November, 1878. THE WEST SHORE. and periodical that are regularly inued and cir culated: Moniteur Ottoman, founded io 1831, and published in French, Turkish and Armenian ; 1'reut 'dOrient, founded in 1864 ; Gauttt Medi eolt ; Courier de ConitantinopU ; lHjmdtl Ilara rfu, chronicle of newa ; Journal d Ctmtantinoph, a paper of wide foreign eimnlitlon Cowmen i Cumtantinople ; four Italian papers, one Greek, one Armenian, and one Illyrian. Concerning the social, political, Intellectual and moral condition of the people of this strauge and wonderful city, and many other things that should be noticed by a popular tourist, a olosely written Tolume would not suffice. But we hare already exceeded our alloted limits, and a few words must oloM this long and doubtless tedious letter. The accompanying illustration is taken from a most favorable locality, and represents the appear ance of the city quite as truthfully as Atlantic or l'acillo coast cities are represented by a similar style of illustrations. Should our stay here be sufficiently prolonged, we shall endearor to give our readers another chapter on some of the more modern phases of this city. Till then adiau. ORIENT. HOW TO FISH FOR TROUT. Always, if possible, fish down a stream. There are many reasons for this, among others the following: In fishing up stream the bait is eontinu ally coming home to one's feet after vvtiy i.im.uihi ine nearer ir nmnrnnx haa . i . . . s-i mt: Mlinuil. me ll'KK -n:ni. .. Kit.. i i it- miuiaiy is me case in IisIiiiil' down Li... .1 I . ... O I w vHiiivil l lilt. LUn Il'lll l If rum t ... I. . 1 I 1 I rrinui)f i If the brook is large enough and even in very small ones if practicable, n is always best to wade in the bed of the stream, as by this means one can keep the bait in the water for lone dis tances without making a cast, wh'ch, in mo localities I am spcakintr of. 1 1 1 ivr i vv 'i ipu mi Uim ..i. :i ti.. ii . i t "J "7 o ...... I I ) HIM It, ... r. ihirh m swinf ". "wwii ui MiiHii over. pping the stream. Again, in fishing ip stream, it is impossible to keep the Wit stationary in anyone snot one miv rsire to cntit in nnl.u 1... .. i: p .... If rUUIILIIUl )On i MP .i:i 1 1 L -in. I ... . r "1 - Ul.llll I N III t ' ure are thus greatly decreased; while n fishing down stream, one can not .... .... ...... ,,, unH Mini, nm y motion of the arm conduct it in any itcr Direction sink it toward the hot- om, draw it up stream to the right or eft to tempt the hidden trout, the mo ion of the running water uimmi the bait mg one complete contro of it hv the lightest motion of the arm. To lc uecessful in this sport, first give up all lea ot using artificial Hies; there is null no chance to cast them, and erv few fish will list' to llii'iii in. I ien only, usually, at early morn or sun- . I !. . I' I.. L... ' i ... . m oK nKiii out very snort lointctl ic, not over twelve feet in length, ith fine delicate running gear and iuii mm ncr r.-.- .mail ... i nifipva ..... aiiiati IILK'KS, uged ujxn silk-worm gut, of any akc that one prefers, there being great diversity of opinion on this mat ter among fishermen. The Limerick hook has nearly gone out of date, and how it was endured so long is a mys tery. The Kirby and Aberdeen have taken its place, hit no lead upon OUi line at any time; it kills the artistic and natural motion of your bait. Uat, as the most killing bait yet discovered, angle-worms; and these may he much improved by being kept a few days upon clean moss in an uncovered, large-mouthed bottle, that they may scour themselves. In baiting, do not pay the slightest attention to whether the point of your hook is covered or not; it is of small consetjuence, or rather it is more deadly and oetter not to be covered than otherwise. The trout docs not nibble, he darts; he takes, as a rule, the bait at once, or leaves it severely alone. You will find no more taking bait the year round than angle worms, although grasshoppers at cer tain seasons are very killing. In bait ing, take a worm by the middle and pierce the hook through a small jxr lion, say, half an inch; then put on an other in the same way, at the same time. If the fish are very small, half a worm treated in this manner will do; but a trout has a large month, and a large bait no doubt attracts. The dangling ends of the worms placed as above Upon the hook have a peculiar and natural motion of their own in the water, which a hungry trout is utterly unable to resist; while one may, on the other hand, cover the whole hook and part ot the gut with a worm stiffly strung on without motion, and the same trout will let it he carried past him by the current without winking. There is a great science in baiting, and it chiefly rests sin the skill of hav ing the worms lively, and with the ex tremities left dangling. The bait is often carried over a little fall into a smooth deep pool; allow it to sink, and all the while it is doing so these four ends of the two worms are moving about in the clear water in a much too enticing way for any chance trout to resist. When you have a bite do not pull at all, but strike your fish, as it is called; this is done by a motion of the wrist, sharp, short, abrupt ; not a jerk a motion which is commenced sharply, but ends almost instantly ami abruptly. I can liken it only to a quick move ment of the hand in bringing a foil, in fencing, from tierrt to carle. It is done by bringing the finger nails, which arc downward, holding the rod, suddenly to the left and upward, moving the cud of the pole upward and to the left one or two feet. Having struck thus, you will, in most cases, have captured your fish. He in no hurry to land him; that is a simpler thing to do; you can do it at your leisure, stepping back to a sure foundation, should you lie in an uncom fortable position in teaching to make the cast, or make any other disition 73 that you desire before raising your fish gently from the water, thence to your reel. The great mistake often made by those who do not understand this sport is to full the moment thov have bite; me result usually is to see the trout wind himself around about some limb overhead, or if he failed to be hooked, which is often the case in pull ing, to sec the bait and hook in the same position, causing a loss of time, patience, and too often temper, especially when you feel confident that there are other trout in the pool ahead, and become aware of the fact that you have got to make a splash and dash and complete exposure of yourself to get at your dangling line, so that you may fish in vain in the same pool after ward. Kememlier that trout are very shy, Mid Once having disturbed them, it is useless to fish again, 1 in mt ii The tide Hats at 1'uget Sound pro duce enormous crop. An item of cor respondents from that section gives the following results of the threshing of this year's crops: Except where the salt water over flowed during the high tides of last winter, the oat crop will average 70 bushels to the acre. Mr, Horace Ilrcw ster this year maintains his reputation as chief of the S winomish farmers. In some of his land his oats threshed from 81 to 1 jo bushels to the acre high fig ures, but correct. He had 500 acres under oats ami his receipts were a triMc over 464OOO bushels. This, in cornice lion with the J.,ooo bushels raised by his sons on their 300 acres, will make a totality of 7o,xjo bushels on 800 acres, equalling an average of 81 bushels to the acre. Mr. Samuel Calhoun will average 75 bushels to his immense acre age, while Mr. Sullivan and K. C. White will do fully as well. The Cinnabar mines, situated about eight miles east of Oakland, Douglas county, Oregon, have been recently purchased by the New Idria Mining Company, and work is being pushed rapidly ahead. Two new furnaces have been purchased which will lie ready for use in three or four months. The mine at present has one furnace, capable of retorting y or 600 jxiunds of ore Dt day, from which, on an aver age, forty dollar worth of quicksilver i realized. The new furnaces will have a capacity which will enable thi in to retort about three tons of ore per day. The GaielU at Colfax has been pre scntcd with eight onions weighing eight pound, and a turnip of ih,, pound, measuring jj feet 1 inches in circurn-ference.