HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1924-8-28, Page 2= THE LOBSTER INDUSTRY IN CANADA
Takes important Place in Fisheries of Maritime Provinces ---
Dominion Government's Protective Measures. !
Lobstering is one of the chief indus- $1,389,155, and of the previouss year,1
tries connected with the fisheries of $1262,714. The harvest reaped in the
the Maritime Provinces and each year Gulf sections was greater than that of 1
millions of . dollars' worth of these the preceding season by about 5,00011!
table delicaciesare taken from the cwt., but in the Bay of Fundy sections I
traps of fisl}eraueu in the Gulf of St there was a falling off of about 1,309 !
Lawrence and along Canada's Atlantic cwt. Canning was carried on by 167 1
seaboard. During the season of 1923 establishments, an increase of six •
lobsters caught by the fishermen of over the previous year.
the provinces of Prince Edward Is- The lobster fishery is the most im ,
land, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, portant of the fisheries of • Prince Ed -1
and Quebec yielded a revenue of $6,- ward Island and the value of the 1923 1
365,362 according to returns made to production, $1,405,906, represented
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the Department of Marine and Fisher- about 8o per cent. of the total value of
ies. This was a slight increase in the year's fishing operations. The
value over the 1922 season brought lobster catch amounted: to 97,456 cwt.
about by the higher prices secured. In last season as compared with 87,583
Prince Edward Island and in New cwt, in 1922. Ice remained on the
Brunswick there were increases in shores until the middle of May but
both the quantity and value of the after that fine weather prevailed and
catches, but in Nova Scotia adverse operations were carried ou success -
weather eonditions caused a decrease fully resulting in an increased catch..
in the quantity of lobsters taken, but Ten more canneries were operated
the 'higher prices obtained over the during 1923 than in the previous year,
the total. being 195.
total value. In the province of Quebec the lob -
The total catch of lobsters in Nova ster industry does not hold the same
Scotia last year was 172,720 cwt., position of importance that it does in
valued at $3,051,647, as compared with the Maritime Provinces. Last year
173,706 cwt. in 1922, with a value of the Quebec fisheries produced 47,764
$2,913,057. The fishing in western cwt. of lobsters, valued at $538,654.
Nova Scotia, which opened on March The Department of Marine and
1, was carried on under abnormal con- Fisheries has, on account c,f the im-
ditions. Ice was piled along the shore portance of this industry, always given
until late in the spring, making re- the greatest consideration to its pre,
munerative operations impossible. The servation. In order to prevent poach
catch for the months of March and ing and to keep an effective control on
April amounted to not more than 12,- the fishery at all times, a large staff
511 cwt. as against 26,266 cwt. in 1922 of officers is maintained on the coast
and 66,326 •cwt. in 1921. With a and no one may fish for lobsters with -
month's extension of the fishing sea- out first obtaining a license. The reos-
son, however, the total catch about sibility of having a lioense cancelled
equalled that of the 1922 season. There ensures the careful observance of the
were 163 canneries in operation dur- regulations. The other chief means
ing the year, being six more than in used for the preservation of the indus-
1922, try has been the adoption of close sea -
The catch for the whole of the pro- sons and the Department is making
vine of New Brunswick during 1923 a thorough study of this part of the
amounted to 73,668 cwt., an increase subject to ensure that the seasons
of nearly 4,000 cwt. over 1922. The adopted are the best possible for all
value of last season's production was concerned.
previous season caused a rise in the
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PERFUMED PLOTS
.--AND THE WORST IS YET TO, COME.
flowers whose virtue lies in their per-
fume, roses with the true rose scent
would, of course, take pride of place.
Beside them would bloom mignonette,
the violet, the pink, the stock, and the
sweet william. The carnation would
also find a place here, while lilac and
d honeysukle should not be forgotten.
Walk through a modern garden, and This perfume corner should also in -
you will find yourself in a sort of elude the sweet -foliaged sweetbrier,
Fairyland, where your eyes will feast geranium and lavender, all of which
on the most exquisite cola's: But it are so easy to cultivate that no gar -
is the eyes only that will feast. The den should be without them,
exquisite blossoms which surround The plants I have named are merely
you are almost all completely scent a few out of the many. There is. no
less. end to the variety of sorts one might
Now walk through one of those de- introduce into the perfume corner.
lightful, old-fashioned oottage gardens
that still linger in those secluded back-
waters where hybridisers are un-
known and horticultural catalogues do
not penetrate. You will find here a
quieter, less flaw-boyant beauty. The
appeal to the eyes will be less immedi-
ate and less insistent. But you will
remember that garden for long—far
longer than you will remember the
other. You will remember it because
of its myriad fragrances—the sweet-
ness
weet
nese with which its air is laden.
Visions of Childhood.
The sweet peas that grow here will
probably only be single blooms, but
they will have that elusive, fascinat-
ing
ascinat
ing fragrance that conjures up visions
of childhood, carries us back to the
days when our innocent eyes were
stili wide with wonder as they looked
out upon the beauty of the world.
True, they would look rather insig- 1
niflcant, these old-fashioned sweet
peas., by the side of the many -spiked, a
many -colored blooms of the more mod-
ern garden. And the roses that spray
the air of our unpretentious bock -
water with their sweetness cannot
mato'. their more modern fellows in
form or color.
But in almost every case the gain in
appearance has been purchased at the
Dost of scent. The new roses and the
new sweet peas are almost all scent-
less.
cent
less. Take such exquisite roses as
Baroness Rothschild -'and Frau Karl
Druschke They are truly beautiful,
and no gardener would feel that his
rose -garden was complete without
them. But they are quite scentless,
and I, at least, am old-fashioned
enough to consider that the greatest
beauty of a rose is its scent.
New Names and Old Fragrance.
I write "is," but I would almost have
been more accurate to use the past
tense, For in the multitude of new
roses there is little scent, if muck
form and color, Shakespeare's
"A rose
By any other name would smell as
' sweet."
is, indeed, now rather out of date. The
new names are legion, and the roses
that bear them, as a general rule, have
lost the old rose perfume.
As a general rule, the sweetest -
scented flowers and plants are the ing,
least showy. And as the great aim of
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"With Deep Feeling."
How am I to sing
When there is such a note
As this the thrush brings forth—
A rainbow from his throat?
While that leaning grace the harp,
Out of its warp of gold,
Weaves melodies with quaint delight,
As fairy tales are told?
The somber violin,
Grown in the mossy bark,
Remembers twilight through' the
leaves
And one star in the dark. .
He—"I understand your husband
eft you for a blonde,"
She—"Not at all. Three blondes
nd a brunette."
Oh, how shall I dare any song?•
My breast is a toneless room
Far sweeter music shakes the grass,
The catkins and the broom.
Oh, what are these songs of mine,
What can my songs be worth?
—The angels of the air
Go singing 'round the earth—
What are these lips of mine? .
Amanda Benjamin Hall.
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Changing People's Color.
By a yery simple operation a Bri-
tish medical authority has found it
possible to turn a blonde -person into
a brunette or a brunette into a blonde;
a red head into one with jet-black
tresses, grey hair into any color de-
sired.
More startling still, this experiment-
er has been enabled to transform a
dark, olive skin into a pearly, pink-
and -white complexion, or make a florid
face light. Also it has been found pos-
sible to make a yellow skin white. The
experimenter has been working along
these lines for twenty ye &rs.
The most recent results were an-
nounced, several weeks ago, in a lec-
ture to physicians at a London hos-
pital, and created a profound sensa-
tion. It was dis..overed that the col-
oring pigment of:the human body arig-
inated from the posterior lobe of the
pituitary gland—a tiny cell at the
base of the brain which contains the
coloring uigment.
The experiments began by taking
extracts from the posterior lobe of an
animal of one pronounced coloring,
creating a serum, and using -it as an
injection into the posterior lobe of an-
other animal of totally opposite color -
THE VALUE OF PETS IN THE HOME
By Julia W. Wolfe.
Perhaps the sweetest recollections own. Ina measure he is responsible
of childhood are those connected with only to himself for the welfare of in -
a pet -some frisky, affectionate Mao animate possessions. But a sentien a
animal or gay little bird loved ant% being who can repay love with lov" '
tended; in the faraway goldendays: has; a deeper. claim. Things that .Peel
Pete are an endless Joy to children. have right. Even young, children re-
They lend themselves readily to every cognize this, and learn through' affec-
kind of make-believe, and are always tion for their four -footed friends• to re -
available as playthings and conso_er5 cognize this claim to health and hap -
of woe: Talking it over with a cat, a pines•.
dog; or the bled, has a soothing power A bay of seven, the writer knew,
not at all tinges attainable through found for a time his chief amusement
human agencies, in shooting stray animals with a shot-
"My
hot"My pony is so sympathetic,,, said gun, declaring it Sport: Oday he
a little girl; "anclhas such a sense of knocked a cat off the fence, hxealdng
humor." The pure delight afforded by its legs. As the. ofeature writhed upon
those cherished friends in feathers the grass; lie seemed to consider the
and furs is sufficient reason for their result of his conduct bath righteous
presence in every household. Parents and amusing. A friend who had wit -
sometimes complain that they . are nessed the incident called him to her;
such a trouble, are in the way, and re- and after a short conversation he saw
quire so much care. Could they real- the matter ina different light.. Wi#1-a.
ize thoroughly their value as a source ingly he offered to pay for having the
wir
of happiness and a means of edueation cat's legs set. But the veterinap's
these objections would forever cease. fee was more than he possessed;- The
Childhood without pets is bleak and sum needed to .make up the amount
barren and altogether incomplete. ' was advanced to him,and he' paid it
Like a vine in the desert, with ten back gradually out of his small allow -
arils blown in every direction because ance. With the greatest tenderness
there is no object to twine around, the h ecared for the cat until she was able
child without some dumb creature to to walk, and to this day she is a cher-
love and protect finds his bubbling fished pet, It needed but a few words
impulses and loving longings crushed to open the fountain of lave and pity
to earth. Ha' needs to lavish his grow- in his heart, and to make the little
ing and expansive affection upon some lad see that his wanton cruelty had
suitable object, otherwise he loses' not only brought suffering on a poor
mare than can be counted and weigh -1 innocent, but entailed much unexpect-
ed. I ed r expn m
What the child loves he will most Petslaboalsoand haveense a hygienicupohivalueself.,
observe and study. Some knowledge many of them requiring fresh air and
comes concerning the habits and ways exercise at regular intervals. This
of the little creatures that share his 'necessarily takes the child out of
life; and personal`affairs are insensibly; doors in sunshine, en dark days, and
arranged so that there will be time , in all sorts of weather. It gives s
for everything—for play, for stories, object of interest to what would other -
for work. Birds must be fed regularly,' wise be a dull performance. Many a
rain or shine, no matter how tempting listless girl who would rebel at rub -
the invitations of playmates or the hers and raincoat, glides into them
latest fairy tale. The dog must be smilingly when it is a question of a
washed and kept in the house until 1 walk with "Rover" or "Fido." How
thoroughly dried. IE the kitten is dull' willingly these burdens are borne for
a dumb friend! Who gains most in
the frolic and romping? Perhaps the
ed, that it does. not have too much one whp gives the most.
meat. Perhaps his small savings will Childhood, like every age, needs its•
have to be expended in catnip. The duties. These must be simple and
playful puppy must be trained with genuine, not tasks imposed arbitrarily
infinite patience not to trample on the which another might do as well. Tho
flower -beds, not to scratch the furni-
ture, nor tear holes in clothes. Ani-
mals nutst also be taught to avoid
danger, even if pain be inflicted to in-
sure their future self-preservation. At-
tention to these details influences the
mind - and character, leading to firm-
ness without harshness., to economy
of g
The Queen's Taste in
Sunshades.
It is hard to surmise what was in
the queen's mind. Did she disdain to
change her orders, or did she intend
to set a sensible example, as she •often
liked to do? The story as Mr. William
Le Quenx tells it in. Things I Know is
of Queen Victoria's last visit to Nice.
About a fortnight after the queen's
arrival, writes Mr. Le Quenx, while
passing up the Avenue de la Gare I
met a well-known detective, Superin-
tendent Fraser, not Scotland Yard, who
with Monsieur Paoli, of the Paris
Surete, was her majesty's personal
protector. When I asked him whither
he was hurrying he replied:
"Come with me, I em going on s—
well, a very confidential mission!
• At once I turned back with him.
To my surprise he stopped before a
cheap draper's shop and, pointing to
a Long string of black -and -white
striped sunshades open and swaying
in the wind, inquired their price.
"Five francs, fifty," replied the dark -
eyed Provencal girl in French.
My friend hesitated and inquired
whether they were of silk.
"No, m'sieur, they are cotton," was
the reply.
With that he turned away. Then he
explained that the queen, who had
been out for her afternoon drive, had
Just returned and, calling him, had
told him that in the Avenue de la Gare
she had been attracted by some sun-
shades hanging outside a shop, "Go
and buy me one, Fraser," she had
commanded. "They are the very
thing I want here."
"But," exclaimed my friend to me,
"how can I take the queen a four -and -
seven -penny sunshade? Came back
with me, and when I have told her we
will go out to the cafe!"
Chinese Hair -Net industry.
The hair -net business in China has
had quite a history. It was establish-
ed originally by Germans, who im-
ported the nets from Chefeo ito Ger-
many and then exported them to the
United States as European -made hair
nets. There is still considerable ex-
port of human -hair nets from China
to European countries.
When direct trade in human -hair
nets was taken up with China, large
quantities of imperfect, under -sized,
and generally poor nets were exported.
This finally resulted in the establish-
ment in Chefoo and Tsinan, by the
foreign and a few larger Chinese ex-
porters, of hair -net inspection fee- I walked back with him to Cimiez
tories, some employing as many as and waited while he passed along the
1,000 operatives, where hair -net car- corridor of the great.hotel to her ma -
goes are inspected and, if necessary, jesty's apartments.
the nets repaired before being shipped. His face had changed when he re -
The net -making itself is a home or turned -a few minutes later. "I told
"cottage" industry; the hair is dis- the queen," he said, "but she has or-
tributed around'in the various vil- dared me to go back at once. She
lager—in the hinterland of Chefoo and seemed quite indignant and said,
in the region of the Shantung Railway 'Fraser, you men know nothing about
—and the nets usually pass through sunshades! Pray how much would
the hands of several Chinese middle- you expect me to give for a cotton
sunshade? Go and get me one at
once!"
and stupid its little owner must see
that its food is more carefully select -
child's duties should be definite and
inexorable, not done at all if he for-
gets or neglects them. Through pro-
tection, nurture, and ownership of liv-
ing things inexorable duties are best
presented. The child secures, in this
way some of the beat lessons in s if -
denial and self-control, acquires €a,
time, to order, method and regu-
larity.
of personal responsibility and wise
larity. restraint, and is taught in the most
Children, like most savages,atsthat
are natural way, and all uncouasciousmy, to
many times cruel. Animals that are appreciate the rights of others, even
dependent have a civilizing influence the humblest, and to respect them al
upon the child, for the savagery of ways. Mare than this, by doing deeds
children is that of ignorance, not of that merit gratitude, children begin
malice. The many wants of pets, their
helplessness., awaken a sense of moral
responsibility. A living creature can -
modern gardening appears to be to
Here in i' ow"Whtne >< r ..
charm the eye, these modern bul freer,- ':a i"' s l�ri2. ,P9
rant plants are being banished from `
our flower -beds. Mr. Gee. S. Olen contributes the 101-
But need this be so? C`Cann,JL-we give lowing;
upto those friends of ,oure youth at "To preserve children, take, one
least a portion`of our gardens? There large, • er sse field, one-half cloxen
they may blush unseen by the eyes children t,vo or three small dogs, a
that are drawn away be the more Pinch of r- c:l;, and some Pebbles Mix
stately and striking blooms around the c1='1,11 en and dogs together and ;eat
them, but they will not waste their t17em in the field, stirring co•nst.antly:
sweetness on the desert air, Their
Pour the- brook over the pebbles;
fragrance will add, a new and subtle ePrinkle i:ho Geld with flowers spread
beauty to the garden that admits over all a deep blue sl,y and babe in
b r y
thein the bot sun. When brown remove and TITS`
men before they are offered by the
Chinese dealers" to exporters.
I looked at my Brother with the
Microscope of Criti-. sm and I said,
"How coarse my Br<. ,er is !'r I look-
ed at him with the Teiescope of Scorn
and I said, "How small by Brother
is!" Then I looked in the Mirror of
Truth and I said, "How like me my
Brother is."—Bolton Hall.
dimly to understand how much grati-
tude they owe to the loving hearts and
hands forever busy in their behalf.
is
here a
not be neglected without pain and • certain spiritual and Intel•
suffering following. Very different is herel growth that comes from pro -
the condition et the book or toy that Ttecting and fostering dependent crea-
is forgotten and left out in the rain. { tures, from caring for lovely and iov-
It is spoiled, and the loss is the child's able animals.
The total distribution of all species
of fish eggs and fry by the hatcheries
operated throughout the Dominion by
the Department of Marine and Fish-
eries reached 878,987,093 during the
'season of 1922. This was an increase
of 33,000,000 as compared with 1921
and was 128,500,000 greater than in
1920.
sa:ch a haven ef .re,uge for the ;r;t away LO 4E001 in the"bathtub." of Time."
In:
odd
It
bit of. Ontario rock formation goes
Le at the Grand River.
by the name
'The Tooth
No'lise for the Cup.
"The Davis tennis cup may
another country this year."
"Well, we have no use for
here."
He went out into the world.
Responsibility.
Never shirk responsibility, for that
is what develops stamina and origin-
ality. It puts all our facultiesto the
I test—our ingenuity, our resoruceful-
Iness, our efficiency, our inventiveness,
our iniative—it draws upon our ;fat
1 ent ability as nothing else does.
One reason why prominent men of
affairs are so successful, self-reliant,
and masterful is because of their train -
I ing in responsibility. This has brought
out their manhood, their capacity for
coping with difficulties, for facing all
sorts of new and perplexing situations
go and bringing order out of chaos, vice
tory out of defeat.
But for shouldering responsibilities
they would never have become the
men they are; would never have dis-
Finis. eovered
tile tremendous possibilities
they have so far unoovered.
And -made his mark, Well Meant.
His name becoming a target- The young suballtern had but newly
For envy. joined the regiment, and as this was
And now he has gone back to the be his first experience of military life he
ginning: naturally felt rather awkward, and
His people. afraid of doing the wrong thing. This
They greet him with the same Irrev was particularly the case in the mess,
erent: where he was almost afraid to move
to
a cup
"Hello, Johnny!"
And he is chagrined
for fear of acting •contrary to etiquet.
At last the major, rough, but kindly
For with all his
importance at heart, took pity on him, and, slap -
He has not acquired sufficient humor ping him on the back, said jovially:
To save him from the spectacle "I svppese it's the old, old story—
what? The fool of the family sent in-
to the army?'`
"Oh, no, sir," replied the young
man seriously; "things have quite al-
tered since your day."
Whereupon the major decided to re-
vise .his ideas of cordiality.
Proverbs About the . Home.
A hearth of your own is. worth gold.
He who is far --from hone; is near
harm. -Danish.
East and West, home's the best,
Dry bread.at home is better than
roast meat abroad. :German,
Every cricket knows -its own hearth.
Russian,
In my own house I am king.—Spann
ever seen or hoard of a perfect wo-' ish,
man?" Travel east or travel west a man's
Suddenly, frcm the back of the hall,' own home is still the best -Dutch.
rase a. tall, glurt, angular woman in I --- -I
rusty black. Ina a m'lancl_oiy voice Canada produces yearly about 20;
she said: 1 000,000 pounds of maple sugar, of
"Yes, sir, T have heard 01 the woman which 70 per cent. comes from Que-
you mention," - I bee, 25 per cent, from Ontario, and
"Who was it?" inquired the speaker.'' the remainder from the Maritima
"My husband's first wife," replied the Provinces. .By-products are e .e `vine -
gaunt one feelingly, j gar, malls acid, and 1.:_aal&e of liras~.
Of the old actor
Who still would strut
Though the play be ended. -
—Le Baron Cooke.
to
Perfect.
There was a goad deal of excitement
in the village when notices appeared
on the boardings 'announcing that the
local minister would, Haat night, ad-
dress a meeting at this Assembly Hall,
on the subject of "The Perfect Wo-
man --Where Is She?"
He head quite a good audience, and
soon got warmed up to his
,object.
"Now," he said, during the course of
his acldre,..p, "I ask .you, res anyone