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NEWFOUNDLAND’S FISHERS.
features of Life on tlie Shores of the
Island.
The life of the average Newfound¬
land fisherman is not more toilsome,
perhaps, than that of the other labor¬
ing millions of the world, but it is
certainly His life more uncertain and perilous.
has been described as four
months’ hard work and eight months’
play. This is an exaggeration of the
playtime, and if we say that half the
year he is fishing, and the other half
takings “spell,” as he calls it, we
shall be nearer the mark.
During the season the industrious
coast fisherman is afloat in his boat
almost before it is daylight, and sails
or rows, according as the wind is, to
his fishing ground, writes a Bay of
Islands correspondent of the New York
San. Unless the cod are uncommonly
plentiful, the shore sees him no more
until nightfall. On his small craft
he possesses the means of making a
fire, and there he cooks himself one
of the fish he has caught, brews a cup
of tea, and eats his doughboy. His
consumption of tea is enormous, and
that, with the leaden qualities of
the doughboy, which is nothing but a
round lump of cooked dough, no
doubt tends to produce the dyspepsia
which is so common among the
population. Even during the season
there are a great many days when
gales prevent him from going to sea.
It is fortunate if these are fair days,
for then he can busy himself helping
the women to “make”"the fish. If
wet, however, there is nothing
usually to be done but sit around in
ignoble inaction.
His fare is of the simplest kind. I
have more than once seen the prep¬
aration of the evening meal of a man
who had been away since dawn, and
who might be expected to have a rare
appetite against his return. The good
wife half filled a small pan with flour,
among which she poured sufficient
molasses to knead it into dough. After
rolling this into two cakes she placed
one on a plate and strewed a little of
the preserves of the wild raspberry
on it. The other “bannock” was
placed on top, and, after a judicious
firing in the oven, behold, a pie. And,
oh, such a pie! Guiltless of yeast or
rising of any sort, it was truly un¬
leavened bread. I had the oppor¬
tunity of indulging in this satisfying
fare subsequently, and my respect
for the Newfoundland man rose as I
considered how many generations he
has endured this and yet refrained
from homicide. This, however, was
but a confection—the solid food con¬
sisted of a generous share of turnips
and potatoes mashed up together.
Pots and pots of tea, sweetened.with
molasses and milkless, and biread,
without butter, completed the repast.
It cannot be said that the Newfound¬
land fisherman keeps himself poor
with riotous living.
When he is in a situation to earn
wages and board himself, his expendi¬
tures on housekeeping are of the most
parsimonious description. On Belle
island the wages is 10 cents an hour,
and as in the long summer days the
hours are many, the earnings of the
men are considered handsome. Their
families are not on the island, and the
workmen ere^t little hovels in the
neighborin r woods where as many of
them sleep as can be packed under
its roof. The great concern is to send
as much money back to the good wife
and little ones as possible, so that
there may be a full larder all winter
when the work closes down. Eor this
purpose the poor fellows live on about
$4 a mouth. Indeed $4 is considered
the maximum. There is no baker on
the island, and they have, according¬
ly, to enlist the services of the resi¬
dent fisherwoiuen to bake bread for
them, the charge for this service being
10 cents a stone. On week days no
flesh passes the lips of the great
majority of them, but on Sunday it is
usual to- have a feast—namely, pork
and cabbage. This is considered a
banquet that even on American mil¬
lionaire might think himself lucky in
sharing.
Old Maps of the United States.
State Librarian Galbreatk has just
secured another valnable addition to
the collection of relics at the library,
a map of the United States, made in
the year 1796. The map was found
in an old book shop at Philadelphia,
and was formerly the property of a
a gentleman of who was for years in the
employ the Federal government.
It is made from copper plates, and is
mounted on heavy linen.
On the chart Ohio is a territory
with rather vague outlines, Cleve
laud is not to be found, and Cincin¬
nati is desig ated as Fort Washington,
Sandusky is the only city of any great
prominence. with substantially The eastern states the are
shown same
boundaries as they have today.
Georgia extends . as far west as the
Mississippi river, and the southern
portion Florida is apparently un
known. Lake Michigan is much too
narrow and Lake Huron is far too
broad. At the lower corner is a curi¬
ous picture of Niagara Falls, Mr. Gal
breath has discovered another chart
of the United States, drawn in 1774,
and it will soon be sent to Columbus.
—Columbus Journal.
The Salvation Army has opened a
new food and shelter depot at Wel
Lugton, New Zealand.
Sharp Practices In Golf.
In regard to the sharp practices that
are sometimes resorted to in golf, this
story is of interest. It is told by a re
liable golfer as a fact and illustrates
the keen interest in the success of his
employer which mr.uy a caddie evinces
often at the cost of his employer’s
reputation and always at the cost of
his own place If he is discovered. On
this ocasion the player’s ball was
found lying behind a big stone in a
bunker. The crafty caddie gave the
stone a kick, accompanying the act
with remark,“D’ye think that’s wood?”
The act resulted in the stone being'
moved sufficiently to permit the golfer
to find his ball in a playable position.
Horace Hutchinson is authority for
a story of even deeper craft on the
part of a caddy. This one, Hutchinson
says, carled with him a supply of
green-painted wooden pins. With these
he generally waited until the light be¬
gan to get a little uncertain and then,
when chance afforded him an oppor¬
tunity, he inserted the pins heads up
in the green in the line of his oppo¬
nent’s put As might be expected,
this often caused the gutty to take a
bad turn, there by missing the hole.
While the exasperated player would
be swearing at the wiriness of the
grass at a favorable moment the caddy
would put his foot on the pins and
drive them into the sod, thus destroy¬
ing dll evidences’ of his guilt. A cer¬
tain Scottish player is said to have
trained his collie to push his oppo¬
nent’s ball Into the burn with his nose.
-New York Sun.
Infantile Exclusive ness.
There is a little Sixteenth street girl,
still under six, who may be described
as the limit in the matter of sensitive¬
ness. Likewise, she has her points in
respect to dead gameness. She was
taken out to Takoma Park about a
week ago to spend a few days with
her aunt. The tot played around in
the front yard of her aunt’s pretty
home for a while. Then her aunt let
a playful little fox terrier Into the
front yard, saying to the child:
“This is s your little four-footed
cousin.”
Five minutes later the aunt returned
to the front yard to call the kid into
the house, but she wasn’t anywhere to
be seen. The fox terrier was playing
alone. There was a scrambling hunt
for the tot, and all kinds of alarm, but
the little girl didn’t turn up. The aunt
hustled into town. The little girl was
home with her mother.
She had walked to the Seventh street
road as soon as the fox terrier pup
was presented to her, and, not having
the pric^ of a ride into town on the
cars, had asked the driver of a groc¬
ery delivery wagon to give her a lift
in. The driver took her home.
“Why didn’t you stay at auntie’s?”
her mother asked her, in surprise.
“She introduced me to a dog!” re¬
plied the haughty young person.—
Washington Post.
Our Increased Trade with China.
England can no longer compete with us in
the shipment of many products to China.
Our trade with the Chinese has Increased al¬
most forty per cent, within the last year.
This is merely natural. The best wins in
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Stomach Bitters, the best remedy in the
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superior to cure constipation,
dyspepsia and tilioueness.
Shortest Days of the Year.
“We’re having the shortest days of the
year now,” said Tarbox. said Briggs, his
"You bet we are,” as
hands came outof his pockets empty
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children
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An Old Relict.
Dr. W. W. DeHart of Jacksonville, Fla., has
one of the most valued Confederate relics that
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Kaiema In the Feet.
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the shuttle. An ingenious contrivance
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loom draws the straw warp up and
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India. Machine made mats will be a
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We refund 10c for every paeksge of Put
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“Man wants but little here below,”
’Twas e’er so from his birth—
It’s different with the other sex;
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—N. Y. Town Topics.
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IT Frank J. Cheney makes , oath that he is the
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Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
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