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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-13
FISHERMEN AND THEIR WIVES

FISHERMEN AND THEIR WIVES.
Fishermen of the banks are as rule,
unmarried men. The majority of the
shippers are married and have comfort
able homes and happy families, but the
ordinary men of the crew are single. In
crew of 20 or more it is not unusual
to find that two, three or four men are
only married. That might be used as a
comment from the fishermen's point of
view. Another notable thing is that the
sons of fishermen rarely follow the call
ing of their fathers. Further instruct
i've influence might be drawn from the
fact. Endowed as these boys generally
are with the good brains and bodies
that go to the making of fine seamen
they do not choose to make living by
way of the sea.
1t might be added that the worries of
fisherman's home-life fall largely on
the women. When a fisherman steps
ashore his work is practically over.
When he comes home everything is
looking it's best for him. His wife may
have had sleepless nights and restless
days while he was away, but once he Is
safely home such matters are forgotten
The fisherman's wife never forgets that
when the main provider is home he is
home to rest. He has fought his fight
and until he goes out to fight again he
wants no more of it. These men are
curiously reticent of their life. Some
times one will refer to an especially
noteworthy incident of his last trip but
it is nearly always in a casual, unen-
thusiastic way that might make it seem
most matter-of-fact and commonplace
to any who may have been fed ON the
exaggeration of romance.
1t is not surprising, perhaps, that the
wives of fishermen make remarkably
good mothers The habit Of calmly ac-
cepting as a matter of ordinary life
what the world rates as dangerous and
hard to endure, must in time have it's
effect on the character The most or
binary woman would acquire some
measure of good thereby, and fisher
mems wives are more than ordinary
women. If they were not they would
hesitate to mate with men who pur-
sue so perilous a calling.-Joseph B.
Connolly in Donahoe,s.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-13

] Der, and drunkenness is rare among
| them. Equally important from the
| health point of view is the fact that the
Boer is essentially moral man. In
deed, even We're it otherwise, his isolated
life in far-off farms offers no opportu-
mites for contracting the diseases con
nected with vice. On the other hand
how often are British soldiers punished
for drunkenness and invalided through
venereal disease, Not only is almost
every Boer physically fit to take the
field and fight for his country, but he is
a stronger healthier and bigger man
than even those who have been selected
by medical examination as fit to serve
in the British army. If the entire male
population of our country, without any
sort of selection, from the age of four
teen to sixty years, were made to stand
forth they would present a sorry spec
tacle as compared with a similar crowd
of Beers. Let any one, for instance,
take his stand In a crowded street in
the center Of Glasgow and note how
many men will pass him whose backs
are straight, who have expanded chests
and healthy compilations. Again, in
Lancashire, let the observer note the
dwarfed figures and pallid faces of the
thousands of factory women as they
leave the mills. And London With it's
west-end slums fostering under the
shadow of neighboring mansions, and
its boundlesS stretch Of east-end misery,
what sort of army would this huge me-
tropolis produce if every male inhabi-
tant were called under arms? In deal
ing with the sanitary aspect of the
question it would be most misleading to
compare the British army with the
Beers. The British army is an infinite
minority of the British nation, and is
composed of men specially selected for
their physique. With the Beers 1t is the
entire nation that has risen to fight
against us; and the fact that primarily
interests sanitarians is that there has
been no selection among the Beers, for
all, practically speaking, are physically
fit. Surely there is something in this
marvellous fact to give us pause and to
make us think seriously as to whether
we are doing all we can to ensure that
our people shall possess and preserve
those physical qualities without which
our empire cannot be maintained.
The moral is very simple. The efforts
of legislation and of philanthropy
should be directed first to endeavor to
get as large a section of the population
as possible back on to the land. Sec
ondly, we should strive to make town
life as similar to country life as is pos
sible. Therefore, our streets should be
as broad and our houses surrounded
with as much open space as circum-
stances will admit. All accumulations
of filth which corrupt the atmosphere of
towns should be removed with the ut
most celebrity, and means of commune
cation should be so multiplied and re-
duced in cost as to enable townsfolk to
enjoy the maximum of exercise in the
open country If we must fight for our
empire such measures are indispensa-
ble-The Lancet.
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spoiled and yet the story goes on to
tell of taking the meat home. / could
fill whole issue of your paper with
cases which I know of where men have
carried out game, the most of which
they never saw alive.
few years ago there was long
story in our local papers of some men
who killed four moose near Trout
Brook Farm All the particulars We're
given Now I positively know that the
noted Indian guides John Francis and
his brother Mitchell Francis killed
every one of them, and the man who
claimed to have done so never saw
live moose on the trip. This same fall
a boy, the son of Mitchell Francis, shot
bull which a New York doctor had
the credit for. A few years ago there
was an account Of an Ex-Governor,
who had returned from hunt in
which two fine buck had fallen to his
unerring rifle" Now, 1 know positive
ly that one of these bucks was killed
by a small boy, and the other bought
by his guide for $40 of stranger,
whom he met on the road, who had the
deer in a wagon. Another party of
five who hunted at the Sabios, when
the law allowed three deer to man.
brought out thirteen. These deer We're
every one of them shot by the guide.
He shot them all by fair still-hunting
and was not over three days doing it,
These are only a few samples of what
Is done and not nearly as bad as some,
as / have known men to lie drunk in
camp all the time they were in the
woods and bring out their deer and
then be called true sportsmen, while
others bought their game in Bangor
markets 1 know this certainly, as I
have been asked to pick out fresh deer
for sport" who. on getting home,
had an article in the papers telling of
his success in hunting.
There is very little doubt that the
guides would willingly leave their guns
at home, and the doing so would save
the lives of hundreds of deer and scores
of moose. But would the so-called
sportsmen be willing to come here with
the certainty of going home empty
handed. 1t would be much better all
around If they would, as a great in
justice is done to those who fairly kill
their own game as unless one knows
them personally no one who knows
anything about how things are done
here will believe them or any photo
graphs While hundreds who are in
the woods astonish their friends with
stories of their promise as hunters, the
people here do not call them hunters,
but have special name for them.
Here they are known as sports" to
distinguish them from real hunters,
They bear about the same relation to
real hunters that the men who chase
bags or tame foxes do to the /
real article. Yet so long as 1t pleases |
them to think they can make people |
believe that they can hunt, no one COM |
plains, for the same reason that the
man allowed his wife to whip him. He
said 1T pleases her and it does not !
hurt me-.
think if any ACTION is to be taken
in this matter, itWould be wise to be-
gin at the right. end, not with the
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-13
THE ALBATRoss ENDANGERED.
Ruthless Work of the Pacific Coast
E,PparS

Eggers.
News that albatrosses are being de-
stroyed, literally by myrials, on an it,
land newly acquired by Uncle Sam, may
well excite dismay, in view of the inter-
esting character of those birds from a
geological and romantic viewpoint. The
island in question is that of Laysan, to
the northwest of Hawaii-a volcanic
rock three miles long and trifle less in
breadth-on which these seafowl breed
in enormous numbers. Unfortunately
for them, a local guano deposit at
tracts diggers for that valuable fertili-
ger, and their eggs are gathered whole
sale to feed the workmen. Though the
birds themselves are not seriously dis
turbed, the removal of their eggs, not
only by the wheelbarrow load, but by
the carload, must soon result in the
practical extinction of the species there
about
1t is the government bureau of orni-
thology that calls attention to this UNI
fortunate state of affairs, and, in the
forthcoming year book of the depart
ment O agriculture DR. T. S. Palmer
will speak of dangers threatening I'm
Gle Sans bird colonies in other regions
Perhaps the most striking instance is
afforded by the Farallones, and certain
ly the most important in a financial
way. These islands, or rather rocks, off
the coast of California, thirty miles
west of the Golden Gate, are the breed
ing grounds of myrids of sea birds,
chiefly western gulls and INJURIES. For
nearly fifty years murre eggs have been
collected there and shipped to the San
Francisco market, where they find
ready sale at from twelve to twenty
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-13
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
F1CTORIES IND STORES TO OBJ
SERVE GOOD Friday,

Services In the Churches-"Peeper
Play Kockvilies.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-13
STARIN'S
New Haven Transportation G,

DAILY Except SATURDAY,
N Steamer JOHN II. STARIN, Captain Nc.
Allister leaves New Haven from Starin 8
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Steamer
ERASTUS CORNING, Captain Thompson,
Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. The
North River. at 9 p. m. Mondays, Wednes
days and Fridays; the ERASTUS CORNING
Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays. Fare
IS cents; Excursion Tickets $l.25. State
rooms, $100.
Tickets and staterooms for sale at j. r.
Judson's, 1857 Chapel street; Peck & Bish.
ops, 702 Chapel street: Free stage leaves
from corner of Chapel and Church streets
every half hour, commencing at $50 p. M.
Through freight rates given and bills OF
west. C. H. FISHER, Agent
Order your freight via Starin Line.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-13
Elm City
Private
.ispensary,

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this city, corner State and Chapel streets,
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Of high professional ability.
YOUNG MEN
suffering consequences of early folly and
ignorance of important laws will find in
the doctor not only a skilful physician.
but also a good counsellor and helpful
friend. ~
MEN AND WOMEN,
troubled with Kidney and Bladder De.
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Blotches, Ulcers, ETC., or any special dis.
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RUPTURE cured permanently in 80 days
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CONSULTATION FREE.
Hours: 0 to II, and to 5. Evenings Z to
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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-13

guides, but with those who employ
them They are the men who pay for
this and are responsible for it. If
only those went into our woods who
could kill their own game, no more
than the present close time on moose
would ever be needed, and each could
kill three deer year, and the increase
would be greater than now.--M. Hardy
in Forest and Stream.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

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Londonl, Cherbonrg Paris, and Hamburg.
Plymouth, Cherbourg, and Hamburg. Also
n. Y. TO Cherbourg and Hamburg.
PARIS HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
reserved for Co.'S Passengers ON application.
Hamburg American Line. 81 Br'dway. NY;
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29

What has become of the gentle read
er? asks Samuel NJ. Crothers in The
Atlantic. One does not like to think
that he has passed away with the
stagecOach and the weekly news letter
and that henceforth we are to be con-
fronted only with the stony glare of the
intelligent reading public. Once upon
time-rhat is to say, a generation or
two ago-he was very highly esteemed.
To him books were dedicated with long
rambling prefaces aud with episodes
which were their own excuse for being
In the very middle of the story the
writer would stop with word of apol
ogy or explanation addressed to the
gentle reader or at the very least with
a nod or wink no matter if the fate
of the hero be in suspense or the plot
be incXtricably involved.
Hang the plot" says the author 81
must have chat with the gentle read
er and find out what he thinks about
it."
And so condolences were interchang-
ed. and there was gossip about the uni
verse and suggestions in regard to the
Queerness of human nature until at
last the author would jump up with
Enough of this, gentle reader; perhaps
it's time to 90 back to the story"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29

81 belief be makes angels of all Chi.
namen."
Dot preacher looks at me ia some
curious Ways una den he says:
If you lifed in Picking. maype you
can tell me der names OF some streets: =
Il can. Dere vhaS Fulton street
Green street Washington avenue. STAT,
street, First place, Rag alley una lo;,
more. haf my Snop in Main street"
"Cobbler, did yop hat some sun
strokes dis summer >" he asks.
''Of course not"
''Den it vhas natural for you TO b.
some liars. | guess. bur ! don't belief
you Will make her pay. Good day
sirr'
He vhas only gone AWAY when | TAX
dot signs down. but il vbas too late
De fat policemans on der beat come,
in und says:
''Vhell, now. cobbler, maybe vha>
bounced off der force und like 10 go "a
China. How vhas der weather oafer
dere?"
81 dunno"
"How vhas house rent in Peking?"
81 can't say"
''Vhat! You lif for fife years in Pc
king und can't say? Don't monkey
nit me, old mans How much you hat
to pay for liver und bacon in Peking?'
Il neffer bought some"
''Vhell. how vhas beefsteak und cod
fish,"
Il can't say"
"But you must know about potatoes
ind cabbages?"
Il don't know nottings. l vhas nef-
fer in China in my life"
"If you vhas neffer in China, Why do
you put oop dot signY
ITO draw some customers"
"Oh-ho! | see. You neffer vhas in
China. but you lie und deceive und
swindle. Cobbler, l hat my eye on
you for some time. You vhas a bad,
bad mans. You vhas a liar, cheat
und a swindler, und you ought to go
by some shails. What you mean. eh?'
81 mean peesness," l says.
$50 do l." Re says, und he jams me
by der wall. jabs me in der ribs und
wbirls me around by der neck till
falls down und can't speak to my wife
for ten minutes. | goes to find dot
leetle Sherman tailor but he sees me
coming und runs AWAY, und all der
poys cry oudt:
Belly well. chop stickee cobbler
alice samee as Boxer" NJ. QUAD.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29
A BODY blow.

"Look here" said the man on the
street car who had been in a brown
study for the last five minutes. Il
don't know but that l made a mistake
last night"
"How do you mean?" was asked.
"Why, politician was blowing
around to crowd of us, and | called
him a pedagogue and shut him up.
Was pedagogue the word to useY
81 should have said demagogue."
by John. but that's the word
wanted to use. but got pedagogue in
place of it. What is pedagogue"
"Well, a schoolteacher is often refer
red to by that term"
"Is that all? Why, the man turned
as pale as death and sat down with
a bump. He must have thought | was
after him with a stuffed club and a
dictionary
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29

A Jockeys Sensation when riding.
lf8ou ride va 9our head down
tlfSr i7to say bent slightly. So that tho
wind does net beat right cn t. your
face gu cam breathe easily, but If YOU
hold yoar mouth wide opcn and lei the
air beat right in your face then you
viii have great difficulty in breathing,
and If the race is a long one you viii
become exhausted hy the end Of the
ride" SO said well known jockey
when questioned on the subject of
what his sensations We're when riding
in n race
"a mile race on a good horse is run
in about l minute and 40 seconds. 4
mile in minute and 40 seconds is at
the rate Of SO miles an hour. SO. you
see. 4 race horse travels Mt train speed
If YOU want to know how it feels to
go through the air ut race horse speed.
just hang your head out of a railway
carriage window, turning your face to-
ward the way the train is travelling
At the same time imagine that you are
sitting in 4 saddle and have to hold on
to your horse and guide him on to vic
tory if possible. keeping him from be
ing run down or interfered with.
1T is no easy task to ride horse in a
race. The jockey must have all his
wits about him. lie does not have
much time to think how he feels When
riding in n neck and neck race down
the home stretch. l forget everything
except that must strain every nerve
to pass the other horses. No thought is
then given to the plaudits from the
grand stand"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29
PENNY TELEPHONES.

Two London electricians have re-
Gently invented an ingenious piece
of mechanism, very similar to Amer
lean automatic telephones.
The sender drops penny in the
slot in the face of the box, and gets
the desired connection, but if he
wishes several calls, small ratchet
wheel on the side can be turned at
will, marking the number of calls
against him.
In case the line is reported busy
the operator puts on a light current.
which cancels the call registered, re-
leases contrivance at the bottom
of the box, and the sender gets his
penny back.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29
Miss Kingsley and the GoriiIa..

On the Gabun river Miss Mary
KingSlcy's guide one day called to her
TO creep quietly through the bushes
AMI then she saw family of five go
rillas-an old male. three females and
n young one. The guide sneeZed. which
alarmed the gorillas. and they fed
with a bark and n howl, the old male
swinging from bough to bough like an
acrobat on a trapeZe.
On another day Miss Kingsley and
her two guides came suddenly upon a
solitary male gorilla, who. as usual
had appropriated IA forest glade as n
park for his private enjoyment Flu
rious at the intrusion. the brute, in
stead of fleeing. came shamblng TO
ward them. growing liercely shoot
him." whispered Miss Kingsley. =
dare not" said the guide. until he
comes quite close. have only one
gun. The other is out of order. If
miss. he will kill us"
The gorilla came nearer. Rearing
himself on his hind legs he beat his
breast and roared. just as Du Chaillu
described long ago. Then. running for
ward. he stopped and roared again and
again ran forward until quite close.
Then the guide fired and the gorilla
dropped dead.-Chambers Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29
Interested.

Mrs. Newrich-l never can remember
how many cards to leave when calling.
Old Gentleman-The rules are very
simple. madam. You hand one 10 the
servant and then on departing leave as
many on the plate as there are adult
members of the family. adding two OF
your husbands cards and occasionally
dumping in Il few more for good meas
ure DO not be niggardly in dealing
out cards, as that suggests vulgar pow
crty.
Il am very much obliged. Are you a
professor Of etiquetteY'
NO. madam. am Mr. Bristol. the
card manufactures. Exchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29
POSTAL BARoMETERS.

Postcards are now being used for
the purpose Of forctelling the wealth
or. They are known as harometric
postal cards ON the back of each
is small figure, holding an UNI
brella.
When the weather is going to be
fine the umbrella is blue: when the
outlook is doubtful It is violet; aud
when there is going to he rain it is
rose soored
These changes Of color are pro.
duced by means Of cobalt, which an
ingenious inventor has thought well
TO utilize for this purpose.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29
FOUND-A MOUNTAIN.

A party of Harvard men, accom-
panied by Prof. Delaharrc, of Brown
University. who have Just returned
from Labrador. report the discovery
Of great mountain. previously un-
known. more than a mile in height,
which the discoveries named Mount
Eliot, after President Eliot. of IIar-
ward. Another mountain was nam
cd Mount Faunce, after President
Faunce. Of Brown.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29
shnke.penrenn AnthorIty.

"This expression of yours. Miss De
Muir" said the teacher OF the class in
rhetoric, who had been examining her
essay. sis exceedingly faulty. You say
1T made the very air sick How can
you think Of the atmosphere being
'sickY"
at seems TO me-" replied Miss De
Muir. II have read somewhere Of an Ill
wind "-Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29

"This." said the drug clerk. "is a
most wonderful hair remover. It's our
own preparation.
well. give me bottle" said the
baldheaded man. But. say. come to
think OF it. why don't you use it:
You're pretty bald yourself"
II can't use H. You see. I'm the be
fore using clerk. The after using
clerk is out at lunch. You should see
him."-Philadelph Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29
HANS TAKES ADVICE.
AND is SORRY INDEED THAT He EVER
TOOK 1T.

The Little Tailor Came to His Rescue
When Trade Was Dull. but Some
how the Plan He Proposed Failed
TO Go Through.
Copyright 1900. by C. B. Lewis.l
Peesness yhas so poor l don't make
some salts. when dot leetle tailor comes
aroundt und says:
"Vhell, Hans, l see you don't catch
on yet. You vhas in America two
years. und yet you vhas greenhorns.
A fortune vhas at your feet und still
you don't pick him oop."
How can l pick him oop?" l says.
"Shust so easy ash tar. You know
about dot troubles in China. of course!
Eaferhody vhas interested in China
shust now. If you say you vhas cob
bier for fife years in Picking. more ash
two t'ousand peoples Will come in to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29
Ancient cnnt steel

The manufacture of cast steel in In
dia can be traced back for over 1000
years. vhIile there are also examples q
wrought irau work nearly as old Near
Delhi clase e the Kutub. There IS an
enormous wrought iron pillar which
weighs ten tons aud IS thought 20 he
over l,s99 years old.-CbicasO Chr0;ii-
Gle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29

Geo. A. Points, Upper Sandusky. O..
writes: Il have been using Foley's
Honey and Tar for hoarseneSs and find
it is the best remedy. 1t stopped the
cough Immediately and relieved all
soreness" Hatch Bros. and Benefits
Pharmacy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29

WE will have fine lot of Poultry
for Thanksgiving. Leave your order
early. Nathan Grocery Company.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29

ORDER your Turkey early at Ma
than Grocery Company.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-29
For Sale.

| have registered Red Poll bull
for sale. Also few extra good sad
die horses. JOE WRIGHT.