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LOBSTER NOW LHXBRy.E
I By No Means an Easy Task for Stole
Food HaS Passed BeVOnd thA I " to Hit the Furnace Door
Reach of the Poorer People.
Should Catch Small Lobster and Leave
Larger Ones to Breed, Is Opinion
Expressed by Expert.
The lobster has passed beyond the
reach of the poor and has become a
luxury only to be enjoyed by the rich.
Bvry year the price of lobsters ad
vances a few points, and even at the
highest price offered it is difficult to
obtain them. From Massachusetts
jomes the information that were it
not for the catches in Maine and Nova
Scotia, lobsters could not be had in
'Massachusetts, for the waters of that,
state nave been fished out. In 1888, so
the Boston Transcript says, 1,740,850
lobsters of legal size were caught in
Massachusetts. In 1914, only 16,138
were taken there.. ,The opinion seems
to be gaining ground in Massachusetts
that a mistake has been made In deal
ing with the lobster industry. The
small lobster has been protected, while
the large lobster, which' is the one
Which produces an enormous quantity
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catch the small lobster, so It Is argued, 1
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and leave the bigger ones to breed.
There seems to be some virtue in
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lobster hatching plants maintained by
the federal government fewer lobsters
are being taken each year, while the
demand for them Is continually In
creasing. This, of course, accounts for
the high prices. ' It Is also claimed
that in planting lobster fry the federal
agenjls have made serious blunders.
The fry hive been liberated in places
where they have been subjected to the
attacks of other fish, and few of the
lobsters hatched in the government
plants have ever
where they could
selves. The experienced fisherman of
the Maine coast have frequently called
attention to the mistakes which were iha'tely, one man clung to it all the
being made In lobster propagation and way, "however, and he also It was
preservation, but as frequently hap-! who taking advantage of -the tilt
pens In the making of laws, "the opin-' finally rendered It harmless by push
ions of men- who know omethlng-';rng irWer6rTits side, where it was.
about lobsters and their habits have left wiggling lmpotently like an over
been Ignored, and the theorists have turned turtle.
been the only ones consulted. ( v -----
If the federal government should put j Primroses,
a closed time on lobsters forl8everal j wag at the raiiroad'statlon in Lon
years and arrange with the Canadian f doilf England, when the ambulance
government to do the same thing, it is; train came,says a correspondent, and
reasonable to suppose that the 'lob a$ the Vretchefs were gently lifted
sters would increase- and' this Industry font! 1dfy picked up a damp little
would regain something of the magnl-l hunch ot ptoses and wood anem
tude it has lost But we have no idea ones' which had fallen at my feet,
that such a plan will be adopted. Itj A paIr-0f qack eyes, slightly dlm
would be strenuously opposed by the med withpain, noticed. "They're, mine,
dealers, who now make large profits j mlsgf f you dod.f mind must have
muicuuNu, mm yruuaiMy-oy - "
-fishermen' also, who'have"7fdfislaerable"
capital tied up In their fishing gear.
WhaThas happened in Massachusetts,
where few lobsters are now being
taken, "must eventually take place In
Maine, and unless some radical step is
adopted the time Is not far away when'
even as a luxury the lobster will be-!
come so scarce as to be beyond the
reach of everyone save the epicurean
. me yiuiuv;iaLic citisa. -jruruuuu
Press.
Fish Eggs.
The'cod is estimated to yield 45,000,
000 eggs each season. As many as
8,000,000, 9,000,000 and even 9,500,000
eggs bave been found In the roe of a
single cod. An eel was caught In Scot
land some years ago which contained
upward of 10,000,000 eggs. This, how
ever, would appear to have been an ex
ceptional find, and it is generally ad
mitted that the cod la more prolific
than any other fish. Though not
equaling the cod, many kinds of fish
are exceedingly prolific. More than
38,000 eggs have been counted in a
herring, 38,000 in a smelt, 1.000.00C
in a sole, 1,120,000' in a roach,
3,000,000 in a sturgeon, 342,000 in a
carp, 383,000 In a tench, 546,000 In
a mackerel, 992,000 In a perch, and
1357,000 In a flounder. ,The oyster
is also very prolific. It has been as
certained by recent observation that
In the liquor of their "shells small
oysters can be seen by aid of the ml--croscope
120 In the space of an inch,
covered with shells, and swimming ac
tively about. A herring weighing six
or seven ounces Is provided with
about 30,000 eggs. It has been esti
mated that In three years a single pair
of herrings would produce 154,000,000.
Buffon calculated that If a pair
of herrings could be left to breed and
multiply undisturbed for a period oi
20 years they would yield an amount
-of fish equal in bulk to the globe,
London Tit-Bits.
An Aid to Memory.
The stranger in camp, pointed to a
a.!- - T,i. -- . - a
stack of armv hats andcaDS" on a
shelf behind the desk in the "Y" hut '
'Said 'he to the secretary: J
"I didn't know you ran a clothing
tare.w J
"We don't," replied the secretary.1
"Stick around a minute and you'll un
deratandi" I
Before the minute had ended, a lad
in khaki cam In.
"Got, a baseball to lend mef e
asked the maa at the desk.
. "Sure things
The secretary produced a ball from aj
box under -the,, counter, the
1 pWte&f,
'clzed it leftIs, kat in pant- aw&w -iLwiA wi.s winter.
rushed away barl4adeditowa4, tht'
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THEIR-OWN TROUBLES
v When Ship Rells.
It was while I was being initiated
Into the technique of stoking by, shov
eling coal under the boilers that
a change of course brought the
swinging seas dead abeam, and set the
ship rolling even more drunkenly than
before, writes Iewis R. Freeman in
Popular Mechanics Magazine. After
failing to hit the "dark spots'and
"hollows" two or three times as I
staggered to the roll, and once even
missing the furnace door itself, one
of the stokers, takings compassion, re
lieved me of the scoop and put the
trouble right with a half-dozen quick
ly tossed shovelfuls. I was frankly
glad to work over to t where I could
take a "half-nelson", round, a "bar by
the starboard bunker.
A heavy slam-banging from the op
posite end of the boiler room indicated
that' things -were not. goipg quite so
smoothly there, and edging cautiously
aong, T was presently able to get
some hint of the cause from the words
of a volubly- cursing-stoker who-limped
j out to telj me that the "bllnkin skip
I 'no nnr nhovnn " DnMtlm. t.nl.n4
iwuii v-uuifec. ivuuuiug a ui mseu
snm ana glowering oaieruiiy from a
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plained, in language-more forceful than
elegant? that impractlcal theorlst
had encouraged them to experiment
with wheels on the side of the skip,
with the Idea of making it easier to
push about over the coal-cluttered
deck. In the picturesque language of
the sea, it had "taken chr,rg " and
so effectually that one swift,- straight
rush to starboard, follower, by a "goog
ly" progress back tc port, put every
man who, either by chance or intent,
barred Its way, more or less hors de
combat.
Straight down the one-In-three In
cline from the Dort to the starboard
attained a size . bunkers lolloped the juggernaut, dash
look after them- Incr the nrntefittno- flnntnmfps nt Mia
stokers to left and right as 'it went.
Spitting -blood and oaths Indlscrim-
- faneiro - fr of my biaWetfmiTllo -use
at present,-as you-see."
I made the posy quite safe this
time, near enough tohls face for the
fresh smell of the moss which still
clung about the stalks to reach, him.
! I wish that whoever had gathered and
tied nn all these litfle nnsips in sonm
peacefUi woodland spot, and sent them
wIth such care to Waterioo labeled,
For tne wounded," could have been
standing by my side that night.
Malaria Attacks Army.
The Annates de Medicine says, on
the authority of Delllle and his vCO
workers, "that the epidemic of ma
laria that has affected the armies op
erating in Macedonia forms, if not the
most important, at least one of the
most important, epidemics known in
history. Not since the armies of
Xerxes were decimated by malaria In
that same regioVhluf there beexTa sit
uation comparable to that of these
modern forces in the Macedonian val
leys and marshes. The extreme grav
ity of the Infection, fthfe early and
large proportion 'of pernicious cases,
the apparent failure of preventive
doses of quinine, the prevalence of
malignant tertian malaria and the fre
quency of hemoglobinuria were special
features.
Little Bread Winners.
Before -the war 250,000 British
schoolchildren under fourteen years of
age were working for wages out of
school; since the war the number has
largely Increased. Here are a few in
stances : A boy of ten working forty
seven and three-quarter hours a week
In addition to attending school; a boy
of eleven years working two and a
half hours before school, two and-a
half hours after school, and thirteen
hours on Saturday; a boy of twelve
working one hour before school, one
hoar at midday, four hours after
school, and thirteen hours on Satur
day. Saving let.
jq response to a request by the food
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aamintstrauon tnat tne .use or -artificial
ice be reduced-' to a minimum, a
large hdtel of 'New York city has post
ed a notice In each room asking that
guests -rise Ice sparlngly..The result
has-been, a reduction in the calls for
ice water. t Ammonia Is used- In large
quantities in making artificial ice and,
because of the demand for this Im
portant" chemtcarinne manufacture'
or- explosives, snortage .nas oeen
created:'' t
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THE DUCK POND.
"Around a duck pond," said Daddy,
"was a walk made of wood or boards.
Around this sometimes the ducks
would walk, but more often they would
just stand around the pond In a cir
cle. "There were diving boards and little
steps by which the ducks could wob
ble down Into the water.
"As they were standing around the
edge of "the pond, most of them stand
ing on one foot, Mrs. Goose and Mr.
Gander walked along through the yard,
with their heads held very high.
" 'Good-flay 'said Mrs. Green. She
had been given that nam by the. other
ducks because her head was covered
with." Tefy lovely -dark green -feathers.
"Mrs. Goose and Mr. Gander walked
on, raising their heads still higher,
and paying no attention to anyone.
"Aren't they absurd?" asked Mrs.
Green of the other ducks..
" 'Absolutely absurd,' said Mrs. In
dian Runner. She was a duck who
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Green.
Asked Mrs.
cared far less for the water than most
ducks.
"They're not at all good looking,'
quacked Mrs. Mallard Duck, who cared
a great 'deal about good looks.
"'They certainly are not," agreed
Mrs.1 White Pekln Duck.
"There were ducks of all colors and
kinds around the pond, but all of them
quacked, and jnost of them loved to
stand on one leg, with the other up
under their 'feathers', and to gossip
"hnd chatter. " ' ' '
"'Geese are so cross,' said Mrs.
Green, as she splashed down into.Jthe
'water and began to swim about.
" 'They are,' said Mrs". TVhlte Duck,
'but I have become so excited talking
about them that I have grown very
warm. I must have a swim.' And so
she went Into the water, too.
"Finally most of the ducks were
swimming around. Pretty soon the
geese came walking back again. Mrs.
Goose still had her head just as high
in the air and so had Mr. Gander.
"4If I were you, either of you, in
fact,' said Mrs. Indian Runner Duck,
I wouldn't hold my head so high.'
You've got entirely too long necks.
They're not a bit beautiful. In fact,
they're rather queer.'
"Who cares for the opinion of a
duck?' shrieked Mr. Gander, and his
shrleTc was quite the most terrific and
strange-sounding shriek Mrs. Ihdjan
Runner had heard In along time.
"It quite startled all the ducks. Mrs.
Goose stopped, too, and shrieked with
her husband.
vno cares lor the opinion of a
duck?'
"They were both shrieking now wfth
their high, queer weird voices, and the
ducks were becoming used to them.
They were always 'startled by the
voices of the geese after they had
been silent for a time.
"'Who cares for the opinion of a
duck?' shrieked Mr. Gander again.
"'I do, for -one, said Mrs. Indian
Runner Duck.
" 'I do, for another, said Mrs. Mal
lard Duck. - '
"And I most certainly do, for a
third,' said Mrs. Green.
" 'Quack, quack, by all means I care
for the opinion of a duck,' said Mrs.
White Pekln Duck.
" -Quack, quack, quack, I care for no
other opinion,' said Mrs. White Duck.
"Harkeri to the duck pond a-talk-
ing, and a-quacking, said Mr. Gander,
as he turned his long neck and looked
at Mrs. Goose.
"It's quite absurd said Mrs.
Goose, 'quite absurd. We know better
than--to -pay-any attention to what
they say -
" 'Can't you be more sociable? asked
Mrs. Green, who wanted to be friend-,
ly with all her. neighbors.
" 'It's" quite impossible for us to have
anything to do with ducks. Welfnot
fight with you, but we can't associate
with -you. We don't- like any creatures
bqt ourselves, and how "cotrtd! we? WVre
so' used to CTosslfess' that W love itr
and other creatures don't-
" 'Can't you, become used to being.
pleasant?' asked Mrs. Green
We don't care to be
pleasant
shrieked Mr. Gander"!
- '"We'd hate to bV pleasant added
Mrs. Goose. . ?
" 'Well, now I see why they're calletf
ge,se,;fc ;said Mrsr-GreenM as threy-
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CONFESSIONS
By AGNES Q. BROGAN.
Judith; in ber pretty frock, sat at
the piano and played enchantingly.
Douglas, back among the shadows,
sighed as the. tender words came to
him. Something about:
"When breeze of springtime blows the
lilac blooms apart, -The
image of one's first love is shaken
on one's heart"
"That's 'true he murmured Invol
untarily; Judith swung around on the stool.
"Speakingfroih- experience V she teas
ed, but the serious face of her fiancee
checker-further raillery.
'-Dearest' he said, "come 'here. That
pathetic little song has awakened mem
ories ;- perhaps -I owe you- aconfes
slon. . I was very insistent, you re
member, probing into your girlish
friendships, to. make sure there had
been no other love before me. Your
more generous nature did not require
that assurance.
"What Is it your song says, Judith?
'The Image oft one's first love Is shaken
on one's heart Well, the pitiful mem
ory that stirsn my;heart, hut makes
me love you "more. Yet, it Is there,
every springtime, with the coming of
the flowers. It was spring time when
I met her, the girl -who claimed my
first youthful fancy. When I have
told you!of her, the ghost may be for
ever laid, and flowers lose their power
to shake this image on my heart."
The man laughed shortly. "An un
easy conscience would be the more
truthful explanation of my memories,"
he said. "I had just graduated from
college, when 'father sent me over to
France to learn that branch of our
business. My duties brought me in
touch with the peasant class, and
there was among our workers a little
maid, golden haired, with the ap
pealing dark eyes of a child. She was
very shy, Marie.
"She llved'farther up In the village,
she told me, and aimlessly one eve
ning I made my way to the cottage
home. Hardly more than one room it
was, andf spring flowers' blooming all
around. There was a white ruflled1
curtain in the window, and Marie's
potted flowers nodding there, too. She
wore a white muslin cap on her head,
and her eyes 'would dance beneath its
saucy fold, as I talked my stammering
FrehchI"' f
The man paused, again he sighed. "I
thougtitfitf was love;""he 8Ald"Marie8
invalid 'mother would call to us' cheer
ily from" Jher' couch as we sat 'side by
sldePon the 'porch stone- at" twilight.
And one nighV when.the'scent of flow
ers, and the silvering moonlight seem
ed to fill the world with magic 1 asked
Marie to be my wife.
"Quick and tearful was her accept
ance. '
"My son!' called the mother from
her couch, and it was done. After
that, I know not how, the romance
fled. Evenings upon the porch stone,
grew to be wearisome realities, Marie
with her pretty tricks of expression
but the amusing 'peasant girl of the
workroom."
Douglas paused; Judith, with a
catch . in her voice 'spoke
"And then?"
T came away," he answered slowly,
"bacrto:i,thIs "country."
"The French girl loved you?" Ju
dith persisted.
JLcross,, thai", man's eyes -flashed a
memory of ''Marie's1 of t-Tepefated assur
ance. Impatiently he nodded his head.
His,, fiancee, arose wearily. "You left
hertolbreak"he'r"heart she a'ceused,
-twtUle'ybiTfound :balMpthess; with me.
Do you think I can keep you now; Doug
las, with that always between us? Oh I"
she turned on him fiercely, ''did you"
send her. no consoling message? Did
you not try to learn what became '-of
that poor little unhappy thing, with
her sick mother?"
'1 wrote her," the man answered
doggedly, "saying that it had all-been-
J a mistake. Her' response came.but-
much was unintelligible to me."
Judith's lip curled .scornfully. "If
you still have that letter, may I see
it?" she asked.
"I will bring It to you," Douglas
promised. But his fiancee shook her
head.
"You may mail it," she said.- tfl
do not wish to see you again until I
have thought things out."
"You mean 7 he demanded, but
the girl eluded his outstretched arms.
The scent of spring flowers seemed'
nauseating, as he gloomily passed out
through the garden, then in desperate
resignation Douglas searched-out the
oIdTfenchJetterindmailed.it . .
After a misery of waiting Judith
summoned binvbt' telephone.
. Marie's gtt "'she , began evenly,
appears juso xo oe a coniession. Tne
little peasant girl" was inarrylnfjyqu"
to - benefit, her invalid aKrtktn cThe
true love of-awJnVbnt
honesT Frenchmfrbfn dmoIater-
thereby. Your Jtjparture'.afforded her
-5JTuenn.renr,aa so r so writes;'
Allwas wett-fr fed- wei0 ' '
Douglas sookererltf: 'Tf "Maria
hsnoJWfYhsr said, tcaur
a as wit' ijd
tremulously, "and cannot"
Judith, In her white frock, was at
the pianouwhen ha' entered the room.
M'WhenVbriee of spriagtlme blows
(sheifhi)tB 'lilac blooms
apart.
The-image pfftnrttrae lova is shaken
ut have changed "the wording, Doag
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