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. » V YRON Q 9 v 1 m -GLOlfCEgTZR ilSmnifATf wf % X " V- \; •.«£ v«. - iss i BOATS ATao LOW £3B H orr To rug r/mnvG grouiw kAVE you acclimated yet?" in­ quired a genial tourist of another tourist of the same genus, as they awaited a train in the. depot at Gloucester, Mass. " Acclimated?" asked the G. T. of the second part. "To fchat?" "To this codfish smell, of course," answered G. T. No. 1. . Even the air is fishy in Glouces­ ter, but nobody complains, for it is the coast city's way of earning a livelihood.^at is not the smell of fish in the process of decay or of salt fish, but it is the exhilarating ozone of the Atlantic, for the fish that you smell in Gloucester are freshly caoght. Gloucester has really never known any­ thing else, for since its beginning approaching three centuries ago, it has always had fishing for it* chief industry, and to-day it is the greatest fts&ing center of the United States, and, according to the belief of many, of the world. Nothing more picturesque can be imagined than this quaint New England town, where from the ocean the 30,000 inhabitants get the greater part of their sustenance. Gloucester is 31 miles from Boston, and it in­ cludes the villages of Annisquam, Bay View East Gloucester, Freshwater Grove, Lanesville, Magno­ lia, Riverdale and West Gloucester. The magnificent harbor, large and affording safe water room for the largest ships of the world, has had the effect of encouraging traffic in other things besides fish. Salt, coal and lumber are largely im­ ported. There are interests in granite quarrying, drop forging, brass founding, the manufacture of nsh glue, anchors, machinery, oil cloth, nets, twine, •ails, cigars and shoes. Moreover, Gloucester also has shipbuilding plants worthy the name. But after all it is the fishing that interests the thousands of visitors, not only those who actually spend the summer in the vicinity, but the thousands who visit Gloucester while passing through Massa­ chusetts in the course of the popular summer tour of the New England states. ft was not until the beginning of the eighteenth century that Gloucester became especially promi- nent for iu fisheries and its shipbuilding industries but by the time of the outbreak of the revolution the town had earned vital place in the life oi the colonies, and many of the ships that went out to do battle with the fighting craft of England were built and fitted out in Gloucester, a large part of the money that made them coming from patriotic contributions on the part of the own­ ers of the big fish in­ dustry. The town had to bear the brunt of an at­ tack by the British dur­ ing the revolution, but the ships of the enemy were repulsed by the hardy seamen. During the war of 1813 a number of prlva- teersmen that wrought deadly execution on the commerce of the enemy were sent out from Gloucester, and many of the grizzled old salts, who attain a most venerable age in this healthy climate, can tell from tales told them by parents or grandparents of rich prizes taken by the Gloucester fishermen turned fighters. The great storms that sweep the New England coast have ever found a favorite vortex in the vicinity of Gloucester, and many shipwrecks have taken lives near by. The large sunken rock called "Norman's Woe," which is well known to every visitor, was made famous by Longfellow with his poem, "The Wreck of the Hesperus." Gloucester has been an incorporated city since 1873, but in many respects it is hard to think of it as anything but a fishing resort, a little village by the ocean side. Por one thing the flavor of olden times clings to it. Among the some 6,000 men who do noth­ ing but fish there are many who have passed the 70-year-old mark, and some who have numbered as many as 80 years, yet they are still able to bear their share of the work in going after the cod and mackerel. This fishing is both arduous and dangerous. It is done from sloops and schooners, which go out to the fishing grounds dally. On each schooner is a nest, so to speak, of dories, a series of small boats, differing in size so that one can be comfortably stowed in another, and therefore not take up much room. When the fishing-ground has been found the sailors spread around in the dories to get their catch. Often in the fog some of the small boats get In the path of the swift-moving ocean liners, for the favorite fishing banks are directly on a line with a much-traveled route. Often not many details are obtainable of the tragedy which ensues. Only a few lines in the newspapers tell of a small boat or a number of small boats with their crews lost at sea. A hundred thrilling tales of narrow escapes can be picked up in the course of a day spent with these hardy men of the sea, but the experiences never seem to daunt them. They are ever ready for the day's trip and its hopes for reward of a boatload of the shining, squirm­ ing, panting fish. All the labor of handling the fish has been sys­ tematized, as it had to be in a business where the bulk is so great. There is no wasted effort carrying the fish into town, nor is the dirty work permitted to mar the beauty of the city proper. Everything is done right at the wharves, where there is ever at hand a limitless supply of water to do the vitally important final labor of cleansing. When a two-masted schooner, laden to the gun­ wales with its cargo of fish, domes ' into the wharves the fish are carried to great tubs. Over these stand a company of experts, men who have cleaned hundreds ,of thousands of fish, and who can make the quick cuts, and do the scraping with incredible speed. Running to each tub is a hose, and after the waste has been removed, an instant under the high pressure of water from the hose cleans out the fish completely and makes it Bweet and ready for the next step in the opera­ tion. Codfish is dried and salted before being sent to the market, and the work is also done on the wharves. Here are ranged hundreds of tables, exposed to the bright sunlight. The cleansed fish are piled up in such a manner that the warm rays get a most admirable chance at them. This summer has been so hot that the fishermen have had great difficulty in drying out the cod. Instead of taking the water out in the gradual normal manner, the sun has been so fierce that it baked the fish, and in this manner many of them were cooked so hard on the out­ side as to be virtually worthless for the market But this is a rare occurrence, for under ordi­ nary conditions the climate of New England is ideal, and the sun does the work of drying in a manner far i&ore satisfactory than could any agency of man's production. From the open-air drying tables the fish are shifted to the boxing and packing establishments, which are also located along the water front, and then they are made ready to btf shipped to all parts of the world. Gloucester regards its fishing industry with the same traditional pride that a native of Brussels might regard the lace industry. From generation to generation the families of noted fishermen stick to the business, and noth­ ing is a more familiar boast to some grizzled old follower of the sea than to be able to say that his son and grandson are both fishermen, and that there is a strong probability that a great- grandson just beginning to master the fine points of the business will be better than any of them. The cod, of course, is the most admired of all the fish that fall to the lot of these deep-sea Izaak Waltons, though the mackerel is also regarded with great respect. The deep-sea fishermen look down upon the clam diggers, but the latter can afford to ignore this contempt, for there is plenty of money to be made in the sale of the bivalves. They are to be found in plenty on the sandy shores of the neighborhood, and at all hours of the day, but especially .at low tide, the clam hunters, turning up the beach with their rakes, can be seen at work. Clam shucking is an expert feature of the work, and many of the old hands make phenome­ nal records in dissociating the luscious clam from its protecting shell. BOY began his composition /\ on "The Horse" thus: "The horse is the most useful an­ imal in the world; so is the cow." The boy is the most interesting subject to write about; so is the girl. As a mem­ ber of the genus man he has his defects; as a specimen of the species boy, he has the merits of his defects. He may be white or black or red or yellow or brown, but he is seldom green and not often blue He travels light. Life's task has no terror to him. He does not know where he is going to fetch up, and does not always care where he" fetches up, and sometimes does not care whether he fetches up at all. His task is to take the fairest vision that can be made to unroll itself before the imagination, transfer it to the interiot of his soul and reduce it to character. At ten, he is outlining a program for middle life and at 16 deciding what he is to be at 60. All the world looks on and some peo- THE MERITS OF HIS DEFECTS BY J. S. KIRTLEY, DJ). Author of "The Young Man and Himself," etc. pie hold their breath, notably parents, aunts and teachers. 'Fate and fortune fight for his attention, while he--goes swimming or skating. There may be possibilities in him as vast as life and %s delicately uncertain as the zephyrs, but he keeps on swimming and skat­ ing and playing and hunting and fish- lng. He may be making decisions that send vibrations to the farthest shore line of his oceanic future, but he ever hears the imperative call of the field and the forest and the stream. His motto seems to be: "Gather ye the rosebuds while ye may Old time is still a flying; And this same flower that blooma to-day, To-morrow may belying." The meaning of this apparent blend­ ing of stupidity and conceit and sev­ eral other things is that he has an in­ side sensitiveness to things that are really preparing him for his future and that he is actually making some of his momentous decisions, as a sort of side issue--"while you wait" and hold your breath. He can do two or three things at once--can play, eat and make a noiBe; at the same time, decide affairs of destiny. His defects do not set up an agitation In his gray matter. He knows them .not. The burdenB of the future are not swaying down his back. Edwin Mark- ham rose on the nation with that dark poem on "The Man with the Hoe," in which he represents the laboring man as reduced to the level of the ox, and some one has written a travesty on that poem entitled, "The Boy with the Spade." No weight of age bears him down. That barefoot boy with Angers brown; There's nothing empty In his face, No burden of the human race Is on his back; nor is he dead. To joy or sorrow, hope or dread; For he can grieve and he can hope. Can shrink with all his soul from--soap, No brother to the ox is he- He's second cousin to the bee. He loosens and lets down his Jaw And brings it up, his gum to "chaw." There's naught but sweat upon his brow, 'Tis slanted somewhat forward now; His eyes are bright with eager light; He's- working with an appetite. Ah, no! That boy is not afraid To wield with all his might the spade! Nor has he any spite at fate-- He's digging angleworms for bait. No precautions disturb his plans any more than his toilet. His very imprls* onment in his own Impromptu pro­ gram is a providential form of protec­ tion. The future has no chance to ne­ gotiate to him large loans of trouble --not yet. TJncrushed by the tragedy, untroubled by the riddle and unterri- fled by the greatness of life, he ap­ proaches It blandy and blindly, more ready because of those facts. (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) ! JLBJ Qoooooooonoft W-MJJUUULM 9 9 90 09 9 <Lg Capital News Breexy Gossip, Notes and Doings of Interest at Springfield. ; oTro'a a a 6"<nrfl a »a * a I a & a a a a a a v, r Springfield.--The most peculiar suit for damages in the annals of the Chris­ tian county court ended when a jury returned a verdict awarding Mrs. Ada Cushing of Stonfngton $3,000 in her ; lilt against three Stonington saloon keepers, who, she alleged, sold her usband liquor until intoxicated and caused him to be run down by a train and injured. The suit was brought I under the Illinois dramshop act and was the first of its character ever de­ cided at Taylorville. In her bill of particulars Mrs. Cushing asked for damages in recompense for the loss of the support of her husband, who has been incapacitated for work since the oiccurrence of the accident thir­ teen months ago. In the accident Cushing suffered the loss of one o£ his legs. The defendants in the suit, Edward Diller, Edward Dolliver and A. Poll, were sued for $5,000. The three are indemnified against loss by the Rei$ch Indemnity Company of Springfield. County Board of Education Urged. A tentative plan for a county board of-education was exploited in a bulle­ tin issued by the Illinois educational commission. This commission, cre­ ated by the last general assembly to investigate the school laws of the state and suggest methods for their improvement, already has formed • a plan for a state board of education and it is proposed that the county board of education shall bear about the same relation to the county superintendent of schools that the state board of ed ucation does to the state superintend ent of public instruction. In the same bulletin the commission recom­ mends the erection of a definite stand­ ard of qualifications for the office of county superintendent and a moderate increase in the compensation of these officers.. Cook County Property $2,000,000,000. Cook county's taxable property, ir*» eluding real, personal and railroad holdings, is valued at $2,424,072,380-- a decline of $36,231,770 in the last 12 months. This is gleaned from the final report compiled by the board of review, which finished its work for the year. The reviewers' figures--one- fifth of the actual value--are $484,- 814,476, showing a total reduction from last year of $9,246,374: Reviewers' West, Upham and Meacham divided the slice as follows^ Real estate ....... ,*t,93S,7S3 Personal property 6,665,077 Railroad property 642,514 The heavy reduction was explained^ by Chief Clerk Frank Vogler to be due to the recent financial situation. The real estate valuations were chopped dgwn appreciably by the horizontal reduction of 15 per cent, allowed prop­ erty owners in Lake View and in Bridgeport. STATE NEWS NOTES. ACCOUNTS OF HAPPENINGS ILLINOIS (FOR A WEEK, The One Quality. Jack--I hear you are engaged to tbat homely Miss Gotrox. Tom--Yes; she has half a million In her own right. Jack--But money doesn't always lead to happiness, old man. Tom--True; but it ought to help you is the search.--Half Holiday. oeuvres o Mirth. Mr. Jigger--I went to see a perform­ ance of "Romeo and Juliet" last night, and I don't believe I have a tear left In my system to-day. Thingumbob -- Indeed? Does a tragedy usually make you cry? _Mr. Jigger--No; but this one did. My sides are sore, too.--Huff Holiday. nvori An Artist "Who is that man admiring tliat painting?" "An artist." "Is that his picture?" "Well, he had something to dowfth it He cut the hair of the fellow ^rhose picture was painted --Yonkers Railroads Plan to Boost Fair. Excursions from Missouri , into Springfield on account of the Illinois state fair Is an innovation in passen ger traffic circles which will be intro­ duced by the Alton railroad this year. A schedule has not been completed, but It is certain special trains will be run from as far west as Odessa, Mo., 26 miles east of Kansas City. The Wabash wflf bring excursionists from Keokuk, la.; Lafayette, Ind., and Han­ nibal, Mo. Every steam and electric line running into this city will cater to the state fair business this year, a radical departure from the policy maintained last year when, following the introduction of the two-cent-fare law all excursions were tabooed. Volunteers to Hold Reunion. The thirty-seventh annual reunion of the One Hundred and Fourteenth regiment, Illinois infantry volunteers, held at the state fair grounds on Old Soldiers' day at the fair--calls to mind many interesting facts concerning the organization. The regiment was or­ ganized at Camp Butler during the months of July and August, 1862, and on the eighteenth day of the follow­ ing September was mustered into Bervice. The men in the regiment came from all the various occupations, in­ cluding the farm, the shop and stores and the profession. Companies A and D were from Cass county, Companies P and K from Menard county, B, C, E, G, H and I from Sangamon county. Blair Makes a Speech. Superintendent of Public Instruc­ tion Francis G. Blair and I. W. How- erth went to Valparaiso, Ind., where the former delivered an address be­ fore the Associated Men's clubs of that city. Mr. Howerth is president of the organization. The Associated Men's clubs of Valparaiso is organized for the study and discussion of social questions and is one of the unique bodies of its kind in the country. Starting some four years ago with only a small membership of friends, the club idea grew until other clubs of the same nature were formed, which were federated, and meet at in­ tervals as a whole. Fears Rabies, Ends His Life. Fred Peterson, 40 years old, ended his life because he feared he would be a victim of hydrophobia, having been bitten by a rabid squirrel. Peterson Bwallowed acid while six other vic­ tims of the mad animal were prepar­ ing to go to Chicago to undergo treat­ ment at the Pasteur Institute. Peter­ son's body was found by Jacob Bunne, president of the Illinois Watch Com­ pany, by whom the decedent was em­ ployed as coachman. Peterson was bitten after he had captured the squir­ rel, and later succeeded in killing the animal. He is a former resident of Chicago. Packer* to Hall U. 8. Control. Government regulation of the meat industries will be hailed as dear to the packer's heart at the coming annual meeting of the American Meat Pack­ ers' association, which is to be held at Chicago October 12, 13 and 14. Prac­ tically every large packing concern in the country is represented in the mem­ bership of the association. About 500 delegates will attend the convention. Fullest co-operation between packers and government in order to hold up the grade of meat will be urged, and the federal inspection act will be called a boon to packer as well as pub­ lic in papers that are to be read. WOMAN IS KILLED BY AUT# Joliet Official's Machine Crushes Mrs, John Lye--Husband of Victim Collapses When Informed of Death of Wife. Jollet.--Mrs. John Lye, 305 Allen street, was struck and instantly killed by a touring car owned by Martin B. bchuster, a member of the real estate ,r.m of Schuster Bros., who is also city treasurer. Hundreds of people witnessed the accident, which oc­ curred in one of the busiest localities in the city. The blame for the acci­ dent is not fixed, the opinion of wit­ nesses widely diverging. Mrs. Ly® became confused between the machine and a street car and the automobile skidded over the pavement, which was wet, and knocked her down. The wheels passed over her form and crushed her. In a statement Mr. Schuster says he was not running over six or eight miles an hour, and that he was unable to avoid the wom­ an, who walked directly in front of his machine when he was too close to stop. Mr. Lye collapsed when he heard of the accident. Meet for First Time Since War. Bloomington.--George A. Tay of this city and Mrs. Kate DeCamp of Orange, N. Y., brother and sister, met recent­ ly for the first time since the civil war. They became separated at the close of the war, in which Mr. Tay served, and could find no trace of one another until last week. To Meet In Springfield. 7^ The Springfield presbytiSy" of the Presbyterian church will meet in this city next year. The'organization de­ cided upon this at the closing session at Argenta, and will hold its next ses­ sion at the Second Presbyterian church in this city. Rev. A. P. Hig- ley, pastor of the church at which the next meeting is to be held, talked to the delegates. Two candidates for the ministry were received. They are: Arthur Conel of Decatur and Earl Smith of Mt. Zlon. Rev. E. P. Rankin of Morrisonvllle was chosen moderator. 8uffraglsts to Meet. The annual convention of the Illi­ nois Equal Suffrage association will be held' in Springfield in the woman's building at the state fair grounds. Headquarters during the entire week will be In the south gallery of the main building in the booth west of the textile fabric display, where open house will be kept for the reception of friends of the cause and the enlist­ ment of new recruits. The local Equal Suffrage club met on the sixth floor of the Odd Fellows' building and made preliminary arrangements. Imported Wife; Is 8ued. Pana.--Frank Raback, who last June made a trip to Germany and brought back with him a bride, was made de­ fendant in a suit for divorce. The wife charges cruelty. Raback stated thift his greatest cause for sorrow is the loss of the $400 spent In bringing her to this country. Finds 342 Pearl Shell. Elgin.--While pearl fishing in the Fox river here, Dr. Fred Scidmore, & veterinary surgeon, found a clamshell containing 342 pearls. All were pure white in color and averaged three- eighths of a carat in weight. He will take them to Chicago to ascertain their value. She Would Break Will. Virginia.--A suit has been begun in the circuit court to set aside the will of the late Rachel Graves, who died in this city last .February, leaving an es­ tate of $12,000 to her husband, James Graves, and thrae children, Edward and Addie Graves, and Miss Clara Huffman. Veterans Meet at Wenona. The twenty-fifth annual reunion of the Big Bend Veterans' association was held at City park in Wenona. The membership of the organization takes in seven of the counties in cen­ tral Illinois and these annual meets are always largely attended. Dan R. Sheen of Peoria, Prohibition candi­ date for the governorship, spoke at length. Gov. Deneen spoke and Adlai E. Stevenson, Democratic candidate for governor, also addressed the as­ sembly. Found Dead in Field. Harrisburg.--William Hewitt was found dead In a field north of the elec­ tric light plant here by some train­ men. No marks were found on his person and the verdict of the cor­ oner's jury was that he died of heart disease, caused by an over indulgence in liquor. Workhouse Plan Meets Approval. A workhouse for Springfield's .unde­ sirables is the latest plan for ridding the city of persons who refuse to seek employment and live on money that is secured from immoral resorts. A resolution to this end was adopted by the board of supervisors, and it is probable that a committee will be named to estimate the cost of such an institution. The resolution was of­ fered by the Law and Order league that was recently organized. 8tate Will Care for Sufferers. That the state board of health will care for all poor persons bitten by rabid animals, at the Pasteur insti­ tute, Chicago, and this, too, without any cost, except the transportation to and from Chicago, will certainly be welcome news to at least some of the persons who were bitten during the last few days. The forty-fourth gener­ al assembly made an appropriation of $2,000 for the treatment of poor per­ sons bitten by rabid animals. This appropriation became exhausted late In 1907. Chorus of the Camper*. Camp, cataa, camp, the boys are camp* In*! Camping *here the poison tcaltors climb; And tney'll all come back to town. Insect peppered, blistered brown- But there's naught like camping In tlx good old summer time. f~Chlca«e Dally frswa. Offer Cash to Prize Winners. Twenty-five thousand dollars a bushel seems a high price to pay for corn, but that,is the rate at which the grand sweepstakes prise at the H1I- nois state corn show will be given. Section 213 in the preliminary classi­ fication list, offers $500 in cash for the best ten ears of yellow or white dent corn exhibited at the show, and to this has been added $2,000 in mer­ chandise prizes. This makes $2,500 which will go to the winner of this section for ten ears of corn, and th# rate for a bushel is $26,000. ^' Registration Day Advertised. Scare heads in newspapers have been decided on by the election com­ missioners as the most effective method of calling attention of the _*>ters to registration day and this plan will be carried out. October 3 and 4 are registration days. With three execeptions the places used in the recent primary election will be used registration day. Attend Bloomington Rally. Bloomington.--The list of speakers for* the Republican rally to be held here October 1 includes James S. Sherman, candidate for vice-president; Senator Hopkins, Nicholas Longworth and John J. Esch, congressman from Wisconsin. Fight for Virden Postmastership. Virden.--A warm fight was waged here for the next pastmastership ap­ pointment. Henry Noll, the present Incumbent, Charles O. Butler, Elmer Lukens and John Underwood, publish­ er of the Virden Reporter, were the contestants. Ammonia Kills a Woman. Freeport.--Mrs. Otto Herblg was suffocated to death when one of the ammonia pipes in the engine room of the Baier & Ohlendorf brewery sprung a big leak. Mrs. Herbig was found on the floor of the engine room directly under the pipes. Governor Honors Requisition. A requisition from the governor of Alabama for the return to Bessemer, Ala., of Henry Perry and John How­ ard who are charged with murdering Perry's wife, Celia Perry, was honored by Gov. Deneen, who issued his war­ rant for the return of the men to Ala­ bama. They are under arrest In Litch­ field. Springfield ftiots Are Costly. Under the law the last day for filing claims against the city for riot dam­ ages has passed. ^ The total claims reached $121,856. Six suits have been filed against the county in the circuit court by the heirs of six of the riot victipis, these totaling $35,000. Claims have been filed against the state for $83,109, which has been paid for trans­ portation, feeding and remuneration of troops, bringing the total to $23JMH>5. It is estimated there will be additional claims against the state in connection with t&e troops of $26,000. Sleeps on Track; Killed. Mount Vernon. --Frank Hughey, IS years old, son of John Hughey of Bellerive, while sleeping on the track, was run over* and killed by an east- bound Louisville & Nashville train near Bellerive. Treasurers Hold Meeting. Committees of the County Treasur­ ers' association of Illinois met in the supervisors' room at the courthouse and considered plans for the annual meeting to be held In this city Febru­ ary 15, 1909. A number of addresses will be delivered at that time on rev­ enue laws of the state. The session was a special meeting, and the com­ mittees will outline a program for the annual meeting. It Is thought thers will be several addresses on revenue lawte by members <• of the and by experts on the subject. Lid on Soft Drink Parlors. Mattoon.--Judge James W. Craig of the Mattoon city court issued an In­ junction restraining four "soft drink" proprietors from selling Intoxicating liquors over their bars. Ten Kangley Buildings Burn. Kangley.--Fire caused a loss esti­ mated at from $15,000 to $20,000 In the business section of Kangley. Ten buildings were destroyed. Fire Destroys Hettlck Home. Hettick.--The residence of J. P. Salamans was destroyed by fire. The contents were saved. No Insurance. No Funds; No Jury. Rock Island.--Because Rock iBland county has no funds the petit jury summoned for the opening of the Sep- tember term of the circuit court was ordered not to appear and there will be no jury trials during the term. Strike; Six Hundred Miners Out. Decatur.--Because the owners ojt the local mines gave notice that the custom of paying $1.36 per running yard for the clearing away of entry yardage would be discontinued, 600 miners proclaimed a strike here. . Sandoval Recluse to Asylum. Sandoval --Fred Beisman, 85 years old, was taken to the Southern Illi­ nois Hospital for the Insane at Anna. He was a familiar character here* where be lived alone in a hovel and was known as "Black Hawk." Clergyman Pays Son's Fine. Decatur.--Fred Wood, son of an aged Methodist minister of this city, who was caught in a negro gaming houae a few days ago, was released from custody when his father his fine. It amounted to $2S.S9. * J*