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Show H"W3 rOT FISHERW'N. A Clrirr ranlrlrxni n to l!-enll tho la nueont Bliuoovr Intn Acting aa IlAit. Matty a time what promised to he a fine day's listi i n j; lias been spoiled by a loiip; end tedious limit for the proper kind of bait with which to anrlo. A pair 1 1 boot-heels sticking up tlirouli tho thiss by tiie side of a brook, and one loii, runiblias irowl of profanity i-suiiiif eemiiij!y from tinder the earth, is a faiuiliar indication to a lar;rn number of people who have "been tliere" themselves tiiat some ardent and irritable lisherm in is lying" there oil liis face, trying to keep out of sig;ht of tiie timid minnows ho wants ; to scoop tip out of the stream at one dash. 'and then be oil. Hut the liltle minnow are in 110 hurry. They tt ti t away at the sitrlit of his unfamiliar scoop net. and lie under the farther b ulk wii rdug; their little tails tantal-iiiigly. tantal-iiiigly. Mow the iMicrmaii wishes he had taken time by the forelock alul secured Ids bail on llie day before lie v, as to start on Ids expedition. He reviles his proerat ina! ion as the miu-isle.s miu-isle.s slip by. and the hot sun beats on his bacii, and he resolves never to do it attain. Iblt Ihis (bus not mollify liiu minnows in lliu least, and the scene poierallv ends by tiie aur!ei' jruhi nil' mrioii-i with o ily a few uiit.thlo 1 i t-tie t-tie fellows in Ids can. An inu'cuiou- inveainr leu come to the relii i of lis . a-i n 1 1 1 i i!ely. by pro- iucingfa laiunow I'.m;i I1.1t is hard 10 beat, l'il'st of all it i wholly composed com-posed n I ra nspai'i'iit, colorless r,:is. and is bi shane mui'll like a I ii;r c.U't-1 c.U't-1 iil-e. w il !i a poiuied bullet in it. It is about, two and one-half feet Ion,;, and as big; arciund as a man's lesr ttboVA the I. nee. It is hollow, of ttoiirsi', and uh.it would b" t '13 H it end of tiie cartridge i ' puin'iied in. like ti.e bolloin of :i '.'lass brittle and there i-. a small round hole in t In? apex of the cone thus made. The other and the pointed end of the Map is tilted wilii a little sliding door. This liij gjass eartrnlge is intended to be set 011 its side in the bottom of a brook where minnows abound. The cautious ones soon become accustomed to it, and the reckless fellows don't, see it till Ihey buuii) (heir noses against it. Some nice bait is put inside the (rap, and the minnows soon lind their way into it, throug-li the ho e in the punched-in end. Tun little door at the other end is shut, of course. The minnows are unable to find their way out, because they follow tiie sides of the trap and this leads them into the ciilile-sae at the Hat end. all around the bottom of the cone. They are easily poured out, however, with tho water in the trap, by holding; Iho thing- up. pointed end down, anil opening open-ing the little slide-door. Wire is twisted around the outside ot the trap, and forms a handle by which it. is conveniently con-veniently carried, and the wire alsj protects the g;lass from injury. |