Tilt#' DOG AS PROPERTY. ACCORDING TO LAW ITS VALUI IS MERELY NOMINAL. la Mt.at ►»ciloo» of ThU (aaatrr If a | Mon aioaU a Uoc «arth » »«o ao». oral Unuilroa Dollar. Ua foiouiiu No L^sal OfToOBO Thoiobr. By mankind thf dog. both for reaaom of aenUmcnt and utility, haa always be*n held In high wtoem an an inferior servant and companion. On the whole, he fllb a large sphere In •octal economics. In some countrles.aa the Arctic regions. Holland. Ac., he Is generally and most usefully employed as a draught animal. In all civilized countries he finds a general field of usefulness as an important assistant, to the shepherd and the hunter, though as such assistant his performances are far from faultless, since he, on safe oc- I cscion Is betimes more mindful of satisfying hls oa-n appetite than of safeguarding hls master's Inter- ! eets. He finds a still broader and i

•esponslt

In general, a deferential companion, a playmate of children, and a guardian of ! the home, though In respect to the Int- ; ter he Is more of a sentinel which | merely sounds an alarm than a force- | ful defender. He gives notice of Invasion. }>ut he does not rep?l 1L rule, he Is a valiant barker and a. discreet bijer. There are exceptional c^ses in which the watchdog will both bark and bite whan emergency requires, but the Individual character sinHsplayed Is not a trait of the race. Within the past twenty years In the United States, from the social viewpoint. the wellbred breeds have Increased enormously In public esteem. Influential ownership and financial value; In the eye of the law. they hold about the same status now that they held throughout past ages—that Is to say. they have only a nominal property value, or none at all. It Is a peculiar feature of our Jurisprudence that, in most sections of this country. If a man steals a dog worth several hundred dollars to hls owner he commits no legal offence thereby, while, on the other hand.lf he steals a horse, or a sheep, he commits an offence so serious In degree as to warrant the impof*on of a term In prison for 1L The few cases wherein owners recovered damages for dogs mained or killed are so Isolated and puerile as compared to the general laws, precedents and public sentiment that they heed not be taken into account The reluctance of our lawmakers to legally recognize dogs as property, and the reluctance of judges to view dogs otherwise than In the light of precedent which after all embodies— the wisdom of the ages—have been Insurmountable obstacles to the dog's recognition as an article of property. There are many good reasons why the public—and dog owners _ themselrco belong to that august body—maintains such persistent discrimination against dogs In a legal way. First of all. the owner's control of hU dog Is imperfect. If 1*. exists at all. The dog may prowl about in a vagabond way, though making hls home with hls master. He may be In company with his master, and still be under imperfect or no controL He may be of value to hls master and of no value to the public. Sheep.horses, rattle. etc_ have a fixed market valne, which does not fluctuate by a change of ownership. The dog's value to hls owner may be entirely fanciful. There are so many curs, far outnumbering the . well bred dogs, and admittedly worthless, that to recognize them legally as property would be farcical. Yet the car may be quite aa good In the fanciful valuation of hls owner as Is the well-bred dog In that of hls owner. The dog. unlike cattle, etc-has no recognized food value, so that at death he is a total loss. Owing to bis predatory habits hls ownership h more or less vague and Imperfect His natural proclivities and formidable weapons make him a dangerous animal in ' hls attack and therefore -one requiring extraordinary measures at

, do..™.-| SOFr CRAB INDUSTRY.

value. However, so long as curs great outamebep^he w^ll-^red dogs, so lot ej ownptu permit thi ir dogs to roam

lawlessly about, so long as dogs In th« city bark of nights and violate all laws of sanitation, so long as the sheep Industry i» Impaired or nil nod In suction*, Just so long will owners need to expect that their dogs will have none other .han the present statua as prop erty In the eye of the law.—?Jrost

HOW THIS POPULAR DELICACY ’.8 PREPARED AND SHIPPED.

Warlh •1.000,00 i mnd (Irowlh.

“A GREAT NEWS CENTRE." GsaanU Tmjlar-B Mapvr lalradacllaa of l-ra.ld.nl to t'raas dab. Gen. C. H. Taylor of the Boelon Globe, observes the Boston Record, has long held high rank as a toastmaster, but we doubt If he ever reached so high n plane of excellence jnd acceptance as when acting In that capacity at the recent international Press Club banquet In this city. Supplementing the foregoing. Zion's Herald pertinently adds; •'We have never heard a more compretlng and happy In-

than

dtllvered In presenting President Roosevelt. T hnt he is a Democrat, and the editor of a Democratic paper, marks ihc magnanimity and generous conslueration which ho expressed for the

article of diet Is of recent development. Previous to 1870 comparatively few restaurants In America served

along the coast, where they ware picked np principally by boys waAlag In shallow water. No dependence was placed In supplies thus o'jtalnrd and (here was no regular fishery at

any place.

The soft crab Industry was Inaugurated about 1873 at Crisfleld, Md. It consisted in catching the crabs Immediately before molting and Impounding them until after the shedding of the shells, when they were carefully placed in crates with ico and seaweed and shipped to market The persons who inaugurated the enterprise

subjected to considerable received from their

le ridicule and neighbors the

title of "crab breeders." Thelrsu

t of the business at i

President." He said, with much feel- [ points and within a very few yt l n * : "crab breeding" became one of

other

In a certain sense the President of the United Slates must be all things to .ill men. He Is the camroander-In-chief alike of the army and of the navy. He must know r.o -section, race or creed. He is expected to be n business man among business men. a farmer among farmers, and among the manufatturers he oust stand as the fond

"crab breeding"

most profitable and extensive of the fishery operations on the coast At present nearly If not quite 10.000 persons are employed In the Industry on the Atlantic and Gulf

coasts of the United btales and abont-j^

25.000.000 soft crabs are 80curgd--ah-nually. A fair valuation oTthese {a the wholesale markets Is about fifty

per doi i of the

; the total

yield somewhat more

and Indulgent father of our Infant In- j Castries. Nature and trainin' have i united peculiarly to equip for hls dim- j

cult role our Illustrious and msnr-slded i lected at numerous points from guest. President Roosevelt. A Northern achusetts to Texas and especially In man In tha North,'* Southern man In ' the estuaries of Maryland, v.rgtnla the South, a Western man In the West and North Carolina each about end an Eastern man In the East, the 4.W0.000 and all the remaining statee blood of every great race In American j combined about 2.000.000 In number.

citlzeusnlp mingles In hls reins, he is by birth and experience U.e complete embodiment of our nationality. I cannot. In a s'nglo phrase, give hls exact political status among rhe dlflerint elements of hls party, because It l as varljd occasionally during the past dozen years. It is certain that no mem-

l-er of his party who has differed with | Although him on aay iseue and has sought hls ; they

The soft crab Is the common bhie crab (Cal llnectea haatatus) at a certain stage In Its development. During the summer the young crabs are hatched from the eggs carried under the i "apron." which la doubled or fplded under the thorax. From 10.000 to ! 60,1)00 are produced by each female.

extremely small at first, rapidly, and by October

him-on aay istne and has -.ought hls tney grow rapiaiy. ana uy vciooer office, spoiling for a fight, has ever they range in size irom one to three away disappointed. Aside from Inches In length. At the beginning turiy »nd vigorous principles, his I of winter these small crabs, and the

•aany-sldedness is shown by the fact

that he Is esteemed among historians for the variety and quality of hls hlstbrlcal works; among‘soldiers for hls gallantry In war; among huntsmen for

his skill with the

long rifle;

plainsmen for hls daring as a

Tonight he Is among newspaper

men. and he must permit us to salute Mm as the most prolific source of .news In the country. Wherever he has tieen situated through hls political career Mr. Roosevelt has made what Horace Greeley called "mighty interesting reading." In the assembly at Albany he

lifted even the legislative

to deep v

where they enter into a condition of lowered vitality either on the bottom or half buried In the mud. On the

_o rapidly that were he itected with all the safeguards of iperty rights he by numbers alone uld soon become a public nuisance, rill thus be seen that the arguments md and good for legal recognition other animate as property are not -1 passu applicable to the dog. n England, however, the law seems ▼lew the subject with much greater

limitations, it li slbllltiee on his tected as property if. In actual possession. and the owner Is responsible for all damages caused by bis dog while out of hls possession even if the dog Is but a passive factor therein indeed It Is hel/l as good law In

rspaper value. As civil servjca commission* r. he had the genius tu ilike even Ciri! Service Reform an attractive and popular subject of discussion. The minute he took hls seat on the New York police board Mulberry itreet became a news centre. He was : appointed csslrtant secretary of the ; nary, and even there hls enemies could not lose him. W *.en, the Spanish war , («me. by-his own originality, be treat-

, ed a.place for himself athicb. measured quickly p I In head-lines, eclipsed the glory of all whlc ) 1 U i the major-generals. As governor of

; New York he created more news of ' general Interest than the governors of j alt th* other forty-four states put together. When, as Vice-President, he j took hls seat a* presiding officer of the I Senate, the best news story of the tni augnration was born. We have had I Presidents with eo little pereonnjlly anti force i-.at they have hardly made ‘ a first-page feature during their entire , service. In the present Instance we ; have a chief magistrate who cannot j ask a man to dine with him without causing an International sraaaiion j that nearly exhausts cr supply of dlspiay type. Wba*. a source of Joy and

pleasure he is to the men ! build the bright and breezy

for the newspapers' You and I know that there Is no duster contemporary verdict on the rfork of a public man than that which if rendered by the head-line builder. He Is a trained and dlepaasi-onaie expert In popular -tastes, atd Is the accurate barometer of public Interest. For this reason Is there a man In the world who Is more richly entitled to receive a hearty welcome from this ardlence than President

they return to shoal water increase in alze very rapidly.

At periods varying in frequency with the rapidity of growth the crab sheds Us shell. Including the entire external skeleton and the lining of the digestive tract- This moulting process Is Intimately connected with

^ the growth of the crustacean, and It debates to j la only at the time of shedding

ox. atr.^jEven when ttes^dog a the dog becomes a treapaMW wl

te aad prevent hls ■op** who may be

nslBg U* highway. Ere* whan a dog gets la tha way e< * Mtrek or antoaoblle. aad gate km or ktUwt. ha la tha offending party, aad hls owaar Is reaponslbl* for hte jaffiAssA. Tils tha VaU^TmaUMB call ihere^wlT or aiaaet car Haas tar dogs ■alMdaad mb*, mu a. ££ tiS »

man and ! Ichor. He

dent of tha Uni

cf hls re* and a both* best

r aff the gead legal |

the dignity of

believe* that a nan should

woik foi the honors snd prlres of cuts life. He has told hU sobs that when their educations an finished they must go io work snd make names for tbea•elve*. thus setting an example to tbs fathers of bis day and geaeretton. W*

not only as ins PraaliltH Rate*, bur weeauss

hls record, as a man. sad as a friend ve all bacanae he represents

type of clUseaahlp In the greauat nation la th* world.

It Is UltresUag to not* that nsariy nU tha esasas returns show that aaa werfcs more aad womaa laaa than, they dMWaysarsjmo. n la tvnejffiat la

ta*

ad dMWBte aervaM. bfcg. daw. fta

the crab increase* In size. In the early stages of Us existence this function is frequently exercised, but as it approaches maturity, moulting becomes less frequent. Adult crabs shed the shell probably only once a year, and very old crabs rarely ever moult. A crab approaching the shedding process is known In the vernacular of the coast ms a “peeler” mnd then a "bust-

moulting the crustacean lea through the stages in known as "paper shell"

and "buckler” respectively, again be-

coming a hard crab.

100. according to the supply and daThe persons buying these crabs are knowp as "crab packers.'' of whom there are a number in each fishing They prepare the soft crabs for Immediate shipment and place the “peeelrs" and "bustefs" In floats provided for the purpose, where they until moulting Is sccom-, pllsbc-d. An expert can readily determine at a glance about the length of time that will elapse before a crab

ieds Its shell.

The moulting floats or pounds are ade of light planks and scantling, with plain board bottoms and latticed The size varies, but most of are about 10 feet long. 3 or 4 feet wide and 15 Inches deep, furnishing room for about 200 crabs. To Increase the buoyancy and stability

a ledge projects at half the height, j

corresponding t^ke water line. The

floats are usually Inclosed by a board | -nee. which serves as a breakwater. |

It Is Interesting to watch a crab In ;

the immediate act of moulting. The j

shell cracks along the posterior edge and. with many muscular contractions and movements, the five pairs of mod-

ified limbs known as claws or swim- [ mers are withdrawn from their cover- , ing and the entire shell is finally loos- | ened and the crab emerges somewhat ! larger In size than before. So severe I Is this ordeal that many die In the | process. The newly moulted crusta- i

cean Is exceedingly v.-enk and deli-

:ate, and for an hour or two the |

illghtest handling Is Injurious. There-

fore. It Is permitted to remain un- I touched for three or four hours,' or I

a filmy shell has formed, which |

'-aerves to protect the animal If It Is

handled carefully.

Owing to the severity of the moulting process and the Injuries received la capture, the death rate in the floats Is very high, especially in hot weath- j er. At times the loss from this source ; caches 50 percent of the total num- | -er. an^ the average Is 15 or 20 per- j Two or three times dally the^|oata | are examined and the soft crabs “that | have recovered somewhat from the ; moulting are carefully removed and j packed In shipping crates with sea- j weed and crushed ice. To careful- | neas In the packing for shipment Is j due much of the Individual success | In the business. The crates used in the Chesapeake and North Carolina regions are of uniform size—about 4 feet long. 18 to 24 inches wide and the same In depth—and are provided with closely fitting trays. In which the

' ' side by

their legs or claws well folded up and their bodies lying obliquely so that the moisture may not run from their mouths. Between the rows are placed layers of cold seaweed. on which finely crushed Ice Is sometimes placed. The capacity of each crate Is from eight to ten dozen, and aa the crabs possess little tendency to more when once placed In position they remain quiescent for a long time. Only a small percentage die en route to market owing to the ezcellence of this method of ship-

ment.

The principal markets for soft crabs are New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston. Washington and Chicago, named in the order of the extent of their receipts. The wholesale price In the cities is from 35 cents to $1.50 per dozen, averaging probably between 50 and 60 cents

Two principal forms of apparatus are employed In the ftxhety,'vlr : Tbe dip net and the scrape or dredge. Dip

, since <

r early in

earlier In shoal than In deep It is also the favorite form of

ia In those localities where

fishing is of small extent The dip

of a single bag net of

twine, attached to a handle four or

five feet in length.

The scrape or dredge used In taking crabs closely resembles the ordinary oyster-dredge In form, but It is much Ughter and the pocket is made of twinenetting Instead of iron rings. Two or three scrapes are attached to the sides of each canoe by means of long ropes and are thrown overboard at the fishing grounds and dragged along the bottom. At short Intervals the canoe is "brought to,” tbe scrapes are lifted and the contents dumped on a culling platform

able sire and condition are quickly •parated from the mass and placed in receptacles, while the refuse is

thrown overboard.

fluctuates greatly, depending principally on t£e weather conditions. Cold weather causes crabs to seek deep water. V storms have the same effect and interfere with the operation* of the Boats. The average dally catch for each fisherman is from 60 to 100 crabs, although some Individuals oc-

ur* 300 or 400 in

price ia art s—cisally high to far skipping theta long dtstaacas; hot la same plaras vfcap th* fishery

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