THE SARDINE FISHERS.
A LEADING INDUSTRY ON THE
COAST OF BRITTANY.
Catching the Little Fish in Nets
1,000 Feet Long--Work of the
Curing Factories.
Early in April the sardine fishers
along she coast of Brittany begin
their preparations for the season's
work. The boats are turned to the
warm spring sun and calked, the
nets which have been stored away
all winter long are spread out on the
sand, and white haired grandfathers,
who are no longer capable of going to
sea, bend them with of
bright new twine and mend the holes
in the meshes.
In the last of the month, when the
cherry trees are in full bloom, the
fishers begin to watch for the bub-
bling of the sardines, far out on the
waters of the sea, for they know that
vast shoals of the little fish are
their way from the coast of Africa, up
through the Bay of Biscay to the
north. like a flock of migratory birds,
and that they must be caught, if at
all. as they pass.
Presently old
he sees the water ruffling as if the
waves played on a bar of sand. The
word spreads rapidly and the boats
put out from the shore and race to
the shoal order to be
hand catch fishers
leave and anchor at
sea. bubbling area
i sad out
re about 1,000
over balls
on
some fisher thinks
Sometimes in
at the
in the evening
As
proaches the
the nets, which
long and \ wide,
them. The lower edge of
held down with lead wel
floated at the tops with cori
the ded the
“baited’’
‘‘roque’’
solves
fi pt
on HIST
boats spre
between
net is exter
1
and remain
ind thei
reason ‘‘roque
part of the
is made of t
codfish
expensive
barrel
men
processis
are mad
prices vary ace
freshine
Inside ti
neries ever
fusion, for
ment’s delay
night long t
83 ¢
y
the li
the most pa
of the fisl
ght i
wages almos
"g
The }
benches or table
tliane
halfan hour
in clear water
BOTOONS to
gides assun
pearance t
wire basket
after whicl
to the pac
The little
to commercs
and filled from
fish, after which I Lis
the province of Bari, Italy
over them and the tops soldered
All of this work
ness and rapid
In the meas
of hot water hs
oil,
own
is pot
ith a
is astoni
is done w
» renal
The sealed
boxes are thrown into it and left for
two or three h If any oil ap-
pears the top of the water the
master workman knows that some
ean has not been properly soldered,
and the loss is charged up to the man
who did the work A good workman
will wot than two or three
boxes In a hundred.
When the boxes are taken ont the
labels are put on and they are then
ready for the market Joneless sar-
dines are especially prepared for the
New York trade by several of the
factories and they command a high
price.
tomatoes, and in this form they are
very largely exported to Mexico.
Sometimes the oil in the cans is re-
placed by vinegar and sometimes by
butter, but the sardines in these
forms are never as good. The market
price of sardines per case of one
hundred boxes isahout $10, delivered
free of charge at Havre or Bordeaux.
The total exportation to the United
bailing poin
ation of co
oper-
ITS,
on
lose more
lars a year,
The sardine season
lasts about five
boats manned by
engaged in the work,
in the factories number abont 10 000
women and several thousand men and
children. The industry originated in
Nantes, France, in 1834, and the best
brands ino the world still come from
there. Spain and Portugal send out
a cheaper grade. Of late years a
great many sardines are being eanght
and eanned along the Pacific coast in
this country. Japan and New Zen.
and eateh and pack a good muny
sardines.
A DELUSIVE INSICT.
I
in
months and
15.000 sailors are
Distin juish From
a Twig
unique among the ingeet sreation
ars the stick insects, which lave the
You Cannst
\ ,
peculiar gift of making others be-
ieve that they are inanimate objects.
This insect is commonly met with
in the high, dry, yellow grass of Ny-
assaland, in South Africa. When it
{ ig in repose, with its legs stretched
{ closely against its back, it is diffieuit
to believe that it not a dry twig.
It is necessary to touch it in order to
find that it is alive. The
smaller and weaker than itself which
do this are eaten as a reward for
their inquiring spirit.
The twig undoubtedly lives
is
r insect
by its shape, which helps to provide
it with food at a minimum of exer-
tion. It enables it to escape from all
sorts of dangers. Other animals with
a taste for insect food seldom
it cwing to
Moreover, it
is hardly worth
while to trouble about such an
sive animal.
this
It appears
and large to:
| of This
would rather hunt twig insects
eat the juciest and
that there is a curion
finding
¢ twig insects
green flies
insect a member
the mantis group, several members
of which have remarkable qualities.
One of them, perhaps the best known,
is the prayin When in re-
appears to be on
§ forelecs are raised
The stick is
ntis.
pose it
the hands of
3 As it large eo)
which it turns upward, its whole
Sugcests
like
at ¢ ayer has
hat it 343 OF
that it is én
sible
Iate a humat
oly i
. is not unknown
here, but there are at present no ex-
isting
price of beef the only danger is that
article will be imported, and
that we may be bringing
borders the cause of some
ous maladies. The first
tion of the illness are large
in the mouth, with a good deal of
soreness and some fever, Ip consti-
tutions weakened by disease various
this
into
very seri.
blisters
there is grave reason to fear
hitherto unknown forms may spring
from it Disease germs are liable to
| cross breed as well as other living
organisms, and in this way perils
{that we know not of may follow
{ swift upon the heels of carelessness,
A Mint Which is Quite Effective.
but time and time again is
Ostensibly the
heads soon fall to sleep, The true
| tramp can go to sleep standing as
long as the surroundings are warm.
| A night clerk in a newspaper office
| has discovered a sure way of ousting
{ these undesirable denizens without
{ force. He keeps a small collection
{ of the electric light Inmps that have
| become useless. He waits until the
| tramp is dreaming his soundest, and
{then throws one of these innocent.
| lookiug globes at his feet, There is
| an awful explosion. The tramp looks
around in wonderment and fright.
The tmpertarbable clerk is hard at
his books entering the last ‘nas’
geat in. nnd the tramp '‘scoots’’
thankful to have escaped some
i i“ yi ¥ ed
| gn ater danrer.
i
i
five estimated otal of our national and
Pinos Lea xation bs SO600,000,U00
]
WHAT I53 A GOPHCIR?
Rat, Snake or
According to Location.
Squirre!,
“If you should as
the Illinois prairies
was, he'd tell you it
squirrel that burrowed
gnid a man w
what y wns i
14 you shoul <
tion of un man from tl
ther west, he'd tell
a striped squirrel that lives
in the ground
what a
ground, ”’
know
‘* A Missouri farmer wou
that i
brown
the surfnce
from
prise you
gopher was asnake
native would unl
Lreor;
vou that a gopher wns a turt
the funny part of
ther
piants,
in is one of the most
rims belonging
It is
vegetable
i «
to it.
ad and erownof the
kingdom man is the
rown of the animal cre-
it is curious how the high-
plant always is found
he he
ns
head an
ation, and
f
est type Of
found,
cultivates the soil.
from him;
wherever he
animal life is
dwells or It is
it fol-
him
a silent reminder of the dear old land
he may never sec again.
—— Ea
Fortified Paris.
To-day, Paris, regarded as a fortified
center, is an intrenched eamp, upon
the margin of which are numerons
new permanent forts. The circle
formed by the line of these new forts,
which are far outside the forts of
1870, is about eighty-five miles in cir.
cumference, and it contains about
580 square miles, not more than one.
seventh of that area being built over,
with a population of 8,000,000. The
smallest possible circuit to be form.
required to undertake uny serious
sperations for the reduction by siege
»f the French capital
Writing a Telegram,
—————
James Payn, the editor of the Corn
hiti Magazine, tells the
story Sioexaminer nl a seminary
for vounye | roe juested one of
them the other day to give him her
what sort of telegram sli
od wend io her father in the event
of hier having met with a railway aes
He threw oud no hints, bit
ilies
potion of
Wiis
cliteent
dhs was the telegram:
ts bw killed dane (her sister and J
wo bi the rafreshmont room.’
THE PERFECT WOMAN.
HFow That Event Was
Realized.
A Story of
In an
pretty
Sram.
Pensioned
an
neme
fran
India
Mississipj
old and d«
trip from
Payne ihe
mained the fai
Mary Harden,
ernment t
#
first
up to the
yours ago
Home
hor
pos
an
her death four 3
she had the original copy of
Sweet Home, ”' which was given
by the author. It is now is
gession of her niece, Miss Eva
son, of Athens, Ga.
1 the
Jack
Hypnotized by n Gem.
“1 have often wondered,” said an
“at the fasci.
brilliant big diamond pos
gosses for some people. Last week |
carats Previous to the
A certain old couple used to
It
diamond, but
The old couple
very flashy.
oyes on the stone ux long as they
were in sight, and seemed reluctant
to leave. The next day after I had
sold the gem the old couple appeared
as usual, and the look of disappoint.
ment on their faces was keen and
lingering. ‘They gerutinized the cor
ner of the window in a vain search,
and when they falled to discover
their favorite they moved slowly and
ry away.’
Peculiar Properties of Toast.
The process of toasting is said to
vdiee a peculiar chemical ehanga in
flaver, as well as cortain valuable
properties,
at cis attend
i.ake Superior miners expect to
ON A CATTLE RANCH.
WESTERN EXPERIENCES.
Good Advice Which the Would Be
Cowboy S55uid Take Under Kind ~
ly Consideration
Theodore Roosevelt
the New York Board of
MIsSIoNers, writs
President of
Police Com-
ng topics
He
i1A8
8 On ranch
to the Pittsburg Dispateh, BAVH
multi
ple who wish t
Most Eas
that a
special
aining can
ng an cowboy than
)
fifi 48 1
han fis 1
man who isn’t a good cowl
Early
gensnn 8
cowboys are
may then go
tle shack nnd hu
or
ny odd
nt for
the
turns up for
around ranches
ob that
board. A few, ho
to ride and
cattle in the snow
{
vig
siav
wever, are
track of
These men must
rous constitution
and thoroughly able to grapple with
every exigency of plains life, for they
are certain to have some pretty
rough experiences before spring if the
y
lines Keen
nea is be O
winter ig at all severa,
In riding lines each man has a
definite beat Of course, in good
weather the task is a perfectly easy
one. The rider lets his pony shog
along until he comes to the end of
his beat. If any cattle have crossed
the line. he sees their tracks, and,
following. rounds them up and drives
them back into the country where it
is desired they shall range during
the winter. If no eattle come near
the line, he simply goes to the end of
his beat and comes back again, But
if a blizzard eatches him he may find
it nn almost impossible task to avoid
getting Jost, All landmarks are
shrouded from sight, and while the
blizzard is in its height it is out of
the question to make head against it.
Of course if the day isa very bad
one the rider won't go out at all,
but often ho has to take his ehancos
and the snow may begin to fall and
the wind to blow just when he is
at the furthest end of his beat. Then
bak he comos over the long
steatehios of sand colored. lifeless
proirie sward as fast ns his pony ean
go. The snow comes first in pulls
and little drifts~not the soft flakes
of an
joe dust which feels almost ke auld
when blown against the face. Heavier
| an 1 heavier grow the gusts, thicker
{ and thie the and,
{ fir the storm moans and shrieks
the icy ost
The ric cy
1¢ can find his cam
Lor snow clouds,
ally
» $ £ ir
drives finkes in al
Hes, ler is ther
idmarks
8 out Ek 3
His
he sto
ace
sum
and
this small re-
! he was the
his particniar paper.
find its
igrammatic salary
wsrdine to wi? HE a
orain i 11 8 WES A
ye y H al
valent 10 avOou
equi £10 a month
he
muneration
‘only poet
When, however, he began to
columns desecrated by the rhymes
and epigrams of rivals in game
line of addressed re-
peated appeals and protests to his
editor: and then, indi as most of
us have done in our that this
course was utterly useless, he decided
But he omitted
s intent so the
was conten
as
he
business, he
time
to strike to give
editor
against him and
The idea af an
with a contributor
notice of bh
brought
claimed
editor going to law
because the Intter refuses to on
contributing littie difficult to
grasp. Fortunately for the poet the
court decided that the paper would
really suffer no harm from the cessa-
tion of the defendant's contributions,
and he got a verdict which was satis
factor,” to his pocket but not very
complimentary to his verses.
ion
sll Avion
damages
20
is 4
Bound to Do His Duty.
A Newark (N. J.) politician haa
concentrated upon himself the ridi-
cule of his associates because he dis-
covered two fighting in the
street and arrested tho aggressor,
and actunily locked the anim. in a
cell $n the station house.
dogs
Electriz Water Works.
The water works st Canandaigos,
N. Y..will be operated by olectricity,
thie power station being located on
Canamduigon Lake, three and ones
half miles from the pumping station,
i»
| The vapneity is extimated at 1,000,«