l s » s 0 i _ _ ,THE_¢sARr-'errerowacmvriae f _ .7' ' /éjberzefs' ~3l7_f"¢9c.u ,<5`éZzoafJez= Gps no nw' Que obtlie greatest of American indus- il'l9_'» ll Wllioh _hundreds of thousands cf w:_1\__m -.reziilarly employed, to say rw- _tl|iu|__of the multitude of amateurs, is fish~ _illlr Wherever there is a pond and fish tb9la:sN__anglers,, but the greatest fishing grounds are the Atlantic unil the Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Dukes and theirestuaries, on which the pursuit of the ,finuy tribe is ii business. The latest cilnvasses show thiit, not countiug,tl1_pse who fish for plcusiiic, the high-seg," coastwise and iiitci-lor lislieries of the United States give eniployiiieiit to more,than 210,000 persons, involving an investment of over $88,000,000 mul yield- ingaanuslly s product iveigfhing inure than 2,000,000,000 ouncls, the \'nlii<- uf which is nearly $5q7»000,000. The extent of fthe industry on the _tivo coasts and in- terior waters is; .Atlantic Corist-l6:l,s:l»f mms i smployed; $54,380,564 invested; ,075,551 pounds yield; valued at 704,088. Pacific Const-30,524 persons cur played; $Q,072,927 invested; 27ll,50-f,ll.\` pounds yield; valued at $14,011,090. (irc-ru Lakes and interior waters-25,201' perieoii-‘ employed; \ll,‘29tf,0l2 invested; 185,187,- 239 pounds yield; valued at $5,012,598, (X1 the Atlantic Coast, Boston and Glou- eulter are the greatest fish ports, and earli Yslr there is landed at these cities coil, iulh, hsddock, hske, pullock, halibut. maellsnl,,harring, swordfish, and other varieties, the total value of which is -more tlA§n,“,000,000, and fully one-half of' the tabs is from waters adisoent to the New alarming that congress in that year ap- pointed a commissioner of fish and fisher- ies, whose _duty should be to conduct in- vestigations relative to the diminution of thc supply of food fish and to make re- commendations regarding the subject to congress. From this beginning thc bu- i'eau's work increased annually until 'today \t has become one of the rnost important. pf ilzll the departments under national con- ro . The Bureau nf Fisheries, which since 1003 has been A part of the Department nf Commerce and Labor, is peculiarly American in its conception, and its pru~ totype exists in few other countries. It labors directly for the preservation and increase of water animals, and in con- junction with many of thc states hns~ placed certain branches of the Sshcries on :A permanent basis. It has achieved a wide reputation for originality of method and magnitude of operations, and ,has given this country first place in all mat- xi-iis pertaining to the enrichment of the Wliintic funil suply by artificial means. l`hc bureau has had -its exhibits at many -.i' the foreign expositions, and has been l‘ei- recipient of numerous 'awards for orig- - :ilily and excellence of work. |"i<- operations of the bureau are now -w i.',ii il to three general phases-propagrr '=-i.. -.. E distribution of food fish, scientific .ii- -» _-_ inn of the seas, ,rivers and lakes iinii i`. inliabitants and the study of the ccuiie-:rm lisiicries and the collection of stutislii-s. Engl-sal d _eosst.' ' ' Altholull it would seem that there are lust as big fish in the sea as have ever' been caught, and that the supply would slwsys be.g|\`,ater than the demand, is not true, and as far back as 1871 the reports of the scarcity of dsh were so, The ivinlr of increasing the supply of food rinrl garlic fish by artificial means has become ol' iiiori- importance year by year _ until now flu-re :irc maintained by the this government 33 s ecinlly constructed hatch- erica and 16 snghatcherics /located in 28 states and territories. Of the principal r mf of 7'/:z62.>1z;47= -a5;se11i6baciczs12zsaz2s;s'car' , lf, _ 1 MMM,” ,_ /@ecz/Wayfiffaé for _ i BE .Z hatcheries there are on tlsc _\civ liiigliiiiil coast, eight on the rivers cuiitigiiiiiis to the Atlantic and Pacific Oi-ciiiis, four uri- on the Great Lakes and thc otiii-rs on iiilci- ior streams. _ Abgrit -5-.I s-|i<‘cic.~ :irc rt-i,'iiluil_\ |-ini. i__.i~ ed and distributed, while ullicr si mils .iw taken up from time to tiiiic, cr :is ciiciini stances require or permit. Aiiiuiig ili. most important oi thc food fish linnilluil are cod, pollock, floiiiidcr. sliail, snliiiuii ol various varieties, trout ol' \'ui-ioiis Lind-. herring, Whitefish und cnlfisli. (lysti-r.~. lrbsters and other shi-llfish are :\ls3g5r-aafzzd ' , mls forlnn of sea life never before seen by man iiuvc been brought to thc surface and studied by thc scientists on board. The greatest depth at which living things have bccn found by thc Albatross is 5,038 feet. or more than four miles, while the great- S. Nero while using apparatus belonging to the Albatross in the Pacific Otcan near the Island of Guam, - ll' thc stutistios of the bureau arc inter- esting, liuiv niiirh more so will be l\ few rogiirdiiig the fish. Shad roe is nothing hui eggs, and the average roe contains 30,000 of them, each one capable of becom- ing a shail of the saith: size from which .thc run was tnkcn. A cud will average iuhoiit 2,00l),000 eggs, tliough spcciliiens with cs many as 9,000,000 eggs have been /' '.7 .D -~’ f' " 7 .~ -Y - sf 1 <3.&.;1 .~‘J' - /~`Q/viz:/.§' , i .- I Une ut the bla.ii.~li s ol tin- lJiii\~illl_C0 In about a week th hatch ' small fish are then kliosvglfas “fry?'I’ld'_lea fry at first is between s eiurt¢r and q' half of an inch long and almost tx-up- parent, though s vigorous swimmnr. M the time it is two weelu old it hu - to he an _inch long. From the jars are put in tanks and _ later an put h pludnds luntil they are, six or seven lhonllll' o , wien they are released to t this own battle ith tb hh found. ]li'liiil: trout averages 1,000, white-1 i 8 W e horse mlchdml, tk |fisl. ;i5,uoi> black bass, 5,000, white perf:li.,“’"k “"4 "th" l>“°°lD¢¢1‘» of the ses. I ,40,ll0l) nnd herring 30,000. The lobster Black bass, those gums §¢||¢¢|..’ bl ‘yii-lils about 10,000 eggs. _These eggs \_rar_y lin size from one tivl-nty-eighth of an inch to oiii- quiirtor of an inch in diainctcr. l - » hink that with hiindrciis of their own ideas of propsgstion, md ya Wt I/“"~-‘=' man to interfere, so the mb Liu il- - mitch the mature fish and plug ll 'Helly prepared ponds and Uri. iiuiilil t V ' _ DQR ¢|,,,.|_;|n.|. of ti~)i laying all r_|\r:,-.‘cl1,g~ ` i >'_`l"-il4_e their nfl'si~i~|i\g in *hd* i f. 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THOMAA S- -- ll-.__, _ ,~ -- .-3 ~ ` -. _ - ,, | CARTERS ?f"l , CURE lH|N|Slli ’ cuss Blok Headache sud rollave all thc troubles fuel dent to a blllons sf-ste of the system. such as ”'5"“°i»°‘i ‘l"“€§“ i‘..'i’°`2i'§”°“»ilalli‘"§5i’-ifg n . an a e . :laughable succcssims°bccu shownu me/-¢ ” _ SICK qdsch t Osrter'l lttla Liver Pills urs gquslly vedluysiile lwlonstlxpntlon, eurlng and pre- venting this anno nfcomplnlnt whlie they also em-no siiaissr-mio tim umse_l\.s¢lm\\l=u>uie liver sud regulate e bowels. Lvcul! thcyonly M i-i Ao l ' tn h ll ..%l.I'3.‘il .i'i’I’¢F.'.2i’.'l§,'i'.f..i.‘i‘»l{,i'....'i,.‘.’€‘?.l'£i..‘f ly their gooduesedocsnotoiiil cre,auil thosii nee try them wlllflnd theso llltlu pills valii o many ivavs that they will not be wll- e without them. Butslter all sick hear’ AGHE i ii i ii ":':.°.i".'.2.'l'i':°.,l.’£'°a.'.“;l..2'.i..i.‘:...°..': do t. _ in ifima Liver Plus are very small ami °t?l'?.i?d°' °'1ii’.l.“Z?..l“l5'l.‘Zl“{.?i“°‘.TT. I Q liutyby gentlelpet-lon plesseslrilvlw '_n§l°iil° ?'i'i°il°7"i`it"'i.,f§i“iiia 1; ,_ , | met, and one confessed the want of Old _Pi/cture. Frames It you have any old picture gi-gms; drop me a. card and I will can and get mm. "slid °\' f°P‘;fi“* them and send them back. to you as good as new. _It wlll not cost Y0\1 much. 10 cents and up according to silo. AGENTS' WANTED BENJ. PETERS, “rarest-St.}-Chsrlotttgligny sl Cm ‘ -» ¢ \ 1 i _ L n--¥i'“’ * -~» -~~> ‘ -andere ' i ii; received ua- ttla° ' urmgmlg hid for bulldius g( gg, Q;-q¢\1, Kinross, the coma nut to furnish su inmrl»l,dun cout! tor to ‘eomi>l°¢° 91° \’““ "5 for till: tlls work to be done by gf” g¢g9|»|-; the inoutrsotor to mm “mg” 10|- performance ol " 4 estlon to I-0 mi P.if°a. i¢°.n§iiiiiiq-. Ulu Sw- 'pmtomce,¢0t.thslot0w.dnm¢dltsnd CUULI] Nlll' Something of the lrony.of fate is ex- emplified ln an anecdote related by the New York Times concernlng Professor .Polrler, who unfll his death was the most famous cancer expert in France. Professor Poirier gave much of his time without pay to aiding poor people addicted with cancer. One day there came to hlm a'womm on whom he had operated and who feared the growth was coming again. ' “Fear nothing," said the physician when he had made an examination. “It will be some years before you will need a fresh operation-which, by the way, I shall not be able to perform." "But, doctor, you will not refuse to treat me?" ' "No, my poor wonisn, but I shall not be there to do lt. I Iso have a cancer, and lt wlll be more rspld than yours."` A Counter Clisrgs. Ln elegant young msn seized s thlef on the platform of a trsln, saying. "Are you not ashamed to disgraceful s profsmimf' "And are you not sshsmod,"' demand- ¢ ed the other, “to go so well dressed without ii pockotbook about .v0I|?’ § S sau. won." what me avenge nmawaylte ls s 1 "natural born gambler" 'wss well |1- lustrstied the other morning. Two men breakfast The other “made good” ,ded¢teucy..,snd._onrln¢_»the meal No. 1 remarked that he hsd received notice that there wssvs registered leti- ‘ ter in the postofllee for “Nobodywould ey.” ho isddsd, "so ft's A fan to go after ft." _ “!'l1 give you s dolls: fer-s_hslf lu- tunsf," slid No. 2. _ i “Yoo°re on if you psy can fue,” was the quick reply. r , Athi- breakfast the pair' went to the § egg found s flvo dollar bill. “anyhow I'm _$8.50 ahead,” ssh! the ownneftheletteruho“splltth expected to 'mah the losn good.”- New ni-ir globe. lhlin EE,=§§?.° fe' .geiii E :Eg d every is 'Hin viva. 2f;l{1.."¢2'¢i,7°aew,i» Eislislid ffdilgdli il. /’/f./r:f§ “"""`-~t._ h _%`~\ ai "f-5*!-._ _ _ » ~ 0 ,_ Victoria Row, Opp. Post0ffice Choice Millinery For Easter A World of Beautiful Hats and_Bonnets A _Show Continued Today-Thurs da l We Will Be Pleased to llsve you Come and Inspect bill." 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