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[Illustration: _Curate._ "SO SORRY TO HEAR YOUR HUSBAND'S MET WITH AN
ACCIDENT, MRS. SNAPE."
_Mrs. Snape._ "YES, SIR, 'E'S VERY BAD, PORE MAN! 'E WUR WORKIN' ON THE
RAILWAY LINE TH' OTHER DAY AN' A ENGINE COME ALONG AN' RUN CLEAN OVER
'IS PORE LEG; AN' NOW 'E'LL BE LAID UP ABED FOR WEEKS. IT'S WHAT I
B'LIEVE THE DOCTORS CALLS _LOCOMOTIVE ATTACKS YE!_]
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NET PROFITS.--Mr. CUMMING MACDONA, M. P.'s recent letter to the _Times_
about the hundred French boats that he saw starting from Dieppe for a
three months' fishing cruise off the west coast of Ireland, has led to a
demand by Irish papers for Government help to Irish fisheries. Why, they
ask, should money be given to farmers and not to fishers? The _Cork
Constitution_, however, goes to the root of things by saying that "want
of enterprise and thrift," not want of pence, leads to Irish fish being
caught by the anglers of Dieppe. The State has already constructed
improved harbours and light railways. It is for the fisher-folk to
respond by getting boats and nets, and using them; until which time the
early Gaul will get the best haul.
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