintem'whOWillwork two years over (me not large painting, and work, too, with an ardor and joyou’sjn- tensity of which the wholesale. daubelicgn form no idea. 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