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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-28

The fisherman himself, if his boat has not
secured a position at the wharf, rolls up
his trousers and wadcs In with baskets
and makes his own deliveries on the shore,
From the wharves the sardines are hur-
ried TO the canneries TO he cleaned. boiled,
dipped in oil, then sealed in tins and tested,
or to be sailed and packed for other CON
sumers, or to BE- delivered fresh for nearby
consumption.
His work for the time being over at sea.
the fisherman runs his boat close TO the
shore. furls his sails and then over the
masts spreads out his precious nets TO dry.
H. ia an int resting sight to see all this
forest Of masts covered with their blush
green nets and il was the charm that years
ago attracted the attention Of artists.
Tourists followed the artists aud the quaint
old walled tow became a popular stopping
place.
The tourists and the artists have proved
a source of revenue not 10 be scorned by
the people. Years ago an American woman
wrote a book with Concarneau az its locale
and the conscientious tourist in Brittany
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TOMB OF Liza XIII.
Work Begun on It's Erection in st. John
Lateran.

Work has been begun IN the Basilica OF
st. John Lateran at Rome for the erection
of the monument which has been projected
for Pope Leo MIL, and for the deposit
there of his remains in their final resting
place. The monument il to be at the left
of the apsis and will balance the tomb Of
Innocent VIII, which il on the right.
The sculptor, Tadolini. has almost COM
pleted his part Of the work. His studio
- thronged daily with members Of the
Papal court and the Church party to inspect
the statue Of the dead Pope, which IL quite
finished. The artist has reproduced not
only the features Of Leo, but also his char
acteristic expression.
Leo NH. IL represented standing. His
hand is uutstrstched in an attitude Of bene-
diction. Az his feet there are two figu res,
On the right a woman representing religion
and on the left a man who is at ono a
toiler and a pilgrim.
Il is hoped that the erection OF the monn-
ment will be completed in December. There
is already a memorial TO Leo XIII. in the
Basilica. II is in the rear Of the choir and
was erected in 1908. shortly after his death.
II il the tribute of the labor associations
in memory Of his encyclioal, -Rerum No
varum."
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ANOTHER OPEN WINTER,
Says Ezekiel BOnZy. the Aged Weather
PrODhct OF the PenObscOt.

vEAzIE. Me, Oct. Tive are going
to ave another open winter in 1907" said
Ezekiel Bon2y. the aged weather prophet
Of Penobscot Valley u can smell It in the
air.
The birds are staying later than usual
this fall. which is always taken as a sure
sign that winter will not come until after
Christmas. Last week saw swallows n
humming birds and thistle birds, all Of
which are in the habit Of getting away late
in August.
The hens nave hardly begun to shed
their feathers yet, and most years they have
moulted and started in to lay by October
I. The partridges are very thinly clad
with feathers.
The corn husks are very rcant and
gauzy Burr~ on beechnuts and hazel
nuts are so thin and soft that a child can
bite through the toughest Of them.
Cattle and horses out at pasture are
looking NJ sleek as they did in June, indi-
eating that they have not begun to think
Of putting on winter overCoats. Wood
chucks, which should have retired for the
winter in September. are out loaiing at the
entrances to their burrows.
"Chipmunks have laid by very small
stores Of nuts and grain, though the beech
nut crop has been the biggest for ten years.
Look anywhere You will and the evidence
stands out and meets you and tells you that
the winter will he brief and warm
LAST yea AZ this time the muskrats had
bull their mud houses all along the upper
reaches Of the Penobscot River, and now
one can go Ivy canoe from Old Town To
Midway and never see q sign OF a muskrat
house. Trless there has been n great strike
ampng the carpenters ard builders who put
M mil-krat house. SOM Of the homes will
not b. ~ for occupancy unul next year.
Hunters who have shot deer say that
the artieIs are -till growing, or in tho velvet
stage. though the love making season with
deer is only two weeks away Though
there nave been several old nights, and
though [ have rubbed tho backs Of several
fat cats 10 get electric spa rks out Of the
fur, / have not heard 80 much 80 "A cracklc
as va, This II because the coating of fur
"a the cats hss not become thick enough.
prov ~ that the cats are not making any
hc ste about putting on winter garments.
Right here IN the village the old maids
and grEss widows are still coming out in
white and peekaboo shirt,yaists. and the
fathers Of manageable daughters have MOI
SCI up the parlor stoves OF bought the Goa
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back TO Brittany, and many new bats have
been experimental with But in spite of
all these the catch zach year has been fall
ing Of.
There are sardines and sardines. There
is the Spanish sardine that comes from the
West Indies and Florida; the California
sardine, which comes nearer to the French
sardine than any other found in American
waters, which is found along the Pacific
coast; the lille sardine, the India sardine
and the oil sardine Of Japan and New Hea-
land. But the best % all sardines is the
French, and sardine fishing is prominently
a French industry.
The little fish are supposed to have their
origin in the Mediterranean and they take
their name from the fact that they are found
in such qu ntitiss Oft the coast OF Sardinia.
At the first approach of fine weather in the
spring they pass in great shoals, near the
surface Of the water, along the coast OF
Spain and reach France in May. BY the
time Of their arrival off Brittany they are
of proper size for food. The fishing really
begins in July and it is finished by Nov
ember I. The hest catches are those
made in the month Of September.
The principal point Of the industry il
the picturesque town of ConCarneau. From
here goes out a fleet of boats numbering
about 1000, built especially for this kind
of fishing and here are the greatest of the
canneries and packing establishments.
Representatives of many foreign importers
have Offices here and some OF the lar ge
canneries are operated by Americans and
financed by American capital. OF the &c. 1000
inhabitants fully 5000 men. women and
children are engaged in the sardine in
dustry Independent of the fishermen.
The fishing grounds are about five mics
out at sea. The masters Of the little craft
hoist sail at 2 o'clock in the morning n
before 4 O'Clock the whole feet has de-
Parted. The boat is anchored head on to
the wind and the nets are cast. These are
Of fine mesh and are dyed a bright blush
green that they may De less easily seen by
the fish. They are weighted at one end
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.szRpzUg NEETW CoNc4RMeEVHARS0S/

, The sarhinn fisheries Of Brittany are re-
ported TO have Dc.n u complete failure
this season and herring from Maine packed
with cottonseed oil from Georgia in boxes
made IN Connecticut and ornamented
with French labels promise to be more
popular than ever before, The fleets OF
little boats that have gone out from Con-
carneau, Douarnenez' and other fishing
stations Of the west coast Of France have
returned to port day after dav with empty
nets. and any ~ the packeries and can
neries have been compelled to close,
Th value of the Importation into this
country Of French sardines is estimated
at about &I.OOO.GOO annually. The burden
falls heaviest upon the poor fisher folk of
the barren, sterile coast Of Brittany. They
are almost entirely dependent upon their
fisheries and at times Of failures in the
past 40 great has been the resulting dss-
~titut!op that the roads through the country
have been lined with women and children
CRYING with hunger.
Their condition has aroused the interest
and sympathy Of France. Many plans
for their relief have been proposed by prl-
vate individuals, while the Minister of
Marine has sent experts into Brittany to
make inquiry into the state Of affairs. One
Of the first acts Of the French Parliament
which will soon convene will be. it is said,
to appropriate funds for the fishermen and
their families
At the time Of the last memorable dis
aster TO these fisher people Nine. Sarah
Bernhardt pleaded their cause with much
fervor and eloquenCe, and gave them sub
stantial assistance in the form of contri-
buttons and benefits. She had a summer
bome then across the Ray from Conca meau
and became we'll acquainted with their
dire needs. Their champion now is the
Duchess de la Rochefoucauld, a leader
Of Paris society, and an American girl,
the daughter of ex-senator Mitchell of
Oregon. Her plan il to revive the lace
industry Of Brittany.
Where tho little fish. the absence of which
has caused all this destitution, have be-
taken themselves is one Of the puzzles Of
the French fisheries. A whale that is a
small relative of the leviathan of the North
ern seas IL, by many. held responsible,
and is "a great a terror to the Breton coast
A. the dogfish is 10 that Of New England
or the startish TO the oyster beds. The
whale along the Northern coasts is COn-
sidered the friend Of the fisherman because
il drives into the shallow waters along
Norway and Scotland great schools of
little fish. that are then easily taken in the
re;a. Here there has been an effort to
Irotect rather than 10 destroy it.
But along the Breton coast the whale
les rot only destroyed great quantities
of "a roipes. but has also driven them not
into the coast. but away from it. and into
low voters. Some say that the little fish
le Va Lccn driven into the Bay Of Biscay;
Others that they have gone back into the
Mediterranean. and even along the western
coast Of Africa. Many ingenious schemes
have Eccn tried to coax the little fellows
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GERMANY,S BAD VINTAGE.
Grapes In Many Districts Attacked ny NH
dew and C~aterpIllRrs.

There il tribulation in Germany yer
the failure in many districts of the vintage
Of 1903. The c~aterpillars have been busy
at the vines and the only happy people
in the wine trade are those who carry over
good stocks from 1905.
This condition is all the more bitter be-
cause the season promised at its opening to
he an unusually good one, A big yield
was regarded az a certainty. when Of a sud-
den IL was reported that downy mildew
had attacked the vines in several districts
OF the wine country.
The mildew was succeeded by a plague
Of caterpillsrs. the hay worm or sour worm,
az they are popularity called. Thousands
of these we're discovered, but not all could
lie removed from the plants m great
damage was caused by them.
The latest estimates Of the yield IN the
wine producing regions along the Mosel
Saar and Ruwer are about half the normal
quantities in favorable cases. On the
upper Air and middle Rhine the cKpecta-
ton II about the same.
On the lower Abr and Oh localities along
the Rhine and MOssl which wore most
seriously devastated. not morPthan aquartei
IF The usual product Is looked for. In
Rhcnish Hesse and the Palatinats the pres
peCt ranges from q half yield to practically
none, and in Baden. W~urtCnhurg and Fran.
coma the prospects vary from u haIt ylcId
to much less.
Prices Of wine in stock are gong up, and
the whole vim trade of Germany IL greatly
disturbed. The wine auctions held in the
spring were all conducted ~ - time when
the outlook was normal or better. Prices
were. therefore. about average. Great
quantities Of last years vin are held by
the trade and there has been active spec.
lative dealing in IL since the disaster to the
new grapes becanle known.
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card hunter. Fortune telling cards must
be in demand there TO Judge from the sam
pies | saw in the collection. The Cairo
PLAYING cards come mostly from Germany;
they are brilliant in their coloring. The
aces carry scenes from lands both West and
East.
The gem Of all the packs comes from
Switzerland. The cards are small. ~ by a
"a inches in size, and the back design IL the
edelweiss. The kings. queens and jacks are
delightful studies in Swiss costume, and
the purchaser certainly gets his moneys
worth, for each face card has two half
figures quite unlike. On the aces are Swiss
scenes and objects Of interest, also two TO
a card. the subjects including the Castle of
Chillon, the Matterhorn, the bridge at
Luserne and the Lion Of Lucerne."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-28
AFTER The OIL WAS STRUCK.
Uses 10 WHICH THE NEWLY RICH
PUT THEIR MONEY.
A ~ 500 Bull the Purchase Of One West
Virginia Farmer Patent Leather shoes
the Desire Of Another -Grateful Father
and sons Bought an Axe for mother"

the Desire OF .AOOtNtT -OTAJcIu aehCh
and sons Bought an Axe for mother"
In West Virginia many persons have
nuddeuly become well 10 do through the
finding Of oil on their barren farm land.
The effects Of wealth on these newly rich
ones have been curious.
One old section hand living near Manning
ton owned a little house and a very small
Mot OF ground. firm Of drillers made the
Customary bargain with him. and planted
their derrick right alongside his house.
They struck oil, and they struck 1t rich.
The we'll developed an output OF about 200
barrels a day. The old section hands
share amounted to something like $3.50 a
dav. This is not so bad for a man who had
never earned more than sl,25 a day in his
Gfe.- .
He threw up his JOB on the railroad, and
now he Just sits on his porch day in and
dav out and watches the slow movements
Of the great wooden walking beam Of the
pump that is drawing for him from natures
wealth a sum each day totally beyond his
CAPACITY 70 spend. At his time OF life there
IL little likelihood OF his acquiring new
tastes that would make his money Of use.
An old farmer living near Volcano. on
the Parkersburg branch Of the Baltimore
and Ohio, had q few acres OF barren land.
and he willingly allowed some prOspectors
TO put down a we'll on his property. A
Rtlsher was struck. and the farmers share
Of the oil 500 amounted to $4,000, which
sum all in cash was turned over To him.
A dollar in cash had been an unusual sum
for him n nave at one time, and the sudden
possession Of so much money filled him
with. q desire to spend some Of u, He
donned his best suit OF jeans and took the
next mornings accommodation train for
Petersburg.
After wandering abort that city all day
looking for a suitable investment Ire finally
paid 81 800 for a finely bred bull There
was Just about as much use on his farm for
q bull as there would be In the proverbial
china shop. The sterile soil Of his farm
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OBJECTS TO A HORSES GRAVE.
So Mr. selden Wants 70 Buy the Old Cemoe
terry Where His Ancestors LIE. /

HApLYNE, Conn, Oct. 27.-Because ha
found that an old gray horse had beeu
buried near his ancestors in the burytng
ground in this town George B. Selden. tho
inventor Of the gasolene engine for auto
mobiles, has declared, according to th2
town gossips. that he will buy the whole
cemetery and own and run il himself.
Some time ago Mr.. Selden came to town
in a touring car and made inquiries as 70
where his first American ancestors were
buried. Somebody directed him to the old
burying ground that was abandoned nearly
a century ago, and after porting over tho
old tombstonee ne finally was able to locate
the last resting places Of some Of his kin.
Many of the monuments we're 30 defaoed
and worn by rain and snow that the in
scriptions were illegible in whole or In part.
One Of the oldest Inscriptions now legibl0
is -Ellakin Selden. son OF Joseph Seldom,
died June -. 1918, in ye seventh year Of
his age" This was five years before the
cemetery was laid out.
Tho town tradition Is that q funeral pro-
oession TO the Cove burying ground was
overtaken by a sudden storm and tho
mourning friends stopping by the wayside
buried their dead. This determined the
town ommittemen 10 lay out tie cemetery.
The highway leading TO the old grave
yard was discontinued in 1927 and the
cemetery was no longer used except for
special purposes. The story Is that SONS
years ago a townsman lost by death a faith
full old gray horse who had been a family
pet. Wishing TO give the animal a resting
place where his bones would not be dis
turbed he selected a spot near the old cemo-
tory. but not strictly within its borders.
None Of the resident objected. but Mr..
Selden became highly indignant when he
learned Of this. He at once set about buy
ing the cemetery. His agent has Just
secured the right Of way TO the old grave
yard and some adjoining property which
is needed to carry out Mr.; Selden's plans
for the improvement Of the last resting
place of mis- ancestors.
Before Mr.. Seldom babe his ancestors good
Ivy he had a picture taken OF himself IN
an automobile and one Of his sons driving
a yoke Of oxen az illustrative OF tn" -~o~-sas
made since his father in an CO ar drove
' out Of town TO seek his fortune,
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for the winters courting. II SEEM AZ e
they expected that most Of the counting
would be done on the piazza or over the
garden gate, as in summer.
Unless the signs fail, ice will be high
and pneumonia will be plentiful and graves
will be opened often between now and next
March,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-09-19
NOT WITH UNCLE's MONEY.
Will There Be Speculation in These
United States.

Will There Be Speculation in These
United States.
Secretary Shaw, of the United States
treasury, has issued letter in which
he states that he expects all national
repositories to use public funds for
local communities and not to be sent
through agents in New York for spec
ulation.
The bankers of New York are sur
prised, where, it is believed, a large
quantity of money has been circulat-
ed. Considerable discussion has been
aroused over his order for injunctions
to restrain depository banks from
lending money at high rates of inter-
est. In his letter Secretary Shaw
says:
''If you have more money than your
community can possibly absorb please
return it to the treasury, for it can be
promptly placed where it will do
much good. This does not apply to
banks with large reserves regularly
on deposit with city correspondents. "
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-09-19
SIMPLE CATARRH REMEDY
Take Hyomie Treatment Four Times
Day and Be Cured.

Take Hyomie Treatment Four Times
Day and Be Cured.
Hymoei has performed almost mirac-
ulous cures and is today recognized
by leading members of the medical
profession as the only advertised rem
edv for this disease that can be relied
upon to do just what it claims.
Until recently your physician would
have said the only way to cure ca
tarrh would be to have a change OF
climate, but now with Hyomei you can
carry a health giving climate in your
vest pocket and by breathing it few
minutes four times day cure your
SELF
The Hyomei treatment is simple and
easy to use. 1t destroys all catarrh
germs in the air passages and enrich
es and purifes the blood with ozone.
When using Hyomei the air you
breathe will seem like that on the
mountains, high above tire sea level.
A complete HyOmei outfit costs but
81, extra bottles SOC. If it does not
give YOU satisfaction either the Daw-
son Drug Co., or the Peoples Drug
Store will refund your money. You
run no risk whatever in taking this
reliable treatment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-09-19
NOVEL WAYS OF CUBAN HOTELS
,uo 17a pooroe Are Cool Clean and Good. Know Art
of Cooking Eggs. Cuban Stoves Are All Prlm-
tive and Charcoal Is the Fuel Used.

seasoned. Two eggs broken on top
are sprinkled with a little parsley,
salt, pepper and butter, and the whole
is set in a very hot oven for mo-
ment.
Aside from the olives, which are
different from anything in the same
line seen in this country, the next
best thing on a Cuban menu is the
guava jelly and the cheese, which are
served together. The cheese is two
varieties the Cuban, made from goats
milk, and ordinary cream cheese.
The jelly is thick and is cut in
strips. Even in the most primitive
hotels in Cuba this dessert is served;
and in fact, the natives seem to con-
slider it as much a part of the every
day meal as bread.
Cuban coffee is a curiosity to the
American. The bean is burned to a
cinder, the Cubans claiming that this
destroys the toxic qualities. The wal
ter brings a pot of coffee with one
hand and a pot of boiled sailed milk
with the other
The diner generally experiments
with this combination, first trying half
milk and half coffee, then varying the
quantities until he has a mixture to
suit his taste. A few Americans like
sailed milk and coffee, but to the ma
iority the Cuban coffee is joke. Gu
ban chocolate is unusually good.
During the heat of the day in sum-
mer many Cuban families prefer to
order their dinners from the hotels to
cooking them in their own homes, and
frequent sight in the street of Ha-
vana is the dinner carrier. The food
is placed in a series of casserole-like
dishes, which, being of heavy ware
and each fitting closely upon the 9th
err, keep the contents hot for a con.
siderable length of time.
The Cuban stoves are all primitive
affairs in which charcoal is burned
Few modern stoves have found their
way to the little republic, and even
the American families who live in Ha.
vana seem to prefer the old fashioned
method of cooking.
charming feature of all Cuban
homes and many hotels, is the court
around which the house is built The
average Cuban house is barnlike and
unattractive on the outside, but to
the visitor who steps within trans.
formation like fairyland meets the eye.
The majority of the courts are filled
with flowers and small shrubbery,
and many of them have fountains.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-09-19
EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE
All of Pension Appropriation Was Ac-
tuaIIy Not Expended.

All of Pension Appropriation Was Ac-
tually Not Expended.
An extraordinary and outrageous
thing has occurred, The pension bu-
reau has returned to the federal treas
ury S20l, $40, being the amount of the
unexpended balance of the appropria-
ton made by congress to cover the
expenses of the bureau for the fiscal
year ending with last June. Nothing
of the sort has ever occurred before
Up to this time the pensioners have
eaten mp every cent they could get and
called hungrily for more. Now it oc-
ours that there was available for them
more than 5000, 900 which they did not
get! Could any greater outrage have
been imagined? There will be demands
for the resignation or removal of the
commissioner of pensions, and at It's
next session congress will busy itself
in devising new means of digging into
the treasury for pensions. The repub-
lican party will never rest content
under a scheme which permits the
pension drain to draw less.