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The 0 owth of Salmon; , -
The Dilator of the growth of the sal-
mon, from t e small ova or eggs, mai be
interestingi t this place, &eh adult
female mien ,n lays from 800 to 1,000
eggs to eve pound of her weight. In
their health condition, the eggsare
generally of pinky or amber color, with
opalescent h es, Semi -transparent, and
exceedingly I retty in their effect. -Some-
-
bines, howev r, the eggs are very pale—
nearly white in color ;; others, ,again,
are of a bri • t coral red ; but all that
hove a pecul• . r transparent iridescent
hue are unm = takably healthy eggs. A
tough, horny membrane is the shell
which bolds the embryo salmon) and
preserves it f om injury. This external
shell is exceed'ngly elastic an egg drop -
on the flo
die -rubber bat
For a mont
mot in - he h
bed of - gravel
whale it has
mother, with
ter at about
the fish appea
days ; these
small black s
three or four
\parent, runnin
sidle of the egg,
red. globule ap
represents the
forming ; and
quantify of o
absorbed by th
of the shell.
Gradually th
within the semi transparent shell become
more marked, ill, about twenty days
after the first appearance of the eyes,
the fish bursts its prison. It now pre-
sents a most ludicrous appearance, with
the lower side of its slender transparent
body affixed to an oval sac which it car-
ries wherever it goes. The vital organs
of the fish can be distinctly seen ; the
pulsations of the heart are easily percep-
tible ; and the rapid vibrations of the
gills show that it is, for the first time,
breathing just as an adult fish breathes.
The empty shells, as they float about in
the water, showing he rent by which
the young fish breaks through its prison
bonds, now appear like little bits of an
india-rubber air ball, or portions of the
white membrane ,found Just inside the
shell of is hen's egg.
Sometimes the shell clings round the
umbilical vesicle of the fish, and, as it
has no hands to free itself, it may be
seen wriggling about among the gravel,
endeavoring to escape from its uncom-
fortable burden,
r will rebound like an in -
or so no change is appar-
thy egg, as it lies in its
in the running stream,
been deposited by the
he temperature of the wa-
degrees. The eyes sof
in about forty or fifty
y be perceived as two
pecks;_ and in another
ys,. is faint red line is ap-
round the interior of one
tinct in the centre a small
ars. The thin red line
vertebrae of the fish, just
he red globule is a minute
which is destined to be
fish after *comes out
faint indications of life
The fry sire now "ail alive," and as
active as fish can be. _ Some of them will
be found with heir tails turned up-
ward in an imp dent manner; others
bear their bridles in a becomingly staid.
longitudinal po ition ; while others,
again, are stra ely deformed,- These
unfortunates are: unable to swim in a
straight line, and can only turn round
and round as. on a pivot in lone spot, ly-
ing all the time oa their side, instead of
swimming uprigkt, and falling helpless
to the bottom asoon as they cease their
efforta at locomotion. These cripples
generally die, though spine of them, no
doubt, arrive at #naturity, as ie proved
• by the instances= -rare, it is true—of de-
formed salmon, with the back bone
bent,. and crooked in various ways,
' But he most curious instances/of mal-
formation are the fishy " Siamese twins."
A double -headed preature is of fr ent
ocourrence in a fa r ily of babysa on,
but these enormit es tieldom survive more
than three or f urtdays, though in-
stances have bee met with of a longer
term of existence ing granted to these
"r monsters." _
For some time after birth, the young
fish do not seem to grow very fast ; they
are exceedingly active, and, though bur-
dened with the umbilical vesicle, they
swim swiftly about, rushing for a few
seconds, an su my falling again to
the bottom of the . ream they are un-
' able to rest witho t touching the gravel.
The young fry dnot require any food
for some time to come. The contents
of the sac they a car about. with them
serves as food for he first six weeks of
he salmon's life, The poor' little fish
has no mother to n • roe it, so nature has
provided it with a commisariat of its
own, :This vesicle or sac contains an al-
buminous accretio similar to white of
e and a small g1 bale of oil, the whole
of
which are gradu+ Ily absorbed into the
system. After s weeks of this self-
sustaining process. have elapsed, the
outer kin of the b - g appears to diminish
in size,; as the bod of the fish increases,
and in due course the fry appears as a
complets miniature of an adult salmon,
The fins, -and eve • the scales, are now
fully apparent, T e gills can easily be
�eerceivcd, The ey that first sign . of
Iife in the egg ten weeks ago—is com-
pletely deve oped ; while a slight red
slot under the ral fins is the only
sign of the late ey bol of babyhood.—
Cleum/,ereie Journal.
The English ngine Driver.
It is one of the oat singular facts
connected with moa ern literature -that
the deep and striking poetry of the rail
and the locomotive as never yet inspired
any man of genius sing it forth to the
world. Probably it is : a consequence of
the classical training of modern youth.
Our poets get mad over the achievements
of Greeks? and Roane, over the .Isth-
mian and other pes, anal seem abso-
lutely.. blind to the f that the things
which put them into ecstasies are quite
childish compared ith the every day
marvels of the age w • live in. No doubt
"distance lends e hantment to the
view ;" still the Griek charioteer who,
standing on a very 'ekety two -wheeler,
whips his houses alon in the Olympian
races, is at best at rosaic figure when
placed in contrast to A n engine driver on
any of our great lines of railway. The
fire horse of our mod rn steam charidteer
is infinitely more majestic than; the
noblest stallion seen in old Grecce;Iand
the speed at which h flies through . the
air is, compared ith the Isthmian
games, as the; • eagl 's flight Li to the
crawling of the snail. In simple truth,
there is scarcely any hing done by hu-
man beings, that approaches, in daring.
in true and absolu heroism, to the
hurling of an express ,rain through space
at the rate of a mile 3 minute and mere
-Laepeetd far superior to the velocity of
the hurrisario.
The master of the ecornotive, though
Perhaps not willing h irwelf to be a hero
of romance, is, for all hat, a very real, if
quiet and unassunii g, hero. There is
something most manl , firm, and of the -
true heroic about '= ll ensine drivers,
more especially thos who have seen
rnany years of serv' , and are trusted
with fast and express . passenger trains
traveling long diet's, r t s, ..Engine drivers
of the latter blues are
eldoin under forty
years of age, and, being pukes' mem fully
conscious of the immense responsibility
of their position, and aecu toped to look
with clear eye and unflinching !nerve upon
danger and death, daily br,aavvv • g the ele-
ments in the simple exec ti n of their
duty, they• are, as a .rtile, ! singularly
calm and.self-possessed.;
The pay of the highest ela - driver, a
senior in all respects, is frgnai.,7s. to 7's.
tad, per_day ; 7s, Bd. is the ni ximum on,
most of our smaller railway , notably
those south of the Thames.; b t the max-
imum is considerably su d{ in the
pay given to the most t sy % . engine
drivers on the great lines n in north-
ward and westward from I L in, and
the trains of which areunsu' ' assed for
speed and excellence, The G at West-
ern Company give the high p : s of lls,
per day, besides a bonus of 4 0 per an-
num, to a few veterans in the service,
drivers of expresses. The 1 Is., among
others, is the " compensati n of ` the
dauntless," iron-sinewed Cheri• ers who
drive the "Flying Dutehnia ," fastest
train in the World, from Lond to Bris-
tol. •
On most of our great linos railway
the hours of duty of the eilgi [ e driver,
like the hours of the guard, ary from
rally fol.
tions of
a differ-
nges on
that he
ties, and
s in the
nee, the
manage -
m is.the
certain
borough
especial-
'dgment,
day to day,. The driver
lows a time bill under the r
,which every week•day gives
ent train,'. with` additional
Sundays, the whole so arra gs
has alternately day and night d
besidds one-half of the Sun a
year for days of rest. yx r
guidillig principle in all rail ay
ment, has shown that this s s
,best that can be made, and t
that, as it works well, so it gi es
satisfaction to the drivers, inre
ly to thoss best able to form j
the veterans of the service,
Considering the extreme y
nature of his duties, his ex ' su
rain and wind and all the xt
beat and cold, and the wear - nd
mental anxiety he bas consta tl
dergo, and which reaches a c im
snow mid fog, his great enem es,
his outlook, the work of th
driver is truly astounding as ! i
and amount, s The avera
traveled over by the drivers
trains on our smaller lines, as.
tive of which the South -East
taken, is 800 miles a wee .,, o
40,000 miles a year; but this av
far surpassed by the drivers of t
express trains on the lines in
Thames. A careful calcula
distances travelled by the Gre
driver, whose time bill has be
ed, shows that, in the course c
commencing November 4, 1873
ing, November 3, 1874, he l
trains, often at express speed,
323 miles of ground, being an i
1,253 miles per week. It seer
work ; still the veteran here r
upwards of twenty-two years i
vice of the Great Western, test?ifie
many others,ato the fact that th
ions gone through, great as they
not only. affect the health of a
man with good nerves, but
F
\ch
e
fp
re
rn
atiguing
e to the
emes of
tear of
town-
x when
obtrude
engine
extent
ietance
enger
esenta-
may be
about
rage is
e,great
rth of the
io . of the
t Vestern
n analyz-
f o e year,
a ' d end -
au ed _his
o er 85,
ave age of
cs errible
fe [ ed to,
t e ` her-
, with
exert
ire,, do
strong
fortif
his constitution, so as to har en it
against age and disease. It is ertain
that engine, drivers, as a alas,, look
extremly florid - and healthy,; and
mostly younger than they area ly are,
No doubt they get abundance of ozone
into their lungs and if theywilonly
stave off the enemy rheumatism b good D R
flannel armour and temperance— . e lat-
ter universal among the best drive ., not
a few of whom -are teetotalers ; they
have as much chance of living t • e age
of Methuselah as any of the mast fa-
vored classes of the communit , i i chid-
ing country parsons. Besides, gr at as
are the physical hardships whi li the ,
engine driver has to undergo, t • ere' is
some compensation for it, as in most
things, in a corresponding feeling i f ela-
tion, which no habit can alt=ogth r de-
stroy, from flying, through space with
enormous' swiftness, If Dr,S ravel
Johnson held it the, greatest joy f hu-
man life to travel x a post co b ; with
fourhorses at the rate' of twelve miles an
ying
es, if
nten-
imes SIIEE
,in
dot:
nnan
edu-
THE HURON E P SITO .
NEW GOODS,
NE
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EVER SHOWN A
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Cones
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100 P
150 l?'i
50 Pi
200 Pi
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40 Do
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ting in part of the`
t II S.
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7 a
d Tiand,
.hewing
E CIAL LINES:
t 4 Se per yard, w
P t atlas per yard, w
t atf 121c per yd., r
k Shirting at ide
merieSn and Caned
er yard.
ey Comb Towels at
We D -fy . Competition in t
hour, the man who rides the
Dutchman must surely feel at ti
not always, a joy of superhuman
sity by getting through space five
as fast—at a greater. rate of relocit
deed, than anything that ever mov
the face of the earth, except as c
ball. There are men tof birth an
cation, who, properly trained, act
_sionally as engine drivers—a well k
instance of the kind exists on one
southern lines—and they confess
there is an excitement and a charm
nothing can excel, in the riding of
horse. It may be said of the en
driver, as of no other mortal t
"He hath his way in the whirl
and in the storm."—.rileeeer N
Amusing Experimenp3,
Evenings at home may be enliv=ned
a variety of simpi ,,experi'nen'0,! of
hicb we give a few ; f a little thread
well soaked in a strong soliti•n!of
aIt . and water, and th n dried and tied
a ring not much larrg r than a wed ing
ng, you may apply th flame of a an.
to the thread, whic will burn t
as
and yet it will s stain the i g.
e cohesion of the . fibrous partici 's lof
read having been des royed' by th ac -
of the flame, the g is n w ':
Mi-
nded by the cohesion of the p rticles
salt. A good imitat'' n of the ail cd -
1 'bell may be produce by sus bill -
Dell
n 1IIfle
the ea
r
thTh
w
duce, through the medi triiigla,
a sound equal to that • f a great be
This shows that the vi rations giver
the metallic- mass of tl e poker by t e
blow are much more re ily conimuni 4t -
ed to the ear by the et gs than throe igh
the air. Thus, on the lame pro ci it
the boiling of a kettle, i ' uclible in the
air, may he distinctly heard, eve fro
the beginning, by restihi.. o,1e°end of the
poker on the vessel, and applyi g ` the
other to the ear. So also the bell ing of
a watch placed at one exti\emit of a
long beam of timber may , lie heard
through the timber at the other end of
the beam, bya person w o holds his ear-
to
arto the wood; although i is totally in-
audible in the air, lace in small
glass bottle hot water n ,ar the oiling
point, colored a deep carmine wit coch-
ineal ; place the same at the botto of a
glass jar of cold water. Imine lately
the light, hot -colored water in t e vial
will be displaced by the heavie , cold
water in the jar, and will ascend' in
beautiful crimson donde to the top of
the jar.
BALL OALF` FO BAI.E.
�'OB Sale, a thorough bred ham B II Celf-
one year old, of dark re color. If s Oddi.-
pee is first class, and can bo =mined I inten-
ding pnrehas€crss. Applyto M. CrfEB El',
uron , Tut ' ram$tb,
NE
NEW C
CHE4P
D
Be sure and
777.
A.G.
'GLOWS,
'OK TIES For .Lctdes
GREAT 1 VARIETY,
O01)8 IN EVERY
P:ARTMENT,
call at the right house—Nobad,
cDOUGALL !Sr C.
ENGLICap,andPLA II Se&e.,04
And Sundry` other a
too =morons to mention, to give us a eall.
¶FIcE BEDROOM, PARLO CHALL,BAR- OOM, BANK & other CLOCKS
CONE TANTLY ON ND.
PLATED WARE, CLOCks AND TCHES A SPECIALITY.
. HICKSON & CO.
llf, B.--Wastebes and Clocks #epalred by firs lass workmen.
A GOOD INDIC
S a result of Good Business, the aubJerl ,er has recently
premises, which are now foiled with a vyry larg e Stock c
NEW TE
TION.
een obliged to very mach enlarge hie
the most desirable grades :of
S,
INCLUDING JAPANS, YOUNG `HYBONS, GITNPO EB, BLACK AND COLOGNE,
OUGARS 1
Scotch Befined, Liverpool Refined) Cuba and Demers White GroUndand Block Lump,
TOBACC S.
ALL THE BEST DB NDS IN SMOK1Nc AND CHEWING.
• yQUORSr
CANADIAN Whiskey and all Imported
Supply of General Groc cries and Pro
Liquors purchakd i Bond and sold pare as usnaL A full
felons, all of whieh ill be sold at very small pzafft,
,D SERIN-IN SEASON.
AMES MURPHY,
MOYEK, TIMOTHY anOTHER FIE
1
STOVESN D H
Chequered Store,
Seaf/i•th, Jan.20, 1875.
Will be Sol
AT KID
a 10 Pe Cent. Les
FOR CAS I, FOR ONE
10 MAKE ROO
THE QIIEAPES'T
V! FOR
LOT OF ST
JO
RDWARE�
than Former Prices
MONTH,
PRING STOOK.
Y rS IN TOWN. . .
KIDD, Safort.
1 KILO .N ItY4N
{
1 ;
re
IM
he balsnci3 of their
ryE STOOK
OF
Groceries, Wines affi u, rs
At is ices that astonish purchaseras.
S k consists
scents, each
TEAS,
s>r
CAB's,
TOBACCOS,
COFFEES.
CURR
RAIS
RIC'
C
fly of Staples in sll the
TS,
Se,
GARS,
' 1NES,
BRANDIES,
WRISKIESe
And everitl ing generall ftmnd In a first -clad'
.. ,i . Or Store.
HEY ISL ALL 8 8OLD FOR CASH,
A COST
PRICES, •
LL peril indebted , the firm are requested
s� to call and settle - secoantri without fes`
ser belies,. theywill plseed lu Court kr
Vection.
ILLO ' AN & RYAN,
paaforlh Feb. fa, 1875.
874-18
Wi
UMBER,
UMBER.
s
B undera igned w
the public to the to
Jelling
EEEMZ.00K LUMBER
At it* $4 to $7 I per thousand.
eall the attention- of
inflects, That he Is
e has also a ga
IN-�E3 C_
BUTTE
ASS'
quantity of
MPLIVY
UT,
001) MAPLE,
AS OAK AND ELM,
Ali of w h will be sOlI at Low Prices.
do well call and era ne the stock before'
basing here. Fi lass
ingle
Alway on Hand.
tbe Ogee, 4$1 mile north of Sesforth:
VE LOCK'S
TIM
also a la quantit of the above named.
Tti$ WINTHROP
sting f,ud Fic6ring MA14
as the mill is new
and laving pr 'the
MR.
Who Moron understand:, his business se a
,I have no hesitation sasioe that the
beet satisfs$ "Abe givf.n.
is slid a store in connection with the
sre keln constantly on hand. A large
t of
FLOUR, ED,
SOW retail
westof Toronto.
A Ike Fenn for sale cheap, II&
frame bena-and stable, one
from
1611 ORT NT To FARM0AM
notice. Orders left et hissaiiihkeelLot
des will be pr0fi to.!
and fa free.