The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1902, Page 12

THE SUNDAY CALL * ] : / Ccndlgied by B. G. Lathrop. | f eleven arti 1p s wit t was h of vol- of series £ “A Library field he o more than equal cles selec eciative descript s of the stream feel of the roc h, the th t comes e and practiced hand Hallock nder its prey m tur a r about apid urs; in good the area of the wate it lives, the food therein and Vigt health of the individual, hence th and all other species show char- stic and personal physical trait large and vigorous for their re stunted and feeble, in w of the ‘survival of upon whi end fish acter eome are , whether of the air, the water or the land, extending, as all know, to the genus homo. Hence it somewhat difficult to decide upon the age of a trout from its size, weight, coloration or specific form, but as a rule the average growth of a trout is about one ounce for the first year, eight to ten ounces in two years and one pound in three years. These sizes are natural- ly and relatively increased where their abitat is- fully suppl with food and where the water is of higher tempera- ture than In the pure spring streams. ¢ * ¢ On the approach of the spawn- ing season, which usually occurs in Sep- tember, October and November; but is dependent upon the latitude and temper- ature of the stream or pond, the trout makes its way upward nearly to the source of the clear, cold spring water brooks, giving preference to those that flow vrapidly over gravelly bottoms. Here it selects 2 spot near the bank and le flops with the tail the sand er nest and uses her nose to push vel aside, thus forming a slightly in which she deposits the from he & concave ' Sophocies Anligone Prose translation by Professors Murray and Fairclough, cor- responding to the text of the presentation, April 7¢h and 19th, AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY. hollow, Beavtifully Issued. 35 Cenls Net. Published and Soid by Elder and Shepard, 238 Post Street, San Francisco. Send for Catalogue of Publications. her eggs, and the male emits the milt ipon them almost at the same time. The par: trouts leave their nests imme- diately the act of spawning is com- 1 o parental care to either v r young, a trait so beau- v exhibited by the black bass, the sunfish and the low tty.’ On about v of eighty days, qualified by srature of the water—12% da degrees F. and fifty da in 50 ees F.—the young are hatched ceforth take care of best they may, the food perly the umbilical attached to their bellies for thirty to forty day is estimated that not more than 5 per cen f ¥ trout hatched in na- tive water escape from their’ enemies v m 1 fish-culture A indebted fo of hear- ing ir species of is a matter of the surface of the water, in a boat, and you m: Won't Go Home Till Morning, or any other song, to the extreme high limit of your voices, and the trout o y other fish will remain - undis turbed, but scratch your toe upon the bott of the boat, and presto pol s dead and barren as @ burned - Approach pool from over the with a careless tread, and when reach it the trout are gone, none C on all fours and you will find your wi noise- know where. to the pool trout reposing without fear of danger. The avoidance of concussion is the great factor on a trout pool or stream in get- ting a satisfactory creel; slide, rather than step, in wading, and your success will be greater.” In his article on “Winged Enemies of Breok Trout,” J. Annin Jr. gives us an excellent idea of the serious loss of iish eggs and young fish when they are left to their own devices to hatch and make their way in the streams. There is prob- ably not one person in a hundred that realizes what an important part is play=d by the birds of the air and aquatic fowls in the destruction of the embryo fish. The only remedy against such odds is the process of artificial propagation, now in vogue under State Fish Commissions. A. Nelson Cheney writes a paper covering this matter of artificlal fish hatching as weell as can be done in the limited space of a short article. Another article in the book is devoted to “Some Notes on Cooking Brook Trout,” by Mr. Rhead himself. He gives recipes for the best results in the camp when the fish can be taken from the stream to the fire; they certainly have the right ring and are appetizing enough to make one long for an opportunity to try them in the hunger-creating air of the mountains. Here is the one selected for the camp rest-day, when there is plenty of time to delight the palate as well as to satisfy the inner man: “The most sumptuous dish for camp is baked, stuffed trout. This can be accom- plished better near a farm or store where materials can be secured. Only a large fish is worthy of belng cooked in this manner. Begin by slitting the lower part, take out the gills and inside; wash thor- oughly; cut incisions two inches apart along the sides, and skewer pieces of fat bacon in the cuts. To prepare the stuffing chop separately a plece of suet or fat pork, some sprigs of green parsley, four small onions, the yolg of a hard-boiled egg, and a little dried sage. Take three cups of ‘rolled bread crumbs, add a few cloves, mix thoroughly together and moisten with a cup of white wine. Put the stuffing in lightly and skewer the fish securely. Place it carefully in the bake- kettle, pour in half a pint of white wine or hot water to prevent the fish from ad- hering, lay on the fish some pieces of but- ter and place the kettle in the hottest part of the fire. Baste at intervals. It ould be cooked in fifty minutes.” Interviews With a Monocle. - Leopold Jordan, a well-known journal- ist of San Francisco, is the author of a little book of more than passing interest. He has succeeded in making a happy combination of humor and hard forceful fact that is alike interesting and instrue- tive. He employs the conceit of a “Mon- ocle” just arrived—an Englishman who comes to our country and examines our land, its customs and laws with the im- partial eye of a keen observer and a fair- minded judge. The first part of the book is written in a light vein and easily entertains with the efforts of the newspaper men to interview the newly arrived “Monocle,” and his clever successes in avoiding the expres- sion of any opinions until he has not only seen but digested what he has been pleased to investigate. 3 In Part II the “Monocle’” grows serious and hammers away with good will and brave result on some of the leading issues of the hour. He discusses our freedom our poor; our charitable ichings; our Pol Court ; our soldiers; and our agl the rich man. There is much hard truth in these readable essays of Mr. Jor- dan, and those who take up the book at first merely for its breezy and entertain- ing e may pause to consider and learn. He; a bit that he has to say concern- ing the New York tenements, which wiu serve to show the author's clean cut and forceful method of expression: ““From the lower east side of New York City to well uptown, much, too, on the west side, can be seen any summer day or night a con- dition of bodily and mental suffering that rivals description.’” ou will admit it would be a hard matter to care for so many uphappy thousands?”’ asked the newspaperman. I admit nothing of the sort. Those of the class for whom 1 speak are generally Indus- trious and ask no care, no charity, only decent habitation in return for the extortionately high rent demanded. As things are they must exist in guarters unfit even for animals.” ““To whom do you attribute such a state of aftairs?” . To your Public Health Department for replied the Monoole, with much warmth. ‘The Health Department of the city of New York is efficient and is slways on the alert; it performs its duty’ sald the news- paperman in a tone indicating that he knew what he was talking about. ‘“Were the Health Department of this highly populated city doing its duty, were it on the alert, as you say, it would bring to the courts of justice those persons who own the hovels, and grow fat on the rents therefrom. If after proper and decisively swift notice such owners neglected to rebuild their ram- shackle dens, or improve and make them habit- able and fit for human occupancy, they should be charged with maintaining a nuisance, in- asmuch as they suffered fellow Christians to pay for rent and live.n dwellings unfit for human habitation. Get.at the Jandlord! He is the person to bring Yo account; he is the one to see to it that there are no leaks and apertures to let in the rains and’ the cold blasts of the terrible, pitlless winters encoun- tered here. I wonder if such .a person ever stops to think of the comfortless hearths of his tenants and of the inability of many of them to provide themselves with even coal to ward off the biting « frost and penetrating winds that come in at the creaking doors and dilapidated, foul-smelling passages and ill-fit- tinz windows “Interviews With a Monocle,” although bound in paper, has been given a very at- tractive dress and is most convenient in form for handy reading. It is published by the Whitaker & Ray Company, San Francisco. one’ Under My Own Roof. “Under My Own Roof,” by Adelaide L. Rouse, is the story of a newspaper woman, a malden of 40, who decides to build a home for herself in a Jersey suburb. The author “has also written “The Deane Girls,” *“Westover House, ete. Before the descriptions of the home- making are allowed to tire, the reader finds the thread of a love story. It con- cerns the home-builder, an old flame, and an old friend, the third of whom has be- come a next-door neighbor. With this romance are entwined a number of heart aflairs as well as warm friendships. (Pub- lished by Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York. Price $1 20.) A Millionaire Mystery. In Fergus Hume’s late work, “A Mil- lionaire Mystery,” the author has laid a plot that in its development causes cold shivers to run up and down the reader’s back and his heart to beat only intermit- tently. But, unfortunately, the weird de- light of the shivers and intermittent heartbeats Is subdued carly in the story by means of pointers that enable one all’ too soon to unravel the mystery—or mys- teries, for the main mystery has sev on the side. Richard Marlow, after accumulating a vast fortune in South Africa, appears at the village of Heathton, England, accom- panied by Sophy, ostensibly his daugh- ter, but really the child of a man whose wife had fled from him to Marlow for pro- tection in Jamaica. Marlow lives quietly in Heathton for some years, but on read- ing a letter that reached him from Ja- maica, warning him that an enemy is on the way to England to accuse him of a murder, of which, though guiltless, he is unable to prove his innocence, he simu- lates death through the agency of & drug prepared by his physician, Dr. Warrender (who has also been with him in Jamalca), and is buried in a roomy vault recently constructed by his own, orders. During the night following the funeral Marlow’s body is taken from the vault by his faith- ful old servant and Dr. Warrender, car- ried to a lonely hut on the heath and there resuscitated. Immediately after, Dr. ‘Warrender, hearing a noise outside the hut, goes out and is stabbed to the heart by Jean Lestrange, the man who has come to Bngland to denounce or black- mail Richard Marlow. Through the exer- tions of a detective, Marlow is found liv- ing under his real name, Herbert Beau- champ, and the widow of Dr. Warrender is induced to give up a paper left by the doctor, in which he makes a full state- ment of the innocence of Beauchamp and the guilt of Jean Lestrange of the mur- der in Jamaica, at which he, Dr. War- render, was present, but had kept sllence for the purpose of blackmailing Beau- champ. Wending its innocent way through the labyrinths of this tale of murder and blackmail, runs the love story of Sophy and Alan Thorold, an estimable young gentleman, to whom Sophy was engaged before being introduced to the reader, and to whom she is happily married at the close of the book. (Published by F. M. Buckles & Co., New York. Price $§125.) Irrigation in the United States. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. of New York have just published a sterling work on “Irrigation in the United States,” by Frederick Haynes Newell, Chief of Di- vision of Hydrography of the United States Geological Survey. The era of fairy tales and wonder work- not yet past. The magician’s wand h made oases in the desert is being grasped by the hands of that very vague but real personage we affectionately style “Uncle Sam,” and he is urged to wield it vigorously over the arid plains of the far West. Already miracles have been wrought, and who can tell what further marvels await the magic touch? Probably the average citizen of this country would be surprised to learn that two-fifths of our national territory is a most unknown, and yet remains to be de- veloped and made habitabie. We have been so intent on legislating good harbors and waterways into existence, and in ex- ternal territorial expansion, that we have not paid commensurate attention to the great problem of.putting to use the vast resources of the West. Although a be- ginning has been made in the way of reclamation of the arid lands by irriga- tion, the greater part of the work remains to be done. In line with this question, Mr. Newell's beok is timely. He is one of the most capable writers of such a work in this country, his long officlal and practical ex- perience §iviug him authority in his ut- terances. But he has not brought to- gether the abundance of material here presented Into a dry, technical treatise— the typical flavor of a Government report. Instead, he has given a lucid, comprehen~ sive and entertaining study of some five hundred pages, which commands atten- tion from start to finish, and leaves the reader with a.much better idea of a great problem than he could possibly get in the same length of time elsewhere. He has written clearly and simply, avoiding tech- nical terms, of the problems of home- making in the desert, showing what has been done in certain regions and what will be done in others. Home-seekers will thus find the work of the most immediate utility. They will be made acquainted with the amount and desirability of the public land, the natural resources of par- ticular territories and the probable line of development to be pursued. A some- what elementary and popular description of irrigation and of the devices for ob- taining and distributing water is given, including details of interest to persons who are beginning to give attention to the subject. More space is devoted to the crude but effective home-made contri- vances than-to the elaborate or expensive machinery purchased from manufactur- ers, for the success of irrigation depends most largely upon the rough-and-ready ingenuity of the first settlers in a new country in adapting thelr ways to the environmen; Not alone to the home-secker is this work valuable. One of the most moment- EDITED BY LOUIS ous topics being discussed upon the floor of the present Congress is irrigation, and noteworthy legislation is expected under that head. In his last message the President gave particular attention to this problem, strongly advising a national appropriation worthy of the need. He be- leves that forestry and irrigation are the two most vital internal problems of our country—and the two go hand in hand. The subject, therefore, becomes one of te interest to every intelligent citizen Dr. Newell's work will undoubtedly be taken as authority. It covers the topic adequately and accurately. The presence of many full-page illustrations, sketches and diagrams assist the reader and lend both interest and beauty to an im- portant volume. _Price Lepidus the Centurion. Contrary to the expectation aroused by the title, Lepidus the Centurion,” by Edwin Lester Arnold, is not a tale of old Roman days, but instead Is concerned with English life of the present time. Be- yond a touch of unreality lent by an un- usual plot, the situations are vivid, well connected and plausible, glowing under the thor's splendid imaginative powers. The study of modern social life, with its tinge of the ancient, becomes all the more interesting through the blending. The author fforded a fine opportunity for mild sarcasm, rich uumor and striking dramatic effect, all of which he is the first to perceive. For the rest, this is.a story without a villain—whose absence is not even missed, so rapid is the action —and with a heroine well worth the strugele which culminates here after two thousand years. For those who admire a story with a touch of the supernatural, when that ele- ment adapts itself to vivid delineation— as in Bulwer Lytton's ming Race” and Bellamy's “Looking Backward '—this plot will have special value. (Published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York. Price §1 50.) How to Attract and Hold an Audience J. Berg Esenwein, A. M., Lit. D., pro- fessor of the English language and lit- erature in the Pennsylvania Military . Academy, has written a small volume en- titled “How to Attract and Ht.)ld an Audience,” that should prove parucu!a‘rly useful to those desirous of preparing themselves for the stage, for the law, the ministry, or as public speakers. Professor Esenwein handles his subject in a highly scientific manner and yet writes in a popular vein that is not above the heads of his possible readers. His work neither technical nor theoretical, nor does he treat his subject on the plan of the old elocutionary manual. His expositions and explanations are straightforward and is coPyRIGHT 1902 R s RUSSELL = = easfly understood. An appendix has been added to the volume that will be found useful to those who wish to teach the subject. The book is published by Hinds & Noble, New York. Price $. Infant Salvation. Funk & Wagnalls Company of New York have just issued a book called “In- fant Salvation: or the Passivity of the In- fant Soul the Key to the Solution of the Problem,” by M. J. Firey, D.D. Dr. Firey gives the history of the various phases of the doctrines concerning infant salvation or damnation from the beginning of Christian institutes on down to the pres- ent times. In the second part of his book he expounds in detail the inception and condition of the soul of an Infant, and de- velops the idea that the passivity of the infant soul is sure ground for the belief ;;1;:’ )n; salvation is assured for it. (Price, Greek ,Play at Stanford. Messrs. Elder & Shepard of San Fran- cisco have just published a translation of the Greek play, “Antigone,” that is to be presented in the original Greek at the Le- land Stanford Jr. University on the 17tn and 19th of this month. Thers are to be over sixty people in the cast and twenty- three of them have speaking parts, so these two days promise to be red letter ones in the history of the university. The present translation has been done by H. R. Fairclough and A. T. Murray, profes- sors in the Leland Stanford Jr. Univer- sity, and will prove vervy usefyl to those who go to see the play and find need for a libretto. It i tively in paper, Literary Notes. Work from the pen f er Couch is welcome alike for ary quality and its point of vie book, “The Westcotes,” a story of ru England in the time of the Napol wars, which has been running in the and in Blackwood's Maga . ly appeared in book form in Engl is announced for early public country by Henry Coates & Hunting rattlesnakes with a camera in the San Bernardino Mountains of Cali the subject of a remarkable co nia is tribution by W. H. Backus to Country Life in America for April. The “rattlers have an appearance of being horribly near. In fact, the photographer was bit ten in one encounter, and another time the snake broke its fangs striking e camera. A picture of an old reptile ready for action seems as remarkable in its way as the leaping cougar in A. G. Wallihan's “Camera Shots at Big Game."” Mary Catherine Crowley’ of the Strait,” which Little, Brown & Co will publish early in April, is a second story of old Detroit, even more interest- ing than “A er of New France,” by the same author. Its principal events are the surrender of Detroit to the Eng- lish, the conspiracy of Pontiac and the siege of Detroit by the Indlans under his command. The romance has been drawn from historical authorities, the old French manuseript of the story of the slege of Detroit by the Indians under Pontiac be- Ing the principal source, the translation followed being that preserved in the col- ]?cflnn of the Michigan Pioneer Associa- tion. “The Heroine Daug Under the title of “Cape Cod Ballads,” Albert Brandt, publisher, Trenton, N. J.. will publish immediately a collection of poems by Joe Lincoln, one of the younger generation of American writers. Mr. Lin- coln’s delightful delineations of the quaint Cape Cod variety of human nature have appeared for years regularly in the Satur- day Evening Post, Puck, Harper's Week- ly. the Youth’s Companion, Types, the League of American Wheelmen Bulletin and other periodicals. His book illus- trated by Edward W. Kemble, the tamous artist in character types, of New York, and comprises some 200 pages. “Sunset” for April contai the follo ing: “The State Capitol,” Sacrame Cal., cover fllustration: “Sunset Study at Lake Tahoe,” frontispiece; “California's Inland Empire, W. 8. Green; “Trout the Sacramento Va hing in the Sier ra,” Al M. Cumming; “At Fair Oak the American,” Frank J. Bramhal . Lilies of the Chancel.” an Easter Elizabeth Vore; “A National Assembl Women,” Isabel Bates Winslow Fiesta de Los Angeles,” J. Torrey ( nor; “Afloat a Mile Above the Sea,” a picture study of Lake Tahoe, H. 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