PAGES 9 To 14. "TEAR 78. NO. SE------ Bi 1000 Lish fishin Lake A small arm; of some ermen make a good living through the ice of the Great every Winter. THe nucleus thi little band is formed from the regula fishermen whe follow the occupation all year, patting netd in the summer and dropping Moes through holes is the ice during the cold months. Th great body of winter fishermen, how ever, is made up of carpenters, paiyt ers, bricklagers und other artisan who find themselves thrown out of work because of the weather condi tions. Buffalo, NX.Y., the cextreme end of Lake Etie is perhaps ing ice fisling port on the Great and from here as many as 1,000 per day go out when the winter fish ing season is at its height. In th good old days of our fathers when the fish were running thicker than. they run now and when there not nearly so many men on the ice day, a catoh of 300 pounds for a day' work was not whcommon. Indeed there have been records where a lon fisher brought in a load weighing unds, Those days are past now owever, and ten pounds is consider ed a fair catch. A total of 15 pound: for the day is good, while the mar who bags 25 pounds of blue pike i considered te have made n rich haul These fish are brought to Buffalo anc sold om 10 to 14 cents per pound depending on the market price. A few of the men hawk their catch about the streets, from house to house, but a majority of them sell them direct to the wholesalers. While the price is comparatively low in these days of high hving the man who can make An aver age catch of 15 pounds et day sell it at 14 cents a pound, will clear nbout $1240 per week, which is great deal better than nothing. Fr and Dunkirk sre both large fishing ports and probably rank next to thd falo in importance among the Great Lake cities in th's regard. As mueh as £70,008 for fish has been paid ont at the port of Buffalo alone, in one mea son of winter fishing. This high water mark was reached some vears ago, since which time the smount has been considerably Jewsoned, owing to the diminishing number of fish. Just what the figure will be this year is not known, though old - fishermen say that it will bo a good year. Very few experienced ice fishermen will venture out onto the froze lnke oh eartery the lead Lake: mis were every cost, anu The without their dogs. These doy are both helpers and companions pull the which their mast ru affen and they seem to sense a storm long before there ix any evi dence of danger. "F would no move lake without my dog team than 1 would go without bait," said Happy Harrison, of Lake Erie's best known ice Hshermet "Why?" asked ers, glodpes in ride go out onto that } ach O11 one of the bystand knows than most humans, was Jack's answer Being pressed further, he said: "M, tes ain't neich to look at. Prince there, he's a Newfoundland dog, his mate--what's left of hin a set ter. Them dogs beat dog team on a mile a mile pull. may believe not, but ma the time that have beat a 60-mile gale back The gales are the thing that have look out for In the when the ice is be mg to hit honeveombexd thin is the time when the winds are dangerous. The and a whole lot warmth before it will break up after it has an to thin the wind storm will smash to bits, and then God help the poor who gots ught out there int} low, I re r gue winter--I think it was three vears ago--when the en- wl been mi and the just what it hould Angpway, 1 started out that mornihe & my wife's wishes she didn't want me to but | figures 1 eonld get in one wore day's hing she broke. So I got ready seem to act just right, but IT got "an down to the beach, and away we started aver the ice, Of a sudden they switched before 1 could open my yap, tarped clean around and made for the shore at top speed. 1 hollered and velled and got 'en stopped and turned around and give a rap with "a stick an the side of my box sledge, which is a sign all fisherman's dogs under stand to mean to go shead The didn't budge. T rapped some more on the sledge, but tha just looked back at me in that peculiar way that dogs have when they know thev are dis obeying. 1 Heked "em and 1 kicked "em ~aes, 1 did, und Um ashamed to-own tbat they wouldn't move. They just lay down Mm the ice and snow * "Cause dogs and is ean any the dash om me lake in You OF ny's they to port. vou to spring get a spots, most ice ean st of 3 tut beg got and ernch first about tire season } joe WAS never have heen. ra inst ga, before The dogs didn't {a wind They | em" aily KINGSTON SHER MEN of the ICE and SNOW oy SS Wi7Z pes v and took their medicine. up hor a bad job And you may believe me or not, but before evening the worst storm of the vear came up, and six of the fellows who went out that morning mever came back." and whined I finally gave it and went home. fisherman's outfit is simple, « good-sized box sledge the usual bait, tip-ups and 'The ice aonaisting of ¢ the doy team, an ax, hooks and lines, sev oral The las@named may shield, consist of anything front an old boat sail to a length or two of grandma's discarded parlor earpet, fastened to two uprights. After the fisherman has located his ground and chopped his holes in the ice arranges his "tip ups" and then drives the uprights of his wind shield into the ice in such un position that the cloth will in a measure break the biting blasts which sweep across the frozen surface, carry ing stinging bits of broken ice with them. He us: wally builds a small fire under the protection ob his shield and devotes his time to watching his "tip-ups" These latter are home-made implements, fashioned much lke an old-styled well sweep. The upright is anywhere from one and a half to two fogt high and the crossbar | two and three feet long. The fishline with baited hook, is fastened to one end of the crossbar and dropped into the water through the hole 1: the ice The upright is then driven mito the ice and a small piece of stone or ice laid on the end of the eros The { end over the hold in the ice, to which lis attached the hook and line is i thet up in the air and athe The minnte a' fish is caucht he between har down the pull I WHISKEY HOLDS ITS VICTIMS. | Until Released by Wonderful maria Prescription. Liquor sets up inflammation and ir rifation of the stomach and weakens the nerves. The steady or periodical | {spree} drinker iv often forced drink "even winxt his will by his un- natural physical condition, Samaria Prescription craving, steadies the general health and makes drink actually distasteful and nauseous It is tasteless and odorless, and can be given with oc without the knowledge of the patient. Thousands of Sa- the builds up stops ihe nerves, Canadian homes have been saved from misery and disgrade 'by some devoted wife, mother or daughter through this wonderful Can- adian remedy. The money formerly wasted in drink has-restored happi- ness, home comforts, education and respect to the families formerly in want and despair. Read the following, one of the nu merous «unsolicited testimonials re ceived : "I can never repay you for veour remedy. It is worth more than life te me, My husband has been offered Hlquor, several times but wpuld not touch it. He said it had no charm for nim now. May God's cholce blessings ver rest on you and yours, are my prayers ever, No one knows it but hose who have tried it. As soon as 1 Aan 3 will See others Oa How would give anything to stop t fr hus- Sands from drink. I will give them our addr ms. K~=, Dewlinton. Alta. Name withheld on request.) vi if you know of any family wading this remedy, tell them. about If vou hate any friend or rela ive: wha as Fried or is forming the drink habit, help him to release himself from its awful clutches, Sa 'maria Pruaeription is. used by physi-} net cians and hos A FRER maria Presrription, with booklet, giv ing fall Justioniats, testimonials, price, .~ be Shatdutely frie and in package rom idee and mentioning ONTARIO, Sellind the. to | * {1 the tals. L PACKAGE of Sa- et "nest MAREH causes the bar to * t fisherman knows that he {The average fisherman two or four of these "t in #ach hole. I'he about three-quarters of a two pounds, and a goo is from ten fish up. Fhe usually out their holes foot square, though some get them a bit larger well-defined understanding fishermen that holes cut slong the gendrally and no real fisherman ever cuts a hol hig enough for to fall | into Several eases of mysterious disappen ance have been reported from the ic and it is generally supposed that ti missing men, returning home th falling dusk, stepped into a hole ou by some amateur drowne A man falling into these holes hi practically no possibility of gettin When the victin comes up aite fall he generally finds himse the ice some distance from t} The cold water chills th and the end comes quickly history of ice fishing on Lakes is a of trageds | Every year the list vietims is jadded to, and every s the find ing of a body two clears up imystery of the ice ih of course, when the ice, thy the sun and rain. First big cracks appear ese fissures do not come graduabh appear suddenly, and each {is accompanied by a ban; the boom from a had the good--or tune to be out on | party of fishermen gan to break up, pid succession of tions sounded pot unlike t tof an artillery duel These cracks in the i wide at first--sopeti across and sometimes a weather cold calm they will remain their original for days -at a these cracks the ice wp into of them a mile the cakes remain a safe to travel across ice. © As the season piogt how- ever, more and move appear, the cakes become smaller and smaller, Fand somatimes in order io nach the shore it is necessary for the fiuiverme ite skip from cake to enke. much {we used to erase the pond the broken ice down on the farm in the dayy wher we were young. Frequently the Jee breaks without warning, ow- ing to sudden windstorm, and the fishermen are tossed about on the angry lake, much like the survivors of | a polar expedition "on an iceberg. Sometimes, with an east wind, cakes (bearing parties of [reszing fishermen: are blowing forty and Rity miles up Lake Erie. At other times, when the wind ie in the west, these cakes are carvied inte the mad Niagara River. When the ice is breaking up river men and tugmen all slong (he river keep a constant eve out for par- ties of belstiad fishermen being carried to death "er the Niagara Falls Many of the halfdrozen wretches are taken from their foating danger by daring erews in pavhiba launches, who sometimes fight the edd of rushing, broken ice for hours before they can near enough to the partionlas Hoe nd has a the bite fron "tip up" Keeps baite fron pound t prups" fish eigh I dav's eat ice fisherine about of times the there is [Mong i never i path mus heaten & mar in ard out the under hole. soan system Ihe {Great the story ol nner or some greatest da the rer, occur n softened spring vil weakened begins to break I'h giant They crack unlike write for new not cannon. The rhaps bad we with whet the and to ham boom. reverhera beginning armies not or three foot an | pe be the rn ice i between are very 08 Iwo { inches | should turn somet imes form time, lhe in widening effect of break without is, of come', oO enkes, As wregwl some faeros long as ft his. sue they are as the solid SEPA A Cravhs th them any help. The mudwinter dmodn, before the nally men hecome he intends fold and sink itish 0,1 1911, -- an lie Wy Zo Lhe Fishirp Croands around until they drop. The fest thing to do when thus confused i# to let the intel gent dog team have théir wds. They will find their way back if it is possible, The story is told of a fisherman who had been missing for two days, Search ing parties had been out for hours sithout results lecided that there was no ugk of furth- or efforts in his behalf. When all hope was given up one of the dogs of the missing man, we aring part ob the dedge } turned up_at his home, frozen and so lame That it eould The dog refused to come ref used eat and wind gueerly It would scratch at he door when the door was pened would ran away, all the time noking longingly behind. The fisher. man's wife told one of her neighbors, also a fisherman, of the-dog's queer actions, "1 believe that dog wants womebady (0 follow it," he said, and Hil so. The dog limped straight down to the beach and out across the ied | 'or three miles, where in a sort ruily between two ice hummocks the non was found, apparently dead. The sther dog of the team, still in hae ws, stood beside the body. To pro round out the story it is oaly to add that the man was wander ATHENS, aul SYardly into the house, walk. to and erly IOCPERATY artied home and bid life saved, though , ft was necessary to amputate both frozen feet one hands 'The man | and his team had become lost in a blizzard, it afterward learned. When he fell and was unable to rise, of the dogs had chewed the har ness things that held him to the sledge had gone for help while | the other had rediaited on guard. It | would be interesting fo kn how | the dogs decided wi h was go aud which to stay and wis ue and Ow to FLAG CRY IS STALE Loyal, Rut Want Recipro- city. Staton, Farmers Kingston Editor) raised again, every case March 7.<{To The old ery of loyalty which has been done during my recollection farmers of Canada make an appeal for their rights, Having had the privilege of being a member of the monster delegation to Ottawa | would state that Parliamat Hill was graced by a more enthusiastic loyal-hearted erowd than it held Dec. 16th, 1910, when upwards of the is in when the never or on MAKES STOMACH FEEL FINE. Indigestion, Gas, Heartburn and Dyspepsia Leave in Five Minutes. There would not be a case of indi- gestion here if readers who are sub- joct Lo Stomach trouble knew the tremendous anti-ferment and digestive that contains the fishermon to. ender | perf i virtue contained in Diapepsin. This "harmless preparation will digest a heavy meal without the slightest fuss jor discomiort, and reljgve ihe sourest, "acid stomach in five minutes, besides | overcoming all foul, nauseous odors from the bresth. : Ask your pharmacist to show you the formula, plainly printad on 'S0-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin, then yout will readily understand why this promptly cures Indigestion and re moves such symptoms as Heartburn, a feeling like a lump of lead in the stomach, Belching of Gas and Eriets- tions of igested food, water brash, Naosea, Headache, Biliousness many other bad symptoms; and, be sides, you will not need jaxatives to keep your stomach, liver and intes- tines clean and fresh. Hf your Stomach is sour and full of gas, or your food doesn't digest, and your meals don't seem to fit, why not get a filtycent case from your drag- olat od make life worth living ? Ab- solute relief from Stomach misery and eet. digesiion of anything you eat 1 sure' te follow five minutes aftee, and, besides, one case is sufficient ta cure a hy whale family of such trouble. and it was practically } eight hundred tillers of the soil, made this pountry the envy of nations, and made the most demand that has ever been made o. any government in Canada, and as proof of their loyalty, 1 will quote part of the memorial presented af- fecting Great Britain, on page. 49 of the pamphlet "The Siege of Ot- tawa," (which can be obtained through the Weekly Sun), section 3, which reads as follows : *'We also favor the prin- ciple of the British preferential tariff and urge an immediate lowering of the duties on all Dritish goods to one-half the rates charged under the general tariff schwdule, whatever tnat may be, and that any trade advan- tages given the United States in re ciprocal trade relations Joe extended to Great Britain.' "4th, For such fnethior gradual re duction of the remaining preferential tariff as will enwyre the establishment of complete free trade between (a- nada and the motherland withih ten who the Just years." of iy Does that look as if the farmers of Canada had forgotten. Great Britain in their request ! And when they were asked if they wanted the British loaf taxed for the benefit of Canadian farmers the answer came quickly and loud, 'No, never." In short; the loyalty of the farmers is so firm that even Sir Fdmund Walker would find it rather difficult to in duce them to subseribe capital to a company « for manufacturing. musical instruments in the United States, of which he is president, providing they could be used for playing "Yankee Doodle" or any other American ditty Enough of this flag flapping. The man who is eontinually wrapping him self in the old flag reminds me of the old school examination day away back in the sixties, when everyone in the section attemded to view the display of fancy work made by the girl pupils and hear the smart boy recite, etc One old gemtlernan in the course of his remarks said : "If there is any thing that pleases me mere than the rest, it is the position you have given the old British emblem that has stood the battle and the breeze on land and sen," pomting to a large Union Jacks which hung across the end of the building, "Now I suppose any. little boy in the school room can tell me what that flag is there for.' Then up shot the hand of a small boy in the fromt seat. "Well, my little fellow," said the speaker, "ha have your explanation." "Pleasg, sir, that's there to cover a dirty place on the wall." To whom it wey concern take no tice. us Some of the manufacturers would not be hit very hard by the rec procity pact and, as proof for my contention, | shall refer you to a re port issued by the government of 1909, ®swional paper 39, and called report of "royal comihission to inquire mto industrial disputes in the cotton fac- tories in the province of Quebec." This report states that they were paying fifly per cent. on actual mvestment 1 think a slight seduction in ite tariff should not effect them very much. Ii farming was as rémunerative as the cotton business, and two farms could be bought for $5,000 each and be merged with a compavy with a cap ital of $100,000, and be able to pay five per oemt., which would mean fits per cent. on the actual ovvstment, there would be po lack of capital and brains in thy eountry. Both would flow to the country as they do now to the mamufacturing centre. Let every man whether grit or tory look over this comparison and nak himself the question, have 1 been given a fair hting chance under the pres ent ? Do pot allow yourselves to be stampede by lawyers, or dootors or Whe ory that twelve other countries would be allowed to flood us with their products, while we are compet ing with them in the open markets of he world. Give vour representative in the Dominion House to understand that vou do not only want him 1 for better markets but to do al a oans a % them Dr, Tiras at aid Ton that this ie a bie there aren severe WAS TAKEN SICK FROM CATCHING COLD PE-RU-NA RELIEVED. 188 ERNESTINE BOUVARD, Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Can, writes: "At the close of 1903 I took sick as the result of catching cold. I became very weak and could not do anything. "1 consulted a» doctor who had me take various kinds of medicine, but I did not find any relief from my suffer. ing. At the advice of a friend, I wrote to you and you advised me, "After I had taken two bottles of Pe runa there was noticeable improve ment. Icombined the use of-Peruna, Manalin and Lacupia and after taking several bottles of each I find mywel! en- Yirely cured, * «| can certify that it was through Your medicines that | recovered my. bealth. 1 advise every one who ia similarly afflicted to obtain Dr. Hare man's advice and be benefited." Mrs. Wilda Mooers, R. ¥. D. No. 1, Lents, Oregon, writes: "For the past four years I was a wretched woman, suffering with severe backaches and other pains, leaving me #0 weak and weary that i$ was only with difficulty that I was able to attend to my household duties. "] used different remedies, but found no relief until { bad tried Poe runa. "Within two weeks there was a change for the better, and in less than three mon & I was a well and happy woman. "All the praise is due to Peruna." - Peruna is not a local remedy, but an interna! systemic remedy. It will re lieve oatarrh in ita most obatinnte form, SELL 000000000050000004 : Sowards Keep Coal AND Coal Keeps Sowards. HAVE YOU TRIED HIM? "Phone 155. Sich Headache, Sallow Skin. Dose, Small Price. Signature AWIFE'S MESSAGE Cured Her r Husband of ~~ Drinking. Write Nor Today sod She Wil Sladly Toll You How She Did It. Por over 30 years ber husband was 8 bard drinker. iio had tied in Grary ak wo sob hat 80. At lass Soh SAREE SETA EERE a SE SOE SL who gould decide right off the bat, but he has not received enongh light oft the matter to decide which way to vote. Had ke been placed on 8 farm provide bis own way against many obstacles snd without any govern c apunicipal. pap, he would mach ament to convines him that 1 wo be a good thing a he farmers ~R. IL FAIR, more or less sncumbersd and Jeff to