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!BY niriGtiriG of vatep- or
LAKE AT1D RfVCO
Rewrite the Ichthyology of America.
Insert under the headings denoting the
different species many new varieties
unknown to former piscatorial lore.
Add new subgenera and change the for
mation of varieties. For a great trans
formation In the fiJn class of verte
brate animals has resulted from the dig
ging of the Chicago drainage canal and
the commingling of the lake's waters
with those of the rivers. The 4'Sglng
of the channel across the great divide
that once separated Lake Michigan
from, the Mississippi Valley has let
the lake fish into the Des Plaines, the
Illinois and the Mississippi rivers. The
eeeiulng unnatural commingling of wa
ters has produced fishes that seem un
natural that Is, when compared to our
present standards. New forms, new
varieties, new types have appeared,
differing In color, habits and general
description from any other known to
the American pisciculturist Coexist
ent with the appearance of the new
. kinds of fishes there Is noted a most
remarkable Increase generally In the
number of the finny Inhabitants of the
Des Plaines and Illinois rivers. The
Des Plaines River fairly swarms with
fishes, and fishermen are reaping a har
dest such as their fondest fancy never
pictured In former times. All along
the canal, and the Chicago River, and
far down the Illinois River, the same
conditions are noted to a greater or less
extent Ichthyologists have marvelled
at the seeming phenomena, and from
all sections of the country scientists
are coming to study the conditions, to
make note of the new forms and record
them In the new history of American
fishes, which now must undergo a com
plete revision. True, many dead fishes
have appeared In the rivers, but all
euch 6how marks of violence and no
evidence of disease. It Is evident that
a great warfare is going on among
them over which families and species
shall have the best right to make the
river their future home.
With the. increase in the number of
the river fishes, there appears to. be a
corresponding increase in the number
of Lake Michigan fishes! At least, all
the lake fishermen are complaining, and
the assertion is freely made that the
lake's finny tribe are being emptied
through the canal Into the rivers be
yond the Chicago divide. Formerly
this divide formed a wall thirty miles
wide between the lake and the river
fishes, and the types Inhabiting the two
waters, generally speaking, were en
tirely separated and distinct. But when
the canal was dug across the divide
and the Chicago River was turned up
side down, and, instead of flowing into
the lake was made to become , an out
let of the lake and empty the lake's
waters Into, the canal and thence Into
the Des Plaines and on Into the Mis
elsslppi River near St. Louis, the lake's
fishes have gone with the outflowing
waters Into the rivers, there to joiu the
river fishes and compete with them in
the struggle for existence.' Thousands
of these fishes, while being hurried on
with the current, have been noted with
the naked eye by boatmen and people
standing on the banks of the river and
canal. Sometimes the water seemed to
be fairly alive with them, and fisher
men,; enable to resist the temptation,
have defied the law, and, In nets, have
hauled them to the shore In wagon
loads. Lake trout and perch, never
before caught outside of the lakes, have
been brought to shore by thousands all
along the canal and the Chicago and
Des Plaines rivers. Lake herring, clsco
grayling, chubs, lake trout, white fish
and numerous other fishes, heretofore
regarded as exclusive Inhabitants of
the great lakes, now swarm, in the' wa
ters beyond the Chicago divide. White
bass, pickerel and muscallonge have
been found In goodly numbers, and two
specimens of the Michigan grayling;
heretofore found only In Lake Michi
gan and la the waters of Michigan
State, have been caught
Once they have crossed the bear
trap dam at Lockport, there Is no way
for any of these great swarms of fish
to return to Lake Michigan, and they
must make their home In the rivers
beyond and fight for supremacy with
the old Inhabitants of these waters. It
Is probable that the conflict which will
result in the survival of the fittest, will
cause a weeding out of many of the
types now abounding, and some of the
river fish and some of the invaders
from the lake will undoubtedly become
annihilated.' Indications are, however,
that the general result w.ll be most
beneficial to the lake fisheries. The In
fusion of new blood Into the old river
stock already seems to have added new
life to the waters, and hence, while the
fishes are fighting for supremacy, they
are multiplying enormously, and the
splendid specimens of all the varieties
this season show that the health and
general physical condition have been
greatly Improved. The fish feed upon-'
each other, and It appears that none ul
the deaths have resulted from other
causes than, violence. The season has
afforded unprecedented sport for those
earchlnc for game fish. Old-time
Ww
sportsmen have turned their attention
from the northern lakes to the Illinois
rivers and neighboring lakes. For the
small lakes all along the rivers show
the same wonderful Increase, in pis
catorial population.
Complaints of the alleged effects on
Lake Michigan fisheries at first were
ridiculed by the drainage canal trus
tees, but they have become so numerous
that these officials have been forced to
take cognizance of them. The river's
gain Is Lake Michigan's loss, It is de
clared, and how to prevent the exodus
of lake fish is a problem that the sani
tary trustees are now wrestling with.
So far, the only solution of the prob
lem that has been suggested is the
building of flshways at all the 'dams
and locks alone the artificial water
route. But this, it is feared, would
weaken the dams, and It is doubtful if
it would be possible to construct them
In a manner that would permit the fish
to make their way back to Lake Mich
igan, once they had wandered so far
away as the Illinois River. Two meth
ods of constructing the flshways have
been proposed one consisting of what
is known as a flsh ladder, which would
consist of a series of steps, over which
the water In descending would turn the
fall Into a cascade, and thus permit
the fish to ; climb back In pursuing
their return Journey to the lake; the
other comprising a chute with a sinu
ous track for diminishing the velocity
and assisting the passage of the fish to
the level above the dam. Because of
the nature of the locks and dams, their
width and number, it is doubted If this
device would prove successful, even if
the construction did not Interfere so
materially with the mechanical opera
tions.
The appearance of the new types of
fish, entirely different from anything
recorded by former naturalists, has
stirred up" the scientists, and the here
tofore despised Des Plaines River has
come Into prominence as the center of
piscatorial interest for it is here that
the new types and increased number of
fishes have attracted widespread atten
tion. ' ''-'...'.
The strange and new types of fishes,
never noticed to any great extent until
this year, are undoubtedly the result
of the Intercrossing that came about
after the Invaders from the lake had
accustomed themselves to the new en
vironments. On finding It Impossible
to make their way back to the lake,
they settled down to make the best of
their life in theSiarrow confines of the
rivers and accept the condition of mis
cegenatlon with the river fishes as the
best for all concerned. St. Louis Globe-
Democrat
HOW TO REDUCE THE FLESH.
Increasing the Lung Capacity la the
First Requisite. , '
; To Increase the lung capacity Is the
first step In the reduction of flesh, says
Outing. For this purpose running Is, I
think, superior to any other exercise.
Boxing' and handball are also excellent
for the "wind." And these exercises
will do more to Increase the respira
tory functions; they will greatly stim
ulate the circulation as well as all .the
secretory and excretory processes.
What leg exercise will not do, how
ever, is oxidize, to any great extent,
the soft tissues of the trunk and arms.
True, by stimulating the organs of
elimination and by Increasing lung ca
pacity, leg exercises will oxidize upper
tissues somewhat ; but when fat is not
replaced by muscle, It has a strong ten
dency to reform.
A bad effect of leg exercises exclu
sively Is that they draw a major part
of the blood, rich In oxygen, to the low-
THE SAME
Cincinnati Post.
er limbs ; whereas If vigorous arm and
trunk exercises were executed, beside
the leg exercises, much blood would be
attracted also to the upper parts
which would then be oxidized to the
best advantage, their lost fat being, ut i
the same time, replaced by solid tis
sue, and hence having little tendency 1
to reform. Running, therefore. splen-J
did exercise though It Is, should be
supplemented by vigorous upper" ex
ercises. By vigorous upper exercises
do not mean calisthenics nor any
kind of so-called light exercises ; I
mean reasonably hard work.
NEEDLEWORK FOR SCHOOLGIRLS.
Bei
Bta of Learning How to
8e
' Skilfully and Correctly.
The ability of, a girl to do without
teaching anything she Is called on to
do Is pretty generally taken for grant
ed. She Imitates the countryman who,
being asked if he could play the violin,
replied, "I guess so ; I never tried !"
Thousands of girls marry and set up
housekeeping whose experience In cook
ing consists in making "fudge" and
concocting a Welsh rabbit on a chafing
dish pleasant eating In their place, but
Inadequate for the dally- food of a
hard-working husband.
. So, also; the girl Is supposed to know
by Instinct how to mend and sew. A
certain young wife became on her mar
riage the stepmother of three small
children. The first week's mending
basket was a revelation to her of her
own helplessness.
"I was tempted to stop the holes with
court-plaster,'' she confessed afterward,
"and I dare say It would have been as
effective as what I managed tovdo."
Two generations ago in a, famous
school for girls In an Eastern city sew
ing was an important part of the cur
riculum. The first task of a new stu
dent was the making of a shirt for
father or brother. Every stitch in that
shirt was set by a thread. If a seam
had to be ripped a dozen times, It must
be fit for the closest Inspection. This
zeal on the part of the school was some
times excelled In the home.
A tradition lingers in one family of a
daughter who went w that school when
she was G years old. So well did she
sew at that age that she was excused
from making the shirt, and set at once
to a bit of fine needlework a wide
muslin collar, covered with embroidery
as exquisite as lace.
The promise of the 6 year-old child
was richly fulfilled, and her needle was
for a long lifetime a high satisfaction
to herself and a Joy to her fortunate
family and friends. Sewing was never
a slavery to her, but always a fasci
nating creative occupation. The patch
on a Jacket, the darn of a stocking or
the embroidery of a gown or a napkin
were alike welcome calls upon her ca
pable fingers. When people spoke of
her ability to turn off sewing, she used
to say:
"That's because I know how to sew.
I know how becauseI -was taugbt
Skilful hands, even better than many
hands, make light work !" Youth's
Companion.
Somethlnir Like Joanna.
A mountaineer of one of the back
counties of North Carolina was ar
raigned with several others for Illicit
distilling. "Defendant," aske'd the
court, "what is your name?"
"Joshua," was the reply.
"Are you the man who made the sun
stand still?" .
Quick as a flash came the answer;
"No, sir; I am the man who made the
moonshine." -Harper's Weekly.'
The Fun of It.
"Why did you do that?" demanded
the teacher. . .
"Oh, Just for fun," replied Tommy.
"But didn't you know it was against
the rules?"
"Sure! Dat's where de fun cornea
in." Philadelphia Press.
The rich man and the mule are
abused a great deal, but there contin
ues to be a good demand for both.
Children are natural, but their el
ders seem to be ashamed of themselves
and their natural Instincts.
OLD STORY.
xn til
Saying What
fa - rn1 vis,
, V f I.H it, .. 4
JULIET V. STRAUSS.
unworthy member. '
In view of the number of times I was snubbed and punished for this. It
would seem that I might have broken myself of the habit ; but no, It stuck
with me, and so, late In life, when I became a member of the community, a
householder, a person of affairs, I was still regarded as a dangerous individual
for Btrangers to meet, because, though I "hilght conduct myself properly and
talk Intelligently, I was quite as likely to say something unlike what any one
else ever said, and thus cause the Impression that there was something queer
about our town. ' '
Well do I remember numerous vigorous endeavors on the part of safe
and sane people to understand that I wasn't to be taken account of when It
came to summing up the cultured people of the place, and that they were
never on any account to take notice of anything I said. This left me free to
say things, because If nobody was going to notice them one might Just as
well experience the relief of getting rid of a lot of bottled up sentiment that
seemed anxious to get out So I Just said them. ..."'
I said that I didn't think much of woman's rights; that I thought the
new woman was a fake. I 6ald I thought society a Joke and the affectations
of fashionable women disgusting. I said I believed culture to be' stupid when
consciously applied.
I said women had run to seed Jn nleeness. I said kindergarten work
taught children to be affected and insincere. I said I was opposed to young
people's religious meetings unless conducted by older people. I said I was
opposed to lesson leaves; that I did not like audible prayer, except as read
In a formal service. I said I was opposed to revival meetings.
This does not start the things that I said, but as nobody paid any atten
tion to them, It did not really make any difference. But long years of saying
things with Impunity and not being actually run out of town, or muzzled by
order of the city fathers, has emboldened me, and I may really do some dam
age before It Is over. .
However, In late years people have taken to looking with favor upon my
open expressions of opinion, and I really believe it pays In the long run to
hold to your own Ideas In spite of the efforts of society In general to "farm"
you. Young people are likely to mistake bluntness for frankness, and sarcasm
for brightness. These mistakes It Is well to avoid, but If you have an Idea
a real belief, an Instinctive objection to some popular theory, stick to It, for
the world Is always coming to grief by stupidity following "popular thought."
Juliet V. Strauss, In the Chicago Journal. '
HOW TO GROW HAIR.
Former Naval Snrireon Haa Novel
Plan to Rethatch Bald Patea.
Breathe properly, and you'll never bo
bald. If you're already partially bald,
breathe properly and your lmlr will
start "coming In" again. This Is the
boiled down advice of Dr. Delos L. Par
ker, a former United States naval sur
geon. ' ' - .
Parker came to the above conclusion
by a series of experiments. He Impris
oned a quantity of expired breath In a
DR. DELOS I PABKER,
Jar containing a few drops of water,
and kept it In a warm room. A week
or ten days later he Injected a quantity
of the liquid left In the bottom of the
Jar Into a pigeon and awaited develop
ments.. Presently the pigeon's feathers
began to fall out. He continued the in
jections regularly, and within a few
days the, bird's coat had entirely dis
appeared. When the Injections were
discontinued the pigeon regained Its
coat. The experiments were repeated
with dogs and bens, and the results
were the same.
Dr. Parker reached the conclusion
that expired air, remaining In a man's
lungs long enough for the decomposi
tion of the organic matter to take place,
resulted In the formation of a poison
which affected the roots of the hair
and caused it to fall out Deep breath
ing expels the air and with it the poi
son. The doctor secured a number of par
tially bald men and got tlieni to breathe
by proper methods. In a few days the
dandruff, which Is Invariably an ac
companiment to baldness, ceased; the
hair stopped falling out and a new
growth started. In six weeks the Im
provement was very noticeable.
' TASK FOR MONEY EXPERTS.
Daya 'Twould Heqolre to Count For
tune of Blir Millionaire. ,
If the wealth of the rich men pf the
United States could be reduced to na
tional bank notes it would not be as
great a task for the nineteen expert
money counters of the United States
treasury to tally and set the amount
down In books as the average man
thinks it would. Working In the leis
urely fashion the government permits,
It would take the nineteen experts a
little more than fifty-two days to as
certain the exact number of Roekefel
leri dollars. Assuming that Weyer-
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.if.
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You Believe.
I have never regarded my opinions as having
any special weight in the community. Indeed, I
have acquired the freedom of speech which char
acterizes me through a knowledge that people
are not going to pay any attention to what I say.
- This began In childhood, when I soon learned
that my elders were obliged to apologize for me
to the neighbors upon the broad grounds that no
body could be held responsible for my remarks
because there was never any telling what I was
going to say. I never did quite learn to avoid
expressing sentiments until somebody else bad
expressed them and found they were safe.
I always did, from earliest childhood, when I
sat listening to the safe and sane conversation of
the visiting neighbors who were discussing plati
tudes In their compauy tone, get dreadfully tired
of tried and true sentiment and break out with
some mutinous Idea or disturbing question that
fell like a bombshell in the camp of the ultra
respectable Christian family of which I was an
hauser, the head of the lumber trust,
has $000,000,000. the count of his
wealth would be completed In Just
about the length of time It rained dur
ing Noah's yachting cruise.
Say J. Plerpont Morgan and Andrew
Carnegie each own $350,000,000, the
count of their hoard would be complet
ed In twenty-four days. All the vast
horde of poor millionaires having about
$15,000,000 would get one day's attend
ance, 'lnose having less than $14,500,
000 would be dismissed In six hours.
These figures are the result of a count
made of the "unused" money in one of
the vaults under control of William B.
Rldgt-Iy, comptroller of the currency.
The couut was finished n few days ago,
having been under way twelve working
days. For six years there had been no
count of the money In the vault, and
It occurred to Mr. Rldgely that he ought
to satisfy himself that the $17G,0Q0,
000 the books showed to be In the vault
was actually there. The count shou-mi
that there were as many dollars In the
vault as the books said there should
be. j .
Thirty-eight years ago a negro stole a
package containing l.BOO sheets of un
signed bank notes. He hnd a high time
signing the names of the president and
cashier of the bank for which the
notes had been engraved. Congress ap
propriated $5,000 to pay for the spuri
ous notes Issued by him to Innocent
persons, but only $125 worth of the
forged notes ever came to the treasury
for redemption.
Making- Baae Ball Bata.
What becomes of all ' the baseball
bats? Is quite like the old Inquiry of
"What becomes of all the pins?" At
any rate, big factories are running all
the year round, turning out nothing
but bats. When one considers the 10,
000,000 small boys In this country and
that each one averages four bats dur
ing his early baseball days, the prob
lem Is reduced to figures which ac
count for the demand, says I"opular
Mechanics. Bats are no longer whittled
out of a piece of board, as wns done
forty years ago, but are untile on ma
chines which turn out their thousands
dally.
The process Is simple but slow. First
the logs are cut Into "bolts" of from
thirty-two inches to forty-two Inches
long and the bolts sawed into billets
two and a half Inches or three Inches
square at the ends. Three years' sea
soning is required for the best , bats,
either In the log or billet The kiln
drying process Is rapid, but not con
sidered as good. The billets are placed
In an automatic lathe, which quickly
transforms the stick Into the graceful
form of the bat.
The bat Is then smoothed and pc)l! sh
ed by being held against a . rapidly
moving horizontal belt which Is cover
ed with sand. It Is then ready for Its
coat of oil, varnish or paint, as the
cose may be.
Why They Arg-na.
"Some big-voiced men," said Uncle
Eben, "gits into arguments 'cause dey
ain't got time to go to a ball game and
do delr bollerln' In de regular way."
Washington Star. .
What a slovenly old world this would
be if vanity were eliminated therefrom.
BLIND MAN WILL BE SENATOR
I The Democrats of Oklahoma have se
lected as one of the United States Sen
ators to represent Oklahoma, Thomas
I P. Gore, of Lawton, who Is totally .
blind. His nomination is equal to an ,
election. This Is the first time in tli
history of the United States that a .
I blind mah has ever been sent to the
j Senate, as Mr. Gore will be when state- ,
i hood Is accomplished under the present
proposed constitution. ,
Mr. Gore has been In politics all his
i life, beginning as a page In the Mis-.
sisslppl Senate when he was but IX
years old. It was during that time that
he lost his eyesight by an accident
with an arrow gun. Three years pra-i
Ivously he had lost his left eye, a play
mate, In a moment of passion, striking
him with a stone. .
Mr. Gore Is but S6 years of age. Il
lives at Lawton, has a wife, and four;
children, and is a lawyer by profes
sion. His memory Is a wonder. When
his father prepared to send him to ,ft
blind school, he refused to go, saying
that schools for the blind did not fur
nish him the books and opportunity he
desired. So he went to the pubUt?'
schools and college, getting through by
reason of his acute memory.
Watery Eyes. Relief may be obtain
ed by bathing the eyes several times a
day with a wash consisting of tin
grains of pure borax and two ounevs
of camphor water.
Rheumatic Knee. Try salicylate ot
soda, five drums; tincture of nux vom
ica, three drams, and essence of pepsin
! enough to make four ounces. The Uoso
j for an adult is one ton spoonful every
two or three hours.
Superfluous Hair. A growth of hair
Is annoying to a girl who wears short
sleeves. Depilatories are dangerous and
electrolysis, the only sure cure, Is nu
expensive treatment To minimize tho
trouble dark hairs may be bleached.
Wash the arms with a weak solution of
ammonia aud water. Then pour a lit
tle peroxide of hydrogen lu the water
and apply with a piece of linen. The
blenching process will have to be re
peated from time to time, but peroxide
Is harmless to the skin. ;
Nasal Catarrh. In the treatment of
this persistent and often intractable dis
order, good results have been obtained
by the Internal administration five or
six times each day of one-half tenspoon
f ul doses In one-half ounce of water of
a mixture of one ounce of specific echin
acea and two ounces of stllllngla. Tho
, latter Intensifies the action of echina
cea in its influence upon the mucouu
surfacesi Tincture of gelsemlum, two
drops every hour during the day, push
ed to a physiological point, will abort a
catarrhal cold. Three grains of salicy
late of strontium, added to euch dose,
reinforces it If rheumatism Is suspected.
Neuralgia. If the neuralgia is In the
right side of the face the left hand
should be placed In a basin of water an
hot m cm be born; or if neuralgia Is
In the left side of the face, then the
right band should be placed In the hot
water. It Is asserted that In this way
relief may be obtained In less than five
minutes. The two nerves which have
the greatest number of tactile endings
are the fifth and the medium nerve.
As the fibers of these two nerves cross
any impulse conveyed to the left hand
will affect tl)e right side of the face,
or If applied to the right band will
affect the left side of the face. Th(s
is on account of the crossing of the
cords.
No Way of Judging.
"What are the running expenses of.
your army?" asked one South Ameri
can ruler of another.
"Oh, I don't know," replied the on
addressed. "The army 4 hasn't bad a
chance to run for a long time now."
Yonkers Statesman.
If a man prefers chewing tobacco
to smoking, he always says chewing
Isn't so Injurious to the health.
If any one gives you more than he
gets In return, rest assured It Is counterfeit
t jy ';
THOMAS P. (JOtS.
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