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(THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
December 8, 10031
Holiday
NH of the moat unique of holi
day books la announced by the
Craft on Press of New Tork under
the title of "The Tulotide Edi
tion of Waea Hul: .A Col
O
lection of Toaata, Crisp and Well-Buttered,"
by Edlthe Lea Chase and Captain
W. E. P. French, U. 8. A. The edition
will be limited to 610 numbered coplca. The
book contains from 1,100 to 1,000 toasts and
sentiments, suitable for almost every con
ceivable occasion. The volume will be
9 by 6 Inches In slse and will con
tain about 3u0 paxes. The printing; will
be of the best, on the famous old Stratford
paper, which has moat of the qualities of
a hand-made paper, and the binding; will
be full white vellum, handsomely deco
rated with an appropriate design in gold.
The flrat ten numbers are reserved for
binding; in full crushed Levant. In accord
ance with the Individual tastes of the sub
scribers. In preparing the material for
"Waes Ilael" Innumerable books, both
ancient and modern, have been searched
for their best contributions. Beside these,
the authors have produced considerable
original matter, so that it is probably true
that nowhere else can bo found gathered
, together such a large number of senti
ments, poetical, or In prose, sultabla for
use as toasts as In this book.
"Poems Tou Ought to Know," selected
by Ella W. PeatUe, literary editor of the
Chicago Tribune. The pages are beauti
fully decorated with marginal sketches
and drawlnga by Ellsworth Young. The
book Is a collection of the great poems,
the poems which have heretofore and will
continue to lift the reader above the
The Trapping of Eels
1 duuiuu vui vary iniereaung rvw
I York Industry which Is threat-
DlflT T W..4 I L .
catching of eels In eel traps in the
Oneida river at Caua-hdenhov.
For many years the residents of this pretty
little village have built their eel traps, or
weirs, year after year without any fear
of molestation, but now they are face to
face with a threatened lawsuit, which, if
successful, will totally destroy their liveli
hood. The fight against them la being made
by farmera living along the river bank
between Caughdonhoy and Oneida lake and
along the western end of the lake, who
claim I hat tho building of the traps causes
a rise In the river sufficient in many in
stances to flood their low-lying lands along
the water front. The suit. If brought, will
doubtless be against the state, as the fleh
ermen are permitted by law to build these
traps; but the ultimate result would be,
should the suit be successful" that the
state would forbid their use. This phase
of the queation la troubling the fishermen
very much, and thla can be easily appre
ciated when It Is stated that Caughdenhoy
has been built up practically on eels, there
being no other business In the villoge, ex
cept farming on a limited scale. The fish
ermen claim, and with apparent truth,
that as their traps are never over fifteen
inches In height, It Is Impossible for them
to cause a rise in the river sufficient to
flood lands lying- two and three miles fur
ther up the river, let alone the weatern
hore of the lake. It la probable that the
excessively high waters of the last two
years In that region 'have had most to do
with the flooding of the low lying lands.
There are fourteen cf these eel traps,
valued at about $1,0, owned at Caughden-'
boy, and the manner of building them is
as follows: Heavy stakes are driven Into
. the bed of the river until they are Just
about even with the surface during a me
dium height of water. They are driven in
such a way that when completed they ex
tend from shore to shore In the shape of
an Immense "W. with the open portion
facing up stream. When in this shape it
makes two traps. When only one Is to be
built the shape to a "V." with the open
portion up stream. A framework of planks
Is then built around these stakes. At the
lower tips of the "W" a small opening is
loft, which la latei occupied by the trap
iUelf. This is usually made of lattice work,
built either rectangular or rounded and
with tho lower end of a larger diameter
than the upper. From the sides of the
mouth long laths run back Into the trap,
until they almost meet In the center, leav
ing only a narrow opening about four or
flvs Inches In diameter between the ends
of ths laths. During certain seaaons of
the year the eela migrate down stream to
Lake Ontario and thence to the ocean, and
it is then that the fishermen reap their
harvest. When the eel reaches the side
wall It follows slowly along this until it
finds a narrow opening which seems to
present a way of escape; but upon wrl
gllng along It a few feet. It finds Itself in
the large end of the trap, with no means of
scape.
For many years each fisherman did an
bis own work, from the making of the trap
U the marketing of the product, but a
few years ago the trust fever seised even
them, and they held a meeting and decided
that they would combine hence (her to
Books
"petty round of irritating; concerns and
duties," and "help them to a conscious
ness of that abounding; beauty In the world
of thought, which la the common property
of all men." Fleming; II. Revell Company,
Publishers.
Among the attractive holiday books of
fered at this time is a new edition of
The Cardinal's Snuffbox," by Henry Har
land. It Is a dainty little love story which
is read and re-read with Interest and de
light The binding la a very attractive
one, being of bright holly red, with decora
tions of gold snuffboxes and tassels ga
lore. There are twenty pleasing Illustra
tions by Q. C. Wllmhurst. The scene of
the story lies In sunny Italy, and the story
Itself is very human and possible. It Is
safe to say that this will be one of the
most popular holiday books. . John Lane
is the publisher.
"An Old-Fashioned Sugar Camp and
Other Dreams of the Woods," by PauVGrls
wold Huston. This work Is a serjes of
eight sketches which may well by styled
"a book of the seasons." The author not
only loves nature with a passionate love,
but also with an articulate love. He has
the seeing eye and the hearing ear and the
happy faculty of making his readers see
and hoar with him.
"Up In the woods we're bollln' sap,
With Its snow knee-deep outside;
Our old slab shack Is a cheery place
With its fire-arch yswnln' wide."
The book la a genuine piece of work,
with no mimicry, no false sentiment and
no make-believe. Fleming H. Revell
Company, Publishers.
now only one smokehouse among them all,
while the finished product Is "old and the
money equally divided, whether the fisher
man catches one eel or one thousand. In
this way the losses and profits are divided
In the some proportion.
All the eels caught are smoked, none
being sold fresh. New York Tribune.
A Very Fal One . .
We Interrupted Harrison at this point.
"How fat did you say this man was, Har
rison?" we inquired.
"Oh, awful fat," replied Harrison. "He
"No, but how many pounds?" we Insisted.
"Oh. he was mopatrously fat; he"
"But how "
"Well, now," said Harrison, shortly, "he
was so. fat he made believe he was spry on
his feet."
"Gosh! What a big one he must have
been," we murmured In awed accents.
And, enrapt In contemplation at the else
of the hero, we allowed Harrison to go on
with his story. New York Bun.
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