But the memory of the manager’s
words came to the prodigal, and the
slaughter of a certain fatted calf at a
Fifth avenue palace was postponed
Indeflnitely.
The (Fisheries of Lake Superior.
At little Fort Arthur alone the fig
ures of the fishery industry for the
market are astonishing. In 1888 the
fishermen there caught 500, 000 pounds
of whitelish. 300,000 pounds of lake
trout. 48. OUO pounds of sturgeon. 90, -
000 pounds of pickerel and 30,000
pounds of other fish, or more than a
million pounds in all. They did this
with an investment of $3,800 in boats
and SIO,OOO in gill and pound nets.
This yield nearly all went to a Chica
go packing company and it is in the
main Chicago and Cleveland capital
that is controlling the lake’s fisheries.
The whiteflsh is in the opinion of
most gourmets, the most delicious fish
known to Americans. The lake trout
are mere food. lam told that they
are rather related to the char than to
the salmon. They are peculiar to our
inland waters. They average five to
ten pounds in weight, and yet grow to
weigh 120 pounds; but whatever their
weight be. it is a mere pressure of
hard, dry flesh calculated only to ap
pease hunger.—Harper's Magazine.
A Comedian.
