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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-03
Women Fishermen.

On the coast of Holland, Belgium
and Northern France the fisherwomen
are a familiar sight, with their great
hand nets and quaint costumes. Many
of the towns have distinctive costumes
by which their women can be recog-
nized anywhere. Those of Mana-Kirke,
near OStend, wear trousers and loose
blouses, while their heads and shout
ders are covered by shawls. They
carry their nets into the sea and scoop
up vast quantities of shrimps and
prawns, with an occasional crab OF
lobster and many small fish. They
often wade out till the water is up to
heir necks, and they remain for hours
It a time in water above their knees,
rarely returning until their baskets
are full.
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deadly execution on the commerce of the enemy
were sent out from Gloucester, and many of the
grizzled old salts, who attain a most venerable
age in this healthy climate can tell from tales
told them by parents or grandparents of rich
prizes taken by the Gloucester fishermen turned
fighters.
The great storms that sweep the New England
coast have found favOrite vortex in the
vicinity of Gloucester, and many shipwrecks have
taken lives near by. The large sunken rock
called ''Norman's Woe" which is we'll known to
every visitor, made famous by Longfellow
with his poem, The Wreck of the HeSp eruS.''
Gloucester has been incorporated city since
1878, but in many respects it is hard to think of
it anything but fishing resort, little village
by the ocean side
For one thing the flavor of olden times clings
to it. Among the some 5000 men who do moth
ing but fish there are many who have passed the
70-year-old mark, and some who have numbered
many 80 years, yet they still able to
bear their share of the work in going after the
cod and mackerel This fishing is both arduous
and dangerous.
1t is done from s1oops and schooners, which
out to the fishing grounds daily On each
schooner is nest to speak, of dories, a series
of small boats, differing in size that
be comfortably slowed in another, and therefore
not take up much room When the fishing ground
has been found the sailors spread around in the
dores to get their catch.
Often in the fog of the small boats get in
the path of the swift-moving ocean liners, for the
favorite fishing banks directly line with
a muchtraveled route Often not many details
obtainable of the tragedy which ensues. Only
few lines in the newspapers tell of small boat
number of small boats with their crews
lost at A hundred thrilling tales of narrow
escapes be picked up in the of a day
spent with these hardy men of the sea, but the
experiences never seem to daunt them They
are ever ready for the days trip and it's hopes
for reward of boatload of the shining, squirm-
ing, painting fish.
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ter but nobody complains for it is the coast city's
way of earning livelihood. the smell
of fish in the process of decay of salt fish, but
is the exhilarating of the Atlantic the
fish that you smell in Gloucester freshly
caught. Gloucester has really known any
thing else, for since its beginning approaching
its chief industry, and to-day it is the greatest
fishing center of the United States and according
TO the belief of many, of the world.
Nothing more picturesque be imagined than
this quaint New England town, where from the
ucesn the 10000 inhabitants get the greater part
of their sustenance.
Gloucester is 81 miles from Boston, and in
cludes the villages of Annisquam, Bay View, East
Gloucester Freshwater Grove GAINESVILLE, Magno
lia Riverdae and West Gloucester.
The magnificent harbor, large and affording safe
water room for the largest ships of the world,
had the effect of encouraging traffic in other things
besides fish. Salt, coal and lumber largely i'm
ported There are interests in granite quarrying
drop forging, brass founding, the manufacture of
fish glue, anchors machinery, oil CLOTH nets twine
Sails cigars and Shoes Moreover Gloucester also
has shipbuilding plants worthy the name.
But after all it is the fishing that interests the
thousands of visitors, not only those who actually
spend the summer in the vicinity, but the thousands
who visit Gloucester while passing through Massa-
chusetts in the course of the popular summer tour
of the New England states.
1t not until the beginning of the eighteenth
century that Gloucester became especially promi-
nent for its fisheries and its shpbuilding industries
but by the time of the outbreak of the revolution
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-03
THE MERITS OF HIS DEFECTS
BY ]. S. KIRTLEY. DID.
Author of "The Young Man and HIMSELF" ETC.

pie hold their breath, notably parents,
aunts and teachers. Fate and fortune
fight for his attention, while he-goes
swimming or skating There may be
possibilities in him as vast as life and
as delicately uncertain as the zephyrs,
but he keeps on swimming and skat-
ing and playing and hunting and fish
ing He may be making decisions that
send vibrations to the farthest shore
line of his oceanic future, but he ever
hears the imperative call of the field
and the forest and the stream His
motto seems to be:
Gather We the rosetuds while We may:
Old time is still a flying;
And this same flower that blooms to-day,
Tomorrow may be dying
The meaning of this apparent blend
ing of stupidity and conceit and sew
eral other things is that he has an In
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side sensitiveness to things that are
really preparing him for his future and
that he is actually making some of his
momentous decisions, as a sort of side
issue-"while you wait and hold your
breath He can do two or three things
at once-can play, eat and make a
noise; at the same time, decide affairs
of destiny. His defects do not set up
an agitation in his gray matter. He
knows them not
The burdens of the future are not
swaying down his back. Edwin Mark
ham rose on the nation with that dark
poem on THE Man with the Hoe in
which he represents the laboring man
as reduced to the level of the OK, and
some one has written a travesty on
that poem entitled, The Boy with the
Spade"
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No weight of age bears him down,
That barefoot boy with fingers brown;
There's nothing empty in his face,
No burden of the human race
Is his back; nor is he dead
To joy or sorrow, hope or dread:
For he can grieve and he hope,
Can shrink with all his soul from-soap
No brother to the OK is he
He's second cousin to the bee.
He loosens and lets down his Jaw
And brings ii up, his gum to .chaw"
There's naught but sweat upon his brow
It's slanted somewhat forward now;
His eyes are bright with eager light;
He's working with appetite.
All. no. That boy is not afraid
To WELD with all his might the spade,
Nor has he any spite at fate
He's digging angleworms for bait
No precautions disturb his plans any
more than his toilet. His very impris-
onment in his own impromptu pro
gram is a providential form of protec-
ton The future has no chance to ne
gotiate to him large loans of trouble
not yet Uncrushed by the tragedy,
untroubled by the riddle and unterri
fed by the greatness of life, he ap-
proaches it blandy and biindly, more
ready because of those facts.
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowiesl
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-03
A Doctors Disadvantage.

In one way" said a collector, sit
Is easier to get money from a doctor
than anybody else who is slow pay.
1t is more difficult for him to swear
that he hasn't been able to make any
collections himself since the first of
the year. A doctors reception room is
open to all possible patients. A col
lector with grain of ingenuity can
find a way to worm out of the men on
the waiting list Information as to the
terms of payment. After an inter
view with three or four persons who
have paid spot cash for treatment and
who have told the collector they paid,
it takes a mighty nerve on the part OF
the doctor to insist that he hasn't .
dollar to his name
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-03
Socialism In japan.

Socialism has no footing in this
country as yet, nor is there any indi-
cation that it will gain a footing in
the near future at all events. Prior to
the war with Russia a small coterie
of men calling themselves socialists
argued vehemently against the open
ing of hostilities and published
newspaper organ to propagate their
creed But they soon dwindled into
insignificance, and although 2 period
ical of so-called socialist views con-
tinues to be published it has no in
fiuence, nor does it serve any purpose,
apparently, except to furnish material
for occasional comment on the part OF
amused readers.-Japanese Weekly
Mail.
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ZNlpllZsl Ell z9Az2 a9GzS2sslVlAlA0

All the labor of handling the fish has been sys-
tematized, as it had to be in business where
the bulk is great There is wasted effort
carrying the fish into town, is the dirty
work permitted to the beauty of the city
proper. Everything is done right at the wharves,
where there is at hand lmitless supply of
water to do the vitality important final labor of
cleansing
When a twomasted schooner laden to the gun
wales with its cargo of fish, into the
wharves the fish are carried to great tubs. Over
these stand company of experts, who have
cleaned hundreds of thousands of fish, and who
make the quick cuts, and do the scrapng
with incredible speed. Running to each tub is
hose, and after the waste has been removed,
instant under the high pressure of water from
the hose cleans out the fish completely and makes
it sweet and ready for the next step in the opera
ton. Goldfish is dried and sailed before being
sent to the market and the work is also done
the wharves. Here ranged hundreds of
tables, exposed to the bright sunlight. The
cleansed fish piled up in such manner that
the warm rays get most admirable chance at
them. This summer has been hot that the
fishermen have had great difficulty in drying out
the cod. Instead of taking the water out in the
gradual normal manner the has been so
fierce that it baked the fish, and in this manner
many of them cooked hard the out
side as to be virtually worthless for the market.
But this is occurrence, for under ordi-
nary conditions the climate of New England is
ideal, and the does the work of drying in a
manner far more satisfactory than could any
agency of mans production.
From the openair drying tables the fish are
shifted to the boxing and packing Establishments,
which are also located along the 'front.' and
then they are made ready to be shipped all
parts of the world.
Gloucester regards it's fishing industry with the
same traditional pride that native of Brussels
might regard the lace industry.
From generation generation the families of
noted fishermen stick to the business, and moth
ing is more familiar boast some grizzled old
follower of the than be able to say that
his and grandson are both fishermen. and
that there is strong probability that great
grandson just beginning to master the fine points
of the business will be better than any them.
The cod, of course, is the most admired of all
the fish that fall to the lot of these deepsea
Waltons, though the mackerel is also regarded
with great respect
The deep-sea fishermen look down upon the
clam diggers, but the latter afford to ignore
this contempt, for there is plenty of money to be
made in the sale of the bivalveS. They are to
be found in plenty the sandy shores of the
neighborhood, and at all hours of the day, but
especially at low tide, the clam hunters, turning
up the beach with their rakes, be at
work. Clam shucking is expert feature of the
work, and many of the old hands make phenome-
nal records in dissociating the luscious clam from
its protecting shell.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-03
The American Climate.

Gu Shotchun of the Chinese en-
bassy on a sultry evening in Cape
May condemned the American eli
mate.
1T is much worse than the climate
of China he said. 1T is perhaps the
worst climate in the world. And yet
you can joke about it.
"A physician joked me about it the
other day
"'Accustom yourself, Mr.. Gu Shot
chun,' he said, to our climates ways.
Our winters are arctic, our summers
are subtropical. And very often our
climate gets mixed, and arctic days
and subtropical ones alternate. Inure
yourself, like me, to these changes.
In summer and winter sleep with four
blankets
You do?' / gasped.
"1 do. In summer, he added, I
put them under me-"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-03
ANNUAL SALES OVER NINE
MIL ION

Good, reliable quality is appreciated
by the smoker. Over Nine Million c.
OO0,0Oo) Lewis Single Binder cigars
sold annually. The kind of cigar smok-
ers have been looking for, made of
very rich, mellow tasting tobacco It's
the judgment of many smokers that
Lewis Single Binder straight sc cigar
equals in quality the best 10c cigar
There are many imitators of this cele-
brated brand. Don't let them fool you.
There is no substitute.
Tell the dealer you wish to try
Lewis Single Binder
Lewis Factory, Peoria, ILL.,, Original
Srs Tin Foil Smoker Package
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-03
AFRAID TO EAT.
Girl Starving on Unsolicited Food.

Several years ago 1 was actually
starving writes a Me. girl, yet dared
not eat for fear of the consequences.
Il had suffered from indigestion
from oyerwork, irregular meals and
improper food, until at last my stom-
ach became so weak 1 could eat
scarcely any food without great dis
tresS.
MANY kinds of food were tried, all
with the same discouraging effects.
steadily lost health and strength until
/ was but wreck of my former self.
Having heard of Grape-Nuts and
its great merits, purchased a pack
age, but with little hope that it would
help mel was so discouraged
81 found it not only appetizing but
that could eat it as liked and that
it satisfied the craving for food with
out causing distress, and if 1 may
use the expression, it filed the BILL
For months Grape-Nuts was my
principal article of diet. 1 felt from
the very first that had found the
right way to health and happiness,
and my anticipations were fully re-
allied
with its continued use I regained
my usual health and strength. To-day
I am well and can eat anything like,
yet Grape-Nuts food forms part of
my bill of fare" There's o Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich Read 'sfhe Road to Well
ville,'' in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
Interest.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-03
AVOID RISK IN suylNe PAINT.

You take good deal of risk if You
buy white lead without having abso-
lutte assurance as to it's purity and
quality. You. know white lead is often
adulterated, often misrepresented.
But there's no need at all to take
any chances. The Dutch Boy Paint
err trade mark of the National Lead
Company. the largest makers of gen.
uine white lead, on a package of
White Lead, is positive guarantee
of purity and quality. It's as depend
able as the Dollar Sign. II you'll
write the National Lead Company,
Woodbridge Bldg, New York City,
they will send you simple and GER
tain outfit for testing white lead, and
valuable book on paint, free.
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the town had earned a
vital place in the life of
the colonies, and many
of the ships that went
out to do battle with the
fighting craft of England
were built and fitted out
in Gloucester, a large
part of the money that
made them coming from
patriotic contributions
on the part of the own
ers of the big fish in
dustry. The town had to
bear the brunt of an at
tack by the British dur
ing the revolution, but
the ships of the enemy
were repulsed by the
hardy seamen.
During the war of
1912 a number of priva-
teersmen that wrought
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about; so is the girl. As a mem
Der of the genus man he has
his defects; as specimen of the
species boy, he has the merits of
his defects He may be white or
black or red or yellow or brown, but
he is seldom green and not often blue.
He travels light. Life's task has no
terror to him. He does not know
where he is going 10 fetch up, and
does not always care where he fetches
up, and sometimes does not care
whether he fetches up at ALL His
task is to take the fairest vision that
can be made to unroll itself before the
imagination, transfer it to the interior
of his soul and reduce it to character.
At ten, he is outlining a program for
middle life and at 16 deciding what he
is to be at 60.
All the world looks on and some PEG
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AVE you acclimated yet?" in
quired a genial tourist of another
tourist of the same genus, as
they awaited a train in the
depot at Gloucester, Mass.
"Acciimated? asked the G. T
ITO this Goldfish smell, of
course" answered G.. T. No. 1.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-03
Needs Money, No. Life.

Needs Money, Not Life.
Now, Pat, would you sooner lose
your money or your Hfe?'
why, me loife, yer reverence;
want me money for me old age."-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-03
ONLY A COW.

Artist (who has been bothered by
rustics breathing on him all the morn
ing)-My good fellow, 1 assure you
that you can see the sketch with more
advantage from little distance!
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BOY began his composition
on The Horse" thus: THE
horse is the most useful an
imal in the world; so is the
COW" The boy is the most
interesting subject to write
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-04-25
locals

Boomers Ferry now has ten
passenger trains daily.
Remember Alexander has the
garden hose. Lots of it.
If you want to buy Mating go
to the Bonner Mercantile Co.
The Candy Kitchen will serve
the public with the best Ice Cream
in the market, come and try it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey Gu
thrie left for Spokane last Tuesday
They expect to locate in Spokane.
The Soo-Spokane trains re-
sumed service last Tuesday, both
east and west bound trains passing
through Boomers Ferry on time.
Deep Creek has been running
very high the past ten days. Old
timers state that it has reached the
highest stage at any time in the
past six years.
We have just received another
lot of dress shoes for ladies in
patent leather, oxfords in all styles
also complete inc of Misses and
, chiIdrens shoes. Bonner Mere. Co.
The Boomers Ferry Lumber
Co. have their log drive, from the
little Movie, on the way this week.
Their camps are located a few
miles across the line. in British
Columbia Foreman Fred Bush i:
i'm charge of the drive and has q
to 30 men assisting. The Moyit
is very high and the logs should
come down with a rush. Their,
are 100000 feet in the drive.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-04-25

Go to the candy kitchen for
fresh home made taffies. They
will use you right.
Two good accomplishments.
One for fruit, and one Valley hay
land.-J. Hawkins.
New 1908 stock of wall paper
at very reasonable prices. Browns
Paint & Paper Store.
The finest scenery in the west
at and about Boomers Ferry. Don't
be without kodak ana get it at
Brody's.
Dan Chrisholm of the Cope
land Lumber Co., was Bonners
Ferry visitor during the week. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Chris
holm.
Mrs. Alfred May leaves on
Sunday for England, being called
home by the illness of her aged
mother. She will be accompanied
as far as New York by her brother
A. II. Cocayne.
Easter was the warmest day
so far of the season, the climatic
conditions being ideal. 1t was
possibly trifle too warm for com
fort, but it helped the soda water
business. Easter services were helC
I in all the churches.
Court will convene at Sand
point next Monday. The term i
not expected to be very length,
nne. Sheriff Doust informs u
that there is not a criminal case Oh
the docket. This is pretty goos
showing for law and order in Bon
ner county.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-04-25

Boys suits for boys from 6 to
10 years at bargain. B. M. Co.
Fancy Vests of all styles for
Gents, Call and see them. Bon
ner Mercantile Co.
20. X. Rosebaugh returned
from the Pend d. Oreille mining
districts last Sunday.
-Hollingers Big Shoe Sale will
interest anyone who wants good
shoes at prices that will surprise
them.
The Boomers Ferry Lumber
Co. started their saw mill last Mon
day with full crew of men. 1t is
expected that a night shift will be
put on in a few weeks. 1t sounds
good to hear the big whistles again.
The Great Northern Oriental
Limited was ditched near the Sum-
nit of the Rockies last Monday
morning by running into slide.
The train took fire and was burned
up except the two rear coaches,
No one was seriously hurt and the
mail and baggage was saved.
The Easter Monday ball given
in the Oddfellow's hall last Mon.
day evening was in every way 8
success. The new floor was a sub
/ iect of much favorable comment
and it is conceded that it will be {
dandy as soon as the wax gets wei
distributed. The music, furnished
by Maughan's orchestra was th'
finest ever heard in Boomers Ferry
\ There was nice crowd in attend
lance. The next ball will be giveI
lby the base ball boys, on Frida.
evening, May /,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-04-25

Base Ball goods Yes, all kinds
of them at Brody's Pharmacy.
Fresh chocolates and creams
Just arrived at the Candy Kitchen.
For nice line of Wall paper
call at Browns Paper and Paint
Store.
Call and see the last consign-
ment of nobby rockers at Alex
ander's.
place your orders for 16 inch
mill wood, delivered at your door,
dry or green. B. F. Lbr Co. AIS
Don't forget that we carry a
full line of Gents suits and the
house backs them for servicable
garments. B. M. Co.
We carry SELF Royal Blue
and Foote Schulze Shoes, the lead.
ing Manufactures of Ladies, and
Gents dress shoes. Bonner Mere
Co.
State Land Commissioner G
J. Munson informed the HERAl (
that there will be a state land salt
in Bonner county on May %. Tit
sale will take place at Standpoint
There will be about 2400 acres so
and considerable timber.
j. l. Monks, president Of tn
First State Bank, is home from Iii
trip to the sunny South. He re
ports very pleasant travels, In
says that for the spring, summer
and autumn, there is no place Tx
the Gem of the Mountains, with i
bracing atmosphere, grand scene. 5
and business opportunities.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-04-25

-Brody's for fishing tackle and
Base Ball goods.
The famous Hazelwood Ice
Cream at Rosabaugh's.
20. A. Blakeslee left for Spo-
kane on Tuesday morning.
Don't forget Honinger's rem
nant box, it still contains good
bargains.
F. L. White returned from
Spokane last Tuesday. He is
nursing an attack of rheumatism.
The Bell Telephone Co. has a
crew of men at work setting poles
and getting everything in readi-
ness for the local exchange. They
are making good progress.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Eddy left
last Tuesday for Republic, after an
enjoyable visit in Bonners Ferry.
Mr.. Eddy will return TO his posi-
ton as conductor on the Republic
branch.
We have just received a nice
shipment of varnish stains. Just
the thing for the inside of your
house or furniture, in light and dark
oak, mahogany, cherry, etc at q
very cheap price, from half pint up
Browns Paint & Paper Store.
The town trustees are having
new Jail built to take the plao.
of the one burned down. The fire
engine house will be used for thu
frame, and two wooden cells will
be constructed The jail will b.
located near the river bank, on tn
north side of Bonner avanue, ant
near where the engine house form
erly stood.