__ PAGE TWELVE GILL NET. FISHERIES] LAKE ONTARIO YIFLDS A RICH HARVEST OF FOOD. "The Fishermen Have Forsaken All the Picturesque Outfit of Their Trade, and Do Their Work in Trim Little Motor Boats--Nets Have Small Meshes Which Catch the Fish by the Gills, GREAT deal of the fish which the central district of On- tario uses comes from old Lake Ontario, and although the fishermen do go out in dripping oilskins, they do not venture forth in sailing vessels, but a most up-to-date little motor launch, which is filled to the brim with fish nets, quietly slips away in the sunset flow every evening at the same hour: Out and out they'go until the fishermen reach the place they think most suit- able, and then the great nets slip gently down into the cool depths be- low to spread themselves like a fence along the bottom of the lake. until , only the floats are left above to be- tray the spot where they treacher- ously lie in wait to catch the unwary fish and hold them tightly in their spidery clasp no matter bow hard they may struggle to free themselves. But the weather is not always fair and sometimes the waves are moun- tainous high when the littie launch puts forth at evening with its cargo of nets, or in the early morning when we are all calmly sleeping in our beds, the fishermen drag up the drip- ping nets with their precious load of fish, which may come to our tables tirat night perhaps. for us to eat with never a thought to spare for the men who brave the dangers of the lake to furnish us with food. These nets alone are worthy of consideration for they are quite val- uable and must be very strong in- deed. They are called gill nets be- cause the fish swimming along the bottom of the lake cannot see the _ mets, which form a sort of fence be- fore them, and so they swim right into them and their heads go right through the meshes. Buti when they try to wriggle free again the strong net catches them behind the gills and there they must remain, helpless prisoners to the appetite of men. These particular fishermen, whose headquarters are on the sandbar at Hanlan's Point in the summer time, have about 3,000 yards of net in all, which is comprised of eight nets. Each net* weighs about 20 pounds, and before the war used to cost $4 a pound, but the flax from which these extra strong nets are made has al- ways come from Russia or poor rav- aged Belgium, so now these coun- tries have been compelled to raise the price of flax, with the result that now a good fish net costs not $4 a pound but 46. The fisherman when he needs a new net must pay not $80 for it, as he formerly did, but $120. The average life of even the best of nets is only two years, and to last even that long they must have lots of mending. Every morning the fisher- men may be seen on the Island pa- tiently winding their nets like huge spider webs 'in"the sun on great wheels, which revolve slowly to their touch, and permit every portion of the net to come under the warm dry- ing rays of the sun. This prevents their rotting, and then they are dry and ready to Ye used again at seven o'clock that evening. It also gives the fisherman an opportunity to do any small mending which is neces- sary, but the most of the mending is reserved for the: winter time, when your fishermen is really a man of lei- sure and has ample time at his dis- posal to get his nets in readiness for the next season's work. It is not a very long season, and lasts really only from April until Au- gust for whitefish and trout, but in the fall the herring season com- mences and lasts until quite late, for it seems that with fish as with every- -thing else, each species has its own cular season, The average catch is usually about 150 pounds daily and is brough: fresh and glistening from the waters right into the city to a wholesaler, who gets it out to his customers in a surprisingly short time, while it is still beautifully hard and firm, and as different to the fish which has to travel long distances (even though carefully packed in ice) a8 it can possibly be. There is no- thing to equal the flavor of our whitefish if it comes to yaur table erispy, fresh from the cool green depths of the lake. "Why," said one sun-tanned fisherman to me, "there's nothin' on earth to beat 'em! You get a boatload of nice, fresh white- fish and you'd just think from the smell of "em that you bad a whole boatload of fine, fresh Ooucumbers! That's just the way they smell when they're fresh, Miss! They're just fine!" Bvery evening at seven the nets are laid and left until four o'clock the mext morning, and in the misty semi-gloom of early daybreak when all the world is still, the heavy nets come up with their glistening load, God's gift of food to the slumbering earth. is the daily routine, ex- cept on Sundays, for our fishermen do not work om the Sabbath day but leave the pets from Saturday evening until Monday morning, with the re- sult that Monday morning's catch is always unusually heavy. ¢ . Private James Arthur Clark, son of Dr. Michael Clark, M.P. for Red Deer, Alta., who has been through 'every fight with the Prin Pats since the famous regiment t toy , has been given a commission on the personal recommendation of Major-General Sir Sam Hughes, Min- ister of Militia. During the Minis] ter's visit to France he sent for young . Clark, and complimented him on bis gallantry. Clark is now atitached to the 12th Reserve Battalion at Shora- _ cliffe as Lieutenant. \ The man with his eve on the bar door may always be classed as Mntk-treat legislation. you have thoroughly learn- od to dance to the devil's music you may ind yourself a cripple. WESTERN LECTURE IR ALN Farming Propaganda Has Proven a Great Success. Better The better farming trains operated over the lines of the railways in the Prairie Provinces, appear to be meet ing with a considerable measure of success and provincial agricultural authorities are convinced that 'the work so carried on will result in the spread of better agricultural prac- tices throughout td. coundiry. When such a lecture train com- pleted its itinerary, over the lines! of th® Canadian Northern in Saskat- chewan recently, a compilation of statistics showed that, in all, 10,464 persons had boarded the cars at the various stopping places, thirty-four in number, and that of this total ap- proximately forty-five hundred were men, thirty-five hundred women, and the remainder children. The weather was unfavorable most of the time. At] some of the points when lectures were given, rain fell continually and a great many people were unable to! attend on account of the conditions of the roads. The Saskatchewan Gov- ernment representatives expressed themselves as greatly pleased with the attention given the train under the circumstances. The "Crop Production Car" con- tained samples, mounted, of flax, oats, alfalfa, western rye grass, wheat, millet, peas, barley, brouse grass and clover. There were also illustrations of alfalfa in rows; of alfalfa seed cutting; alfalfa for seed; classes of barley; sample of corn; classes of wheat. There also were descriptive charts illustrative of ex- periments of cropping fallowed land | during a dry yéar as early as against | late fall cultivation; effect of harrow- ing on yield of wheat yields on stub-| ble land; alfalfa for forage and seed; influence of tillage on 1914 wheat yields; rates of seeding concerning dry seasons; effect of packing for se- cond crop of wheat; effect of harrow- ing on fall-cultivated land, and charts | showing relative increase in produc- tion under different soil cultivation. The Model Farm car, contained section of barn showing method of bracing; sheep barn; cow stall; pig pen; split los 'drag; fence; home- made cattle stanchion; photos of all kinds of stock and mountings of soil products. This car also contained the poultry section, showing model of portable poultry house; photographs of the different kinds of fowls; Sas- katchewan trap nest; fattening crate; feed hopper for use on range; oats sprouter; hen coop; Cornell trap nest; result of experiments showing the effect of water glass and lime water on eg% preservation; complete surgical outfit for operating on fowls and sample of proper food for fowls. In addition, the literature was in this car, and printed matter pertaining to agriculture was freely distributed. The 'Nufsery Car was equipped with sand boxés, toys, and made up beds. This car was also a valuable addition to the train; mothers were | light seemed far away. able to leave their children in the car and attend usual annoyance. The lectures lectures without the AiO EANNY.™ em -- Y fe Did Not Go Until His Stamp Was ow the "Princess Pats." "Writing of the glorious "Princess Pats"--The Princess Patricia's Can- diap Light (nfantry--and of the late Col. Francis Farqubar, a correspon- lent says: When the colonel looked at you," said his men, "you looked around to see what it was behind you that he was looking at." we He knew his Canadians and he knew his British army. He bad sol- dier brains and soldier spirit and the gift of making, men like him. When the "Princess Pats" reached Flanders they found a brougham in the stables of a chateau and drove Col. "Fanny" about behind a four-horse team in something of the style which befitted the commander of Princess Patricia's Canadi#h Li bt Infantry. "If a German flare lighted at his feet," said one of his officers, "illum- ining his figure to the German sharp- shooters, he did not seem to know that it was there. He went right on talking. Did he duck his head below the parapet of the trench as he walk- ed along = Not he." It never occurred to him. He was too interested in his work." German sharpshooters being parti- cularly on the lookout for this kind of a target, it was surprising that Farquhar lasted until March. . But Farqubar did not 80 till "he had put his stamp on the 'Princess Pats"--not till March, and after St. Eloi. His men will talk about him for hours. From him they learned the A B C's of winter trench warfare in that salient of St. Eloi, the kind of trench where if you laid down Your rifle and went to pick it up again it had very likely disappeared in the mud, where at best a rifie would get foul with dirt in two or three days. They were stuck out in an angle, where they got an enmfilading fire-- | yes, very much stuck with the i heavy and light seeding in wet and |' , y ¥ water up to their knees in places and | in other places up to their thighs. Steam-heated hotel rooms in Mont- real and cozy. corners in slippers with your evening paper under the lamp- That salient must be held against the Germans, whose trench2s were anywhere from 20 to 60 yards distant. Frost-bite was a worse enemy even than the German bullets. A Canadian knows how to battle with frost-bite, too. EXPORTS JUMPED. Canadian Goods Are Making Remark- able Gains in Britain. Some remarkable jncreases in im- portations of some Canadian pro- ducts into Great Britain are shown by figures for the month of August supplied ta the Trade and Commerce Department by Commissioner Dyer, of Leeds, England. The shipments of "sawn or split" timber from Canada to the United Kingdom reached 201,- 744 loads, contrasted with only 93,- 847 loads in August of 1914. Lea- ther came in from Canada to the ex- tent of 8,173 cwt., whereas only 3,087 cwt. were recorded last August. The shipments of heg products | from Canada still continue their up- usually. required | three hours in each town, and longer | in some cases, owing to the late ar-| rival of some of the visitors. The usual procedure was to keep the car closed for a few minutes after ar- rival, and until the people had gath-| ered, when the cars would be opened | and the audience distributed. Mr. | Reed was generally the first speaker and lectured on the crop production and other points of field husbandry, | followed by Prof. Hracken, who dealt with soil cultivation. Mr. Mooney | lectured on the eradication of obnox-| ious weeds. Ihe Hon. Mp~--Mother- well dealt with general farming con- | ditions. raising and dairying and at several points gave demonstrations of milk | testing. Mr. A. Fawcett looked after Mr. Stewart spoke on stock- | the Model Farm car," and answered | questions regarding building matters. | Mr. Phillips lectured on poultry rais- ing and egg preservation, and at the principal points gave demonstrations of the killing, plucking, and prepar-| ing of chickens for market. Mrs, Archibald lectured 'on Household Science and gave demonstrations in cooking. Great Expectations. At the recent annual meeting of the Canadian Press Association there ward tendency. During August 71,- 434 cwt. of Canadian bacon and 13,066 cwt. of Canadian baths were imported. In this connection the fol- lowing comparison of the imports for the first eight months of the preseat year and those for the same period of last year should-be of interest. Im- ports of Canadian bacon, January to August, 1915, 623,673 cwt., as com- pared 'with 200,676 cwt. in the same period in 1914; imports of Canadian hams 99,536 cwt. in 1915, compared with 44,004 cwt. in 1914. The imports of canned salmon, both from Canada and the United States, were on a particularly heavy scale. No less than 41,175 cwt. ar- rived from Canada during August, as compared with only 559 cwt. in the same month of 1914. Considerable supplies of Canadian eggs are also being imported, and it is stated the quantity could easily be increased. Specimens of 'Canadian timber are now being tested by the British Post Office Department with the intention of ascertaining whether they are suitable for telegraph Polen' | for use in Great Britain, was quite a discyssion as to the quali- | fications which a reporter should ssess. Several wise journalistic magnates expounded their ideas and pictured a! newspaper man which would be a! genius, an angel, and a slave, all in| colonel who was the guest of the Broke Game Law. That Colonel Roosevelt, in order to save his own life, was obliged to shoot his second moose was sworn to by himself and his two guides before Notary Public Panet, of St. Raymond, | and deposited with the Fish and. | Game 'Branch in the Quebec Parlia- ment Buildings. According to the statements, the | Tourilli Club, bad already killed the One editor man laid it down as his| one moose allowed him by law and view that (he reporter should have a: was returning with his two guides, grounding in all the main branches Bebe Lorette and Joe Lefebvre, in a of education, a good &nowledge of all canoe when they sighted another i a a com ve idea of the political science, political economy, pected that as international law and relations, and their wind it w i at some distance. It was ex- n as the latter got uld make away, but should be able to speak at least two it showed no signs of fear and at- languages. Thereupon one of the hard- work- | ing newspaper men at the table pass- | tempted to charge when the canoe came near, the colonel and his guides being forced to put to deep watery ed a note over to one of the debaters. | Colonel Roosevelt was later compell- On the notg/was written: "How much do you want for $6 a week?" --Cana- dian Courier. Where Will Wheat Go? With the western wheat crop prac- tically assured, withila total yield of somewhere between 230 and 250 mil- lion bushels, the great problem that is confronting Canada at the moment is how a market is to be, found for the surplus of approximately 175,000,000 bushels that will be available for ex- port. The United States year bas a record amount available for export, and in addition Canada is in a posi- jon to ship a larger amount thas ever before. What it has been difi- cult to find out, according to the leading grain exporters, is whether 'England and Européan countries are 'urgently in need of wheat and whe- ther they are likely to be in the mar ket for nr purchases during the next, foagle ths. ie & an map Iwi in his own conceit and #till be only a few de grees removed from a fool, .Yes and no are two .words that, at times, ought not to be spoked without earnest ed to kill the animal. To Open Churches for Soldiers, Members of the Toronto Presby- tery have decided to inaugurate an undenominational movement to look after the welfare, both spiritual and otherwise, of the soldiers who return to Toronto from the front. They also decided to have the pastors of all Presbyterian churches make pwouls from the pulpits for the British Red Cross Society, and try to make the | es in the vicinity of the two that it is at present known this city to throw open' day SIARigHL, 38 SW soldiers. Itis balls Stted to serve tea lunches for the soldiers. * A CORDIAL INVITATION IS EXTENDED TO THE WOMEN OF KINGSTON AND VICINITY TO ATTEND The British Whig's Better Foods-Better Homes School "WHICH IS TO BE HELD EVERY AFTERNOON FROM NOV. 1ST" TO 5TH, INCLUSIVE, AND ON WEDNESDAY EVENING,- NOV. 3RD, AT The City Hall This school, which opens next Monday, will be under the personal direction of Mrs. Brown/Lewers, who is regarded as one of the most accomplished and gifted cookery experts in the United States. This school will be absolutely free to the women of Kingston and vicinity. x [ns There will if Absolute- ly No Charge of any kind, nature or descrip tion to this Home Economics School, and the British Whig takes great pleasure in offering this course to its readers and their friends. Every 'woman in the city and county is in- vited to be the guest of the British Whig next week, A Session for Husbands and Wives On Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock a special lecture and demonstration will be given at which the men as well as the women will be accorded a hearty welcome. This special lecture has been arranged for those who find it impossible to attend the afternoon sessions. ROYAL SALAD DRESSING ROYAL MINT SAUCE ROYAL CHILI SAUCE ROYAL TA i y SELECTED Pp! CLUB HOUSE OLIVE OIL D. COUPER. Phone 76. 341-3 Princess St. Prompt Delivery. Motor Oil, Cup Grease .an¢ Fiber Grease for sale at H. MILNE Phone 542. 272 Bagot Bt. All oils delivered on short- est notice. The kind you are looking for is the kind we sell, Scranton Coal Is good Coal and we guaranteo Cooking for the Children Children crave cakes and cookies--and they ought to have them--in moderation. The use of Crisco in making such cakes and cookies helps to keep the children in good health. - RISCO- Sh SIRE ie Ry BOOTH & CO. 2 / Foot of West St. Crisco digests so easily that it puts no strain yo fe whatever upon the organs. KINGSTON CEMENT . » It melts at a temperature below that of the body, "and therefore is readily assimilated. : Lintics. "Brick Flower. Vagos, Tile, Cappier Blocks, ete. We also manu- It is made of the cream of the highest grade re sion Tor a ANE Conon vegetable oil, ad is 2 pute ds mman ingenuity , can make ame Work. For the children's sake, and for your own, you Office and Factory Cor. of CHARLES AND PATRICK. . Phone 780. MGR. H. ¥. NORMAN, + ought 1 give Crisen @ tial, Made in new, sanitary, sunlit factories at Hamilton, Caneda