The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-06-12

Salmon Catching Centers. ~
The six chief salmon-cstching GEN.
ters on the Pacific coast. in the order
Of the quantity Of fish packed Tin 1901
are Alaska. Puget sound, British Co
lumbia), the Columbia river, the Ore
gon coast, the Washington coast and
the California rivers. About four
fifths of the entire catch was in Ameri-
can waters, one-ffth in Canadian. For
their extent and importance-the an
nual product now being worth over
$2O,O00,OOO, employing an army Of men
and millions of capitalize Pacific
salmon fisheries are of surprisingly
recent development. Like every in
dustry in the northwest, they have
seemingly sprung into Importance over
night--yesterday nothing, today a bus
mess of worldwide ecognition.-June
Century.
In bygone times 1t was the practice
OF the Newfoundland coast folk to ap-
propriate everything they secured from
shipwrecks. but. his lawlessness had
to be sternly repressed. Now the un-
written rule is that they get half
their hand" or SO per cent. as salvage.
In portable and valuable articles, such
as silverware, there is strong tempta-
ton to keep the whole, but the punish
ment is severe. Champagne, liquors,
cabin stores and the like have also a
trick of disappearing, and in the poor
est fishers cottage you will come upon
rare china, dainty napery, silverware
of price and wines to tempt an epi-
rlIss.l
War on Aoulterated Imports,
Steps are being taken in the bureau
of chemistry, department Of agricul-
ture. Mt Washington to secure rigid
enforcement of the law against the i'm
portation of adulterated goods. In
connection with this subject attention
is again directed to the fact that i'm
pure wines in large quantities are
brought here, both from Germany and
France. Chemical compounds various
ly colored and having small trace of
grape juice are sent to America in
plain bottles to be labeled as dealers
chOose. From Havre, according to a
agent, a thriving trade is
done in q liquid prepared from Ameri-
can apple cores and skins-shipped to
France in bulk-and colored with
Brazilian logwood.-New York World.
Canal and Lake Levels.
During all the discussion which pre-
ceded the digging Of the Chicago drain
age canal the chief argument of the
opponents Of the scheme was that 80
great body of water taken out OF
Lake Michigan would seriously affect
the levels Of the lakes, which were
none too high, and would hamper com.
merce greatly. The canal has now
been open for three years. According
10 the calculations made by some en-
eineers retained by Canada the level
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lower than it was in January, 1900,
but the survey of the government Ell
gineers for April shows that the level
Is twelve inches above what it was
in 1896 and nearly five inches above
what 1t was five years ago. This goes
to prove that the canal has had no eff
lect on the lake levels, which fluctuate
now as they have ever since the first
observations were made in 1854.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
How Poison Ivy May be known.
There is but one kind of poison ivy
known to botanists as rhus toxicoden-
iron.) This has three leaves. Another
climbing, trailing shrub of the same
general appearance on walls and rail
'ences is the Virginia creeper. This
s not poisonous and has five leaves.
L will help you to remember which
S the poisonous and which the harm
less II you picture the three leeves