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U-J Jft. fa nttjj toriHtt. ASTORIA. OREGON: THURSDAY. JANUARY 27.1887 HOME RULE INDEED. The "eastern question," the Congo commercial possibility, the manufacturing depression, every thing in England appears sub servient and pushed aside that the parliament, which meets to-day, may again discuss the burning question of "Home Rule." Great Britain can now as -wisely as any time, take up a home rule proposition that will solve the pres ent vexatious problem, that will heal as far as possible, internecine warfare, and add strength to her standing. Wft in this country may be prejudiced in favor of our institu tions, and having been used to deal with them, they may seem to us more simple than they appear to foreigners. But it does seem extraordinary that no one in Great Britain perceives that the adoption of the federal system is the easiest and most practical solution of the problem. Split up Great Britain and Ireland into states a dozen of them, if necessary; lot Ulster be a state by herself, if she wants; let Canada, Australasia, British In dia, Ceylon and other colonies, likewise become membeas of the British union ; give them all com plete self government, so far as their local affairs are concerned; and let all send members to West minster to transact the national business of the empire. This plan would involve a written constitu tion, tracing the dividing lino be tween state and imperial sover eignty, and the establishment of a court like our supreme court, with power to decide what acts, either of the national parliament or of the state legislatures, contravened the organic instrument. There is no difficulty in this nothing which need shock the prejudices of the British people, or endanger the prosperity of the empire. There is no reason why such a system would not work as well in Great Britain as it does in this country. Iadeed, if the English took warn ing by our mistakes and our expe rience, they might frame a better constitution than ours, and avoid several errors which our fathers committed, and which are now al most irremediable. Events will sooner or later com pel the adoption of some such plan as this, whether the minister in power likes it or not. On the oc casion of the first war which breaks out the relations between Great Britain and her colonies will be come strained. The latter may find that they are bearing the brunt of a war in which they have no interest and which they did nothing to cause. The exact limit of imperial control over colonial legislation is undefined. Nomi nally, Canada and the Australian colonies are sovereign. But the British parliament may, when it pleases, take away that sovereignty and annul the acts of their legisla tures. This is a slipshod way of regulating a matter which may be come important. As to Ireland, the establishment of a state legis lature with full control over land tenures, police, crimes, religion and taxation for local purposes, would give the Irish all they want, and they would still continue to form part of a powerful empire by rea son of their representatipn at Westminster. No sensible Irish man wants to become a citizen of a little power with 5,000,000 peo ple, like Belgium or Portugal; but all Irishmen object, and very prop erly, to have their road laws and their poor laws and their police regulations made by an assembly less than one-sixth of which is Irish. As to the English themselves, they will realize, when their at tention is fully drawn to the sub jeot, that efficiency in legislation would be promoted by relieving parliament of a mass of local sub jects which now engross its at tention, and leaving it free to deal with imperial concerns esalasiyely : while, on the other hand, the wants of particular localities would be better served by local legisla tures than they can be in a na tional parliament full of members who are indifferent to and ignorant of those wants. The interests of the southern counties are constant ly differing from those of the northern counties; Scotland wants laws that are not suitable to Wales; Birmingham and Man chester need legislation which would be out of place in York shire. It is only by bearing with a mass of abuses, which" would not be tolerated for a month in this country, that the various sections of the kingdom have got along as they have under the present cum brous system. If the English can only be got to think, and to real ize for one little instant that their institutions are not perfection, and that they may possibly have yet something to learn in the science of government, they can hardly fail to become as ardent cham pions of home rule as Mr. Parnell himself. SALMON HATCHING. How the Future Supply of the State Is Trovlded For. The outfit provided by the .state to keep tip the supply of salmon con sists of a large building; a number of flumes about two feet wide, one fool in depth and running the entire length of the building; a large num ber of square box seives or propo gating baskets with bottoms of wire crossed so as to leave holes about one fourth of an inch square. Through these flumes th9 water is allowed to run, in a small, steady stream. The salmon are caught in traps or nets when on their way to spawn, and the eggs stripped from them. These are fecundated, the mass placed in the seives and a steady stream of water allowed to run over them. The water of Hat creek has a temperature of 3G de grees, and in this it requires about 100 days for the eggs to hatch. From fifty to fifty-five is the best tem perature, and witb such they oan be hatched in six weeks. After the growth of the egg has begun the mas3 separates and each one becomes about as large as a big pea. Soon a little black spot is seen on each side. Those are the head and tail of the minnow, and soon the little fish bursts the shell, coming out on the top, and has the appearance of a small tadpole with a terribly dis tended stomach, but instead of discarding the .old abode it is attached firmly to the min now, and becomes its supply of food for ten days or more, when it is able to rustle. As soon us hatohed the minnow wriggles around until it falls through one of the holes in the bot tom of the box, when it is carried along the bottom of the trough nntil a cross-piece or riffle is reached. Here they gather, a gallon or more in a place, and keep up an eternal dart ing and diving until the period cf their imprisonment has expired. So long as the food sack lasts they will not eat, but with the exhaustion of this natural supply an appetite is devel oped, which, properly satisfied, trans forms the little inch-long samlet into the ten and twenty-pound beauties, with sides of silver, that gladden the hearts of the fishermen and tickle the palate of the epicure. When about ten days or two weeks old they are turned into the stream, and soon find their way to the shallow spots where they feed and grow until large enough to venture into deeper water. Mr. Shebley states that while in the open stream not more than one egg in a thousand will grow to be a fish of any size, in the hatchery 75 per cent, oan be turned out, and even 90 per cent, under favorable circum stances. This year only about one and a half million of eggs were taken, out next year, witn the experience gained they nope to do better. And this is how salmon hatching looks to one who has never been there before. Fall River, Cal., Mail. NEW TO-DAY. FISHERIES SPECIAL NOTICE. As our hands for getting out Seines and Traps Just the shape required, are thorough ly experienced by long service, Fishermen can rely on getting those wares made up. without extra charge, and also, Koped. Corked, Leaded, ready for uo.at a cost less than it can be done by themselves. We are thoroughly fittted up for It, Can ship from the door of our mill direct to either railroad route, Gloucester Net & Twine Co., GLOUCESTER. Boston office, 9G COMMKRO AL ST. NEW STUDIO. Mrs. Jas. A. Davidson Ha3 opened a studio In the Kinney Block, Room 7, over Adler's, and vrll gle lessons In Landscape aud Flowers In oil, also Draw ing, etc. erms 50 cts. a lesson. Hour, 8 to 12 A, M. , and ltosp. at. Boat Building. JOE LEATHERS Ts on deck and prepared to build boats that he win ability. Ke guarantee aa lo work and riur tee agio ability. Kefers to all who have used boats of his construction. AU work guaranteed Fop Sale. rilHK DEEP SEA FISHING CO.'S SLOOP 1. -vestwre, built in 1883. reir-stered tonnage 9C.S7. Enquire of I. . A. BOWLKY or A. V, ALLEN. Strike It Rich! ncYYOCi: Groceries Provisions OF Foard & Slokes Their largely IncroisitiK trade enah'ea them to sell at the very lowest margin of profit while giving you poods that are of first class quality. Goods Delivered All Over the City. The Highest Price PaLd for Junk. Frank L Parker, Dealer in lancj and Staple Groceries. Flour Feed Potatoes Headquarters For ASTORIA WOOD YARD. FRESH CLATSOP EGGS Cau be hail of it. 31. Shnffaer 01 Water St., and "Wherry & Co.'s market opposite Occident Hetel: 1 don't claim they are fresh a&somc do who hae but a few chick ens and It takes them a month to get a shipment, but because I have the largest Chicken lanch this side of Portland, iuii by experienced hands plrk up the eggs every day and bring them to town 3 times a week. And don't vou forget It tliat every egg bought from the abovo partlts Is uuarameed by them to be fresh. S. K. STANLEY. NEW YORK ilcadquaiters For STATIONERY. BOOKS. MAGAZINES. TOYS. JEWELRY. SOLID GOLD AND SILVER. NOVELTIES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS CANES, Perfumeries, Toilet Articles, Etc. ALL TUE Latest Styles on Exhibition. Agents for Will & FInck'3 Sporting Goods. ASTORIA Wood Yard. Keep Constantly on Land. Fir Wood, Red and Yellow HEMLOCK WOOD. ALDER WOOD. SPRUCE LIMBS. MAPLE LIMBS. SPLIT ASH WOOD. ASH LIMBS. AND CRABAPPLE Any desired length from four foot to eight inches long. Leave orders with Frank L. Parker or at the yards. Telephone 36. 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