The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 18, 1897, Page 22

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1897. BAYLEY'S REWARD | AN COOLGARDIE The Finder of the Mine an 0ld Prospector in This State. | Arthur Bayley's Strange Life | in Many Camps and His nt Death. L:fta G Who Will Shortly Arrive—Ex- on a Far D:sert ed during the last day or : Bayley, the now famous Bayley’s Reward, which Iding of the great mining Coolgardie, and the immense gold ,i West Australia, was a Califor- lived for a 1 r uoe to His Widow, | g time in San Fran- | *From Sydney he crossed to Melbourne and took a little house, where he installea his wife, and remained for a little while till he conld get ready to go out in the gold district. He went to Bailarat und thence to Clunes. Clunes is where the deep mines are and Bayley saw that he could do nothing without a creat deal of money. ‘‘He therefors went back to Melbourne. There he got & map aad carefully lookea it over to find where the deserts w-re marked on it. ‘He had got the idea stronger than ever, from his experience on the Mohave desert in Southern Cali- fornia, that that was the place to fina the richest gold mines. ‘He got a partner and set out. In a few days he came upon the site of what is now Coolgardie and located 8 mine which he called Bayley’s Reward. And it wasa reward indeed for the effortthat had been put forth, for in a month he and his part- ner had dug out 13,500 ouncas of gold. “Bayley then set out with an escort to bank the money, and left his partner in | charge. By this time the news had got |out and men began to flock in. They | came so thick that the partner had to de- | fend the gold by the use of a shotgun. “How adjoning claims were located and how the vroperty increased in wealth |is known. Thousands on thousands of | locations were made about them and | many other rich mines were opened. Coolgardie and other towns Sprang up. | “The output of the Bayley’s Reward continued to be enormous. Gradually | different interests were sold and the money put with previous dividends, | When Bayley died he still had a sixth in- terest in the mine, and this has since been sola for $165,000.” 7 It is said that Bayley and his wife, | when they left here on the Mariposa, went in the steerage. The widow will come after success, pack with millions. The Bayleys were Tte Celebrated Bayley Reward Mine, Discovered by Arthur Bayley | of San Francisco. [From a photograph.} | he ups and downs cbaracteristic is stranger than fiction. 8 r, but 1t seems to have known t the man who wan- ed over fearful desert at the Antipodes, last finding riches hed the world, for a long at the New Wisconsin Hotel, Montgomery and Pacific streets, this City. e 1l ctor he went forth what he could find, winter, for a part of the time ted himself in the City. a mineralogist of Cool- gardie, hi naire mine-owner, nd bis Harst, who is inter- | ! ested in a numoer of gold properties, have arrived here, and report that Bayley has | just died he metropolis of the An- tipodes, w his luck or skill in mining caused to 1 So great was Bayl popularity in Coolgardie, by reason of the wealth which he was tue cause of uncovering, tuat| within ten minutes r it was known | that he was dea | $20,000 was subscribed to to him. The great es- now being settled up, and Mrs. will arrive here by steamer in a few weeks and will again take up her home here. The Bayleys had no children. Bayley, according to the story that is now given here, was a ’49:r. He came irom one of the his arrival went to the gold fields of Sawyers Bar and Columbia. He took his d 2 monument chances there with tne pan and rocker for | some years, and then went to Shasta and | Siskiyou counties. Though he sometimes worked by the day in the mines for otners, he oftener worked for himself. prospector and miner, and was never so | well pieased as rhaps scores of miles from When commenced to Virginia City because of the puenomenal wealth of the Comstock, Bayley joined it. How long he remained there is not yet defin- itely known. The nexiplace he washeard of was on the desert in Southern Califor- nia, probably where Randsburg is now. There he was prosecuting a search for big | ledge About this time, however, the Cceur a’Alene excitement began and’ the miner sct off for that new disirict. He made veral locations and. it is said had some good property there. But there was a strike among the miners over the question stern States, snd soon | He was a typical | when' away among the | )always unostentatious, however. Their home at the Antipodes’ consisted of buta littie four-room cotiage. Thic they occupied when mot at| a hotel. At the New Wisconsin Hotel | Fred Bayley, the brother of Arthur | Bayley, is rememberea well, but the discoverer of Bayley’s Reward is not remembered because the new land- lord, Thomas R. Evans, has taken hold since the miner and his wife set out for the Antipodes. | TO GUARD THE DEAD. Veterans Receive a Historic Gift From Uncle Sam. 0AKLAND OFFICE SAN FraNcisco CALr,) 98 Broadway, April 15. | The veterans have at last succeeded in | obtaining some decorations from _the | United States Government for their plat at Mounrtain View. Cemetery. This after- | noon s commitiee of Grand Army men | went out to the cemetery to arrange for the location of the o!d and historical war materia! which arrived here yesterday. For a long time the veterans have ex- pressed desire to have a few pieces of ordnance with which to give character to the finai resting-place of their comrades. Many official obstacles were in the way, and finally an act of Congress was neces- | sary to enable the veterans to receive from Mare Isiand the decorat:ons they wanted. |~ The nowitzers with their shot and_shell | were a part of the armament of the United States ship Independence that was brought around the Horn in 1855, and has since been on this coast, and for many years past has been a landmark at Mare Island. Three of the cannon were used by the Independence when that vessel assisted in quelling the riots in Panama. Another of the old guns that will henceforth be as silent 8s the grave near them is that which for forty years has been fired at 9 o'clock aboard thatold vessel. These decorations are aimost the their class that were ever used in the United States navy. The Marion and Alers are the only vessels now in com- | mission that carry such weapons, and there i little doubt bur that they will be speedily changed if it should ever be necessary for these two peaceful war vessels to use them. | "For two vesrs Superintendent A. P. Smith of the cemetery has been irying to obtain this material. He first made ap- plication tc General Ruger, then in com- mand of this military department, but as | |75¢~ NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. COLORED DRESS 60ODS. T.’Jiec-s 40-INCH ALL-WOOL FANCY CHECKED EVIOT SUITING, former price 50c, on sale at 25c¢ yard. 45c 50c 75¢C SILK DEPARTMENT —15 pieces COLORED MOIRE SILK, evening shades and black, regular value $1, will be offered at 55¢ a yard. 55¢C 65c 75¢ 85¢ BLACK DRESS GOODS. —25 pieces 46-INCH FIGURED ENGLISH ALPACAS, regular value 7c, will be offered at 50c a yard. 50c 25 pleces 54-INCH FINE yard. $1.00- NEW CLOAKS AND SUITS! LADIES' VELVET CAPES, handsomely beaded. silk lined, Empire back, worth $750, on saleat $4 95. | $4.95- $5.75~ $9, on sale at $5 75. $1.45- LADIES’ 2, on sale at $1 45. $4.0 saleat $4 95, —64 pieces 40-INCH ALL-WOOL NOVELTY SUITING, shaded effects, will be offerea at 45c a yard. —47 pieces 54INCH ALL-WOOL OXFORD CHECKS, regular price 85¢, will be ploced on sale at 50¢ a yard. —A41 pieces 45-INCH MIXED COVERT SUITING, nand- | some mixtures, will be offered at 75c a yard. —20 pieces BLACK BROCADED SATIN, medium, de-| signs, regular value 85c, will be offered at 65c a yard. 30 pieces FANCY FIGURED FOULARD SILK, latest designs, regular value $1, will be offered at 75c a yard. 15 pieces 24-INCH BLACK TAFFETA SILK, heavy quality, regular vaiue $1 10, will be offered at85c a yard. ALL-WOOL SERGE, extra good value for $1, will be sold at 20 pieces 59-INCH ALL-WOOL FRENCH CHEV-| 10T, worth $1 50, wili be offered at $1 & yard. LADIES' FINE CLOTH SUITS. fly_front jnckeu,l new sieeve, skirts lined and bound, all colors, worth FIGURED MOHAIR DRESS SKIRTS, | fuli width, percaline lined and velvet bound, worth _LADIES' TAN KERSEY JACKETS, silk lined throughout, fly fronts, new sleeve, worth $7 50, on | REACHING 00T FOR NEW BUSINESS! N' 2ca; That we already LEAD THE TRADE in | New Spring Goods is an acknowledged fact, but we are constantly striving for new busi- ness and the EXTRAORDINARY INDUCE- | MENTS we offer this week are bound to bring it in a greatly increased volume, for our | stocks are now complete to the minutest de- tail and the MATCHLESS COLLECTIONS OF ELEGANT AND FASHIONABLE PRO- DUCTIONS are characterized by PRIGES THAT DOUBLE THEIR ATTRACTIVENESS! | |port more Linens | | | | See our HIGH-GRA ASK, 61 inches wi great value at | BLEACHED 84 DI square, pure linen , Moravia, Austria. | half their value. 50c— 75¢ $1.0 $1.5! stripes and i terns, will LADIES’ WAISTS! gures, will be offered at 75¢ each. be offered at §1 each. LADIES' LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, “Stanley” make, detachable col- lars, will be offered at 50c each. —LADIES' LAUNDERED SH‘IRT WAISTS, detachable collars, inall fancy —LADIES’ LAWN AND DIMITY SHIRT WAISTS, in all the latest pa‘- __LADIES’ FANCY DIMITY AND FIGURED LAWN WAISTS, in the very latest figured patterns, will be offered at $1 50 each. ‘iLAnm' LISLE TH new colored tops, | lisles, at...... | CHILDREN'S FINE H MADE HOSE, all | BOYS' HEAVY BIC | specially for hard MEN’S A colorings and new. band and shield special sale this w ENGLISH 60c 70¢ regular price —110 dozen 3-CLASP CHAMOIS S-SK1N $1, on special sale at 70c a pair. LADIES’ KID GLOVES! —150 dozen 4-BUTTON REAL KID GLOVES, large buttons, black only, regu- lar price §1, on special sale at 60c a pair. “GLOVES, in white and natural color, 50c $1.2 10c price 50c a se spec al pri special prices 5 ces §1 25 a set. 10c a yard. NEW DRESS TRIMMINGS! _BLACK MOHAIR BRAID SETS (5 graduated frog ornaments), special —BLACK SILK, JET BEAD A.\'D;BLACK MOHAIR BRAID BOLEROS, —COLORED BEAD GIMP TRIMMING, assorted patterns and new shadings, See our PURE LINEN CR 450 dozen MEN'S, BOYS’ AND LADIE WEAR, in a choice assortment of 140 dozen MEN’S F LINENS! LINENS! Our Linen business continues to improve. We im- each succeeding month. In advance | of increased duty we have laid in an enormous stock. | They are bought right. But they must be unloaded quickly. Prices will do that. DE BLEACHED TABLE DAM- = de;at.. it _yara 990 M TABLE DAMASK, a 9% 3 yard 35¢ NER-SIZE NAPKINS, 21 inches ()= L on special sale at ..-...dozen 95¢ Just opened—A case of samples fine I Towels, Table Cloths (fringed and hemstitched), Lunch Sets, Doylies, Trays, Squares, etc., received from As there is but one of a kind, rather than return them we will close them out at about one- HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR! {READ HOSIERY, black boots, newest shades and drop-stitch 50¢ 12i¢ 5¢ 1 RIBRED, FULL, REGULAR- . 6 10 914, splendid value..pair YCLE OR SCHOOL HOSE, made wear and rough usage ....pair ND BOYS WEAR! ' SILK NE he new season’s est shapes of Tecks, four-in-hands, €)% bows, Windsors, club ties, etc., on &0 eek at... each "ULL - FINISHE D MEDIUM- WEIGHT MERINO SOCKS, finished with double- {91, spticed heels and toes, in assorted light shades, 1&:0 worth 25¢ a pair, on special sale this week at. pair 82 dozen MEN’S UNDYED SANITARY WOOL AND | CAMEL'S HAIR UNDERSHIRTS ANDg] 00 | DRAWERS, warranted thoroughly sarunk, worth ©le— | $150 each, on speciai sale this week at........... each 3 | = S = ; LACES! LACES! | BUTTER AND IVORY ORIENTAL GUIPURE LACE, 15¢ {4107 inches wide, regular value %c a yard, on specal 126 i sale at. eeeeeaaee - . yard | BUTTER AND IVORY APPLIQUE LACE, 4 to 6 inches )~ | 7 Wide, reguler value 49c a yara, on special sale at..yarl =0C | CHIFFON LACE, in all colors, 4 10 5 inches wide, rezu- 9= |~ larvalue 45c a 'vard, on special sale at.. yard 290 i RIBBONS! RIBBONS! [3}4»1.\'«?&1 ALL- SILK SHADED TAFFETA MOIRE 9)) | "7 RIBBONS, in assorted colc 30c o yard, wii 2UC be offered at. 33~ OUR NEW CATALOGUE is TOWN RESIDENTS, to whom it will be mailed free on applicatioa. now ready for distribution to OUT-OF- 4INCH ALL- SILK RIBBONS, in ass be offered at. val SHADED TAFFETA MOIRE ¢) orted colors, value 40¢ a yard, will & | Murphy Building, Market and Jones Streets. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Streets Murphy Building, Market and Jones Stregts. Nurphy Euilding, Warket and Jumes Streets | Murphy Building, Market and Jones Strests. DOG DAYS FAST APPROACHING Will Be Ushered in Next Month by the San Fran- cisco Kennel Club. | | Not Climatically, but With a Bench Show for Dogs and Peop'e. | The Dog to Rule and Rule as Never Before on the Pacific Coast. To the dogs! Why not? Everybody is going. And the San Francisco Kennel Club avers that everybody should deem themselves fortunate for being permittea. For the members of the San Francisco Kennel Club declare that the coming | bench show at the Mechanics’ Pavilion, opening May 19, is to be a dog show for dogs, and a dog show to which the lovers of the dog have on this coast heretofore been strangers. The dog, they inrther assert, knows neither rank nor fortune, and truly in this do they seem borne out. Bociety that officer was ordered Bast he turned | | the matter_over to his successor, General Forsyth. With the assistance’ of Con- | gressman Hifborn and Senator Perkins | the necessary bill passed both houses of Congiess. Through the courtesy of Ad- miral Kirkland, in charge of Mare Island, the steamer Unadilla made a special trip to this city with the armament. [From'a photograph.] Bayley Street, Coolgardie, Named in Honcr of the Man Who Unearthed the First Gold in the Great Camp of wages. The Bunker Hiil and Snllivan, maneged by John Hoys Hammond, was one of the mines concerned. The Tiger was another, but as a matter of fact all the mines were involved. None of them could work. The striking ruiners were breathing forth threatenings sgainst Hammond and other managers. Mr. Hammond shortly alterward with- drew from the mine and went to South Africa. Bayley with all the mines closed down could do nothing, and ne packed up dis- custed and came back 10 San Franciseo. “Then 1t was that 1t struck him," said r. Hurst, “that he would go to Austra- lia. He knew of the vast expanse of desert inthe western part of that continent and conceived that it carried gold. Heand his wife sailed on the Maripoas and went 1o Sydnev. This -appears to have been about 1591, Captain P. J. Montague, who piloted the Unadilla to the city wharf, is one of the three survivors of the crew of the In- deperdence waen she rounded the Horn in 1855 and brought these same shells from New York to this 8tate. - While they were being unloaded yesierday he made the remark that they b been his com- panions when a young man and he now supposed they wouid keep watch over his remains when he shall have joined his comrades. At the Memorial day exercises at Moun- tain View the old soldiers will place the guns and shot in po-ition. As there are nearly a thousand cannon balls in addi- tion to the four brass-mounted howitzers there js ample materia! to mve a very martial appearauce to the +ol liers’ pla ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos, with | orwithout removal. J, Noonan, 1017-1023 Mssion. bas plaged the seal of its august approva} on the coming show. The humbler arti- san, whose dog is his friena, and whose entry fee therefor must be saved by the plecemeal, is equally enthusiastic. In fact,'it is confidently asserted that society is going to the dogs en masse, and society is going to be followed to the dogs by many others who are less favored socially, but are none the less sincere in their love for that which is canine. And from all ind:catlons there seems in- deed much to warrant. Money has at no | point been spared in the preliminary ar- rangements, nor is a lack of the same any- where shown in the premium list. Cash prizes to the amount of $1250 have been offered. Silver cups have been bung up to the total value of §750, and gold and stiver als to ihe valueof $560 more will be distributed. And all wituout rais- | | | | | ingthe price of eatry as obtdining here- tofore. In the matter of arrangement and man- agement, t00, the change from the old to the new offers even more agreeable pros- pects. A patent-wire benching, never be- fore used on the coast, has been secured. E. M. Oldham, who has superintended the leading shows throughout the East, will assume a like authority here. - Major Taylor will assist Mr. Oldham in juaging the leading classes; Mr. Waring will judge fox-terriers, and Mr. Fellows the remaining classes. From present indications about 600 dogs will be exhibited, and among them many never befors shown bhere or elsewhere. These figures, too, include oniy such dogs as are known to be at present in the State, and the number may be augmented ap- preciably. Among the particular features of the ex- hibition, as opposed to such in the past, will doubtless be the quota of greyhounds shown. Heretofore ihis class has been poorly represented. At the same time it basaiways been claimed, and by experi- enced judges from the East it has been conceded, that California has some Gf the finest greyhounds in America, if not the world, Consequently special provision will be made this year to secure their ex- hibition. Another feature will be the method of handling the dogs in the ring. All hand- lers of dogs when bringing such dogs into the ring will wear the number thereof conspicuously displayed on their sieeves. This is the method heretofore pursued at the Westminster Kennel Club at all its shows, and by reference to the catalogue enables the uninitiated to recognize any dog at a glance. In fact, no minor detail will be over- looked or slighted, and the San Francisco Kennel Club, at its office, Montgomery street, confidently asserts that albeit their inaugural, the coming show will ce » dog show unprecedented this side of the | mountains. Wong Yow’s Birth. TUnited States Commissioner Heacock has suspended indefin.tely the hearing of testi- mony In the habeas corpus case ot Wong Yow, & young Chinaman, whose witnesses swore that he was Dative of Redding, Shasia County. The Collector of the Port refused to admit him because of the contradictory testi- mon: H. E. Highton, attorney for the Chinaman, informed the Commissioner that he knew of & white witness who knew that Yow was a na- tive born American citizen and would try to secure his attendance at the examination. The hearing was continued in order to give Mr. Highton an opportunity of obtaining this witness. —————— Negligence on Both Sides. Coroner Hawkins yesterday morning held an inquest on the body of Frank O’Hanlon, who was asphyxiated on April 9 in an oiltank at the Pacific Rolling Mills. The jury ren- dered a verdict charging negligence on the part of the Pacific Roiling Mills people in ordering O'Hanlon 1o enter the tank without being certain that there was sufficient air in it to sustain Jife. The jury also found that the the saf y. The verdict in the case of Lulu Jobberns, the young Australian married woman who died jrom the effects of & criminal ope few days ago, was that she herselr flicted the injuries which caused her d ST M) Growers of Native Tobacco. J. A. Filcher of Auburn, C. P. Berry -of Wheatland, J. D. Culp of San Felipe, Charles Edelman of Orange and Louis Titus of San Francisco have incorporated the Culp Cali- fornia Cigar and Tobacco Company with s capital stock of £50,000, the incorporators having subscribed for $300 eaca. The com- pany will go into the tobscco business on an extensive s e e Gl Sale of a Furniture Factory. In Judge Slack’s court yesterasy the plant and stock of the San Francisco Furniture Company was offered for sale to satisfy the de- mands of creditors. C. J. Bruschke, president of the company. was one of the bidders, but |4 BUSY WEEK FOR THE MASONS The Grand Council, R. and S. M., Will Meet in the Temple on Monday. Then the Royal Arch Masons Will Be in Session for Two Days. After That the Grand Commandery ‘Will Meet' for Business—A Drill and Ball in Aid of the Home, This week will be one of activity in Ma- sonic circles, for there will be sessions of the higher bodies of Masonry. To-morrow the Grand Council of the Royal and Select Mastersof California, which is the legislative body of all the Royal and Select Masters of the State of California, and of which Charles E. Gillett is the grand master, will meet in the Ma- sonic Temple. This body will remain in session but one day, and in the afternoon will elect its officers and install them. On Tuesday the Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of Californa, the gov- erning body of the Royal Arch Masons of California, Adolphus Howell, grand high priest, will convene in the temple and re- main 1n session two days. The election and installation of the officers of this body will take place on the last day of the session. On Thursday the Grand Commandery of the Knights Templar of California, the lecislative body of all the commanderies of the State, will convene in annual ses- sion, and it is likety that it will remain in session ihree days to transact all its busi- ness. On Friday evening there will be a com- petitive drill by tne Knights Templar in the Mechanics’ Pavilion, in wkich Cali- fornia Commanaery No. 1, Oakland Com- mandery No. 11 and Golden Gate Com- mandery No. 16 will take part, and itis possible that the commanderies of Sacra- mento and San Jose muy take part. The diill will be followed by a grand ball. The entire proceeds of this entertainment will be contributed to the building fund used for ahe erection of the Masonic Widows' and Orphans’ Home at Decoto, Alameda County. This will be an un- usually pleasing event and no doubt will attract a large attendance. ‘The committee on arrangements of this entertainment consists of E.. Sir W. Frank Pierce, Bir Charles L. Fields, Sir B. P. Fiint, E.~. Sir William D. Knights, and E.-. Sir George B. McKee. A 1eview of the year about closing shows that Masonry has, despite the cry of hard times, been prosperous, and that there has been a heulthy increase in mem- bership all along the line. The Grand Council has at this time & membership of 941, the Grand Chapter 5313 and the com- ‘manderies 3050. The several bodies will have consider- able business to transact, but it will all be of acharacter outside of the election of Wiison & vaskill offered more than he, and 100k the premises for §1000 50. - ————— FAMILIES not cooking at home on Sundays should visit Normana's Cafe (under the Bal WDk * the officers that will be furnished only to members. Libel Act The libel action of Gibbs, Living & Co. of Hongkong against the ship Lyndhurst to re- cover advances made by the complainants | was dismised yesterday by United States Judge Morrow, it having been shown that the case is already on trial before & British court. - WHAT TROUT WILL EAT. Some Observations by a Practiced and | Practical Fisherman. The following is the first of & short series of articies on trout fishing, written by an expert angler, and doubtless there are many fond lovers of the beautiful and ple_aannugnsnme who will appreciate the writer’s ideas piscatorially : 1 presume that many anglers will feel indig- | nant, and will censure me severely for pre- | suming to admit that anything but an ex- | tremelv strained relationship can exist be- tween fly-fishing and bait-fishing; in fact, the time bas been when such an avowal from an- other would have called forth an indignant | protest from myself, but thirty yearsof en- | thusiastic devoion to the fly-rod in many | ciimes, and more opportunities of closely studying my favorite sport than falls to the lot of mest anglers, have long since convinced | me that before a man can become an expert | angler with the artificial fly he must thor- | oughly realize what fly-tishing actunily 1s. | Any small fleeting object apparently pos- | sessiug life suggests edibility to n feeding | trout. A trout when in feeding humor will | pursue and seize any movine object which | from iis form and size he supposes to be edible. A neatly tied artificial fly of the smaller kind, carefully dressed to bear a_general re- sembance to one or another of the many smaller living beings with which the trout are familiar, under tne general hasty competi- | tive political economy governing troutstreams, | will be received by the trout and mouthed without discrimination. But a mass of satu- Tated, bedraxgied feathers and hackle—such as that which a large trout fly become: few casts—cannot possibly suggest any fa- | miliar prototype to a hungry fish; he cannot | regard 1t as one of (he smaller submerged in- sects upcn which he is accustomed to feed; but the mass of feathers and hackle moves; it is apparenuly endowed with life, and the (rout straightaway goes for it on the general principle that something that moves and auempts o elude him must be §ood 1o eat. 1tis to the above fact alone that the large | troutflies owe their killing value. For, if trout | were_solely insectivorous and fed only on flies, large flies would have no place in the angler’s fiybook; but the fact of trout being by turns both insectivorous and carnivorous— at times jeeding on insects only, and again atothers ignoring insect diet and confining themse! ves exclusively 10 small iry, and_such like food—is the reason large flies are as neces- sary to the angler as the small ones. The great secret of successiul fly-fishing, apart from expert casting, lies in knowing the feeding humor of the fish.” 1f a trout is feed- ing upon insects it is useless to offer him a large troutfly; if, on the other hand, a trout is kcouring the shallows pursuing the smaller fishes in his vieinity in quest of something meaty and filling, it is a waste of time 10 tempt him with a smail fly. Recollect that both large and small trout flies have their separate and individual mis- sions, and that one can be sent upon errands upon which it would be useless 1o employ the otner. The above observations are intended to apply to large trout only, or, in anglers’ pariance, “sizable fish.” Auy bungler can cateh small trout, hence 1 consider them un- worthy a good angleP’s notice, and, as sucn, I do noi include them in my comments beyond stating that I have always found small trout extremely erratic in disposition, often seizing anything edible without regerd to time or place—in fact, beiug Jike the younger mer- bers of any family, fishy or otherwise—un- formed in character, consequently irregular in | behavior and possessing no seitled habits | from which to deduce any data of value. It is & common thing ‘to hear the trout spoken of as a surface fecder or fly-ieeding | fish. This siatement, being made in an un- | quaiified sense of the ferm, invariably conveys 10: the angling novice the erroneous impre sion that trout feed principally, if not wholly, upou insect life. Such a statement puts the would-be fly-fisherman upon the wrong track from the s'art, leading him to consider the hundred aud one jeathered _combiuatic which decorate his fiyhooks as being artificial substitutes and imitations of the various in- sects upon which the trout feed; whereas fully three-fourths of them bear no relation what- ever to the insectivorous portion of a trout’s dier, they being merely & lighter form of arti- fiela] bait— substitute of feathers aud tinsel for the trolling spoon, articial minnow, and such like lures. As I before stated, a hungry trout will pursue and seize a small moving object of Almost sny description that comes within if | | reach; and, in illustration of the abov. tion, 1 will mention & few of the many ex- | sizes, fixed form and standard color. | time of nappiness to most of us. perimental devices with which I have caught trout. In the Peshtigo River, Wausaukee Ri and the north branch of the Pike River Wisconsin, I have tried the following make- sbift devices, in many instances with as much success as though 1 had the natural minncw or most artistic spoon at command: A piece of vork rind, abont three inches long, streiched on an ordinary triple-hock gang, u strip of tin sardine can cut rouzhly to re- semble a small fish, with its two ends twisted 10 make it spin, and rigged by means of a keyring at each end (holes being punched for their reception) with triple hooks; two inches of a red penholder, one end secured {0 a casting line, the other end bearing & triangular hook. and weighted with sufficlent split shot to keep. beneath the surface: a piece of small glass tubing, about two and a half inches long, threaded upon the gimp shell of a triangular hook to the shank and there fastened (o allow casting; a piece of chamois leather, rolled tightly into a_small coil about four inches long, with hooks in one end, tied (o a casitng gang with enough shot to sink it; & small steel key with a triple hook attached; a strip or thick sole leather, about three inches long, mounted with triangular hooks; and, also, many other devices of a similar nature, that could be cast and retrieved through the water and carcy the hooks wherewith to catch the er | trout when seizing them. Of course the above were used for experi- mental purposes only, and to convince my- self of the correctness of my theory, that a predatory fish does not diseriminate to any appreciable extent when hunting for food, al- most any animate object being seized, even if, as in the case of something not edible, it is immediately rejected. 1do not wish you to think I am advocating the use of such makeshifts when fishing for trout. 1 merely insiance them to give a clearer conception of the feeding habits of the trout and open your eyes to the fact that suc- cesstul fly-fishing 1s not necessorily & pursuit which calls for shopmade lures of ce should the fly-fisherman fina himself w easy access of a good fishing-ground, and, through an accident or otherwise, be minus | his tackle-book, I think the makeshift lures I have mentioned will enable him to imp ovise a bait of some kind or other for the occasi NEW TO-DAY! FREE 70 EVERT HAN, THE METHOD 0F A GREAT TREATNENT Fok WEAKNESS 0F MEN. 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