, Boots atsand es, La- ots and eacall : fhe little romance. 3 he sailed out of Frisco bay, h from the sweet scented orchard er 0 sweet unto me. ough the siege of the fever she rocked the low bed; at once for her soothing each hot little head; es gave place to the lilies d her the baby was dead. RB. FARLOW was a compact business- man, bright, + shrewd,and kindly. * He had seen a good desl of life in his day, and it was not ® commonplace life, either. One éven- ing as we sat cozily together he told me how he found f trust them. ir L I carefully recalled all the y ladiés of my ac- quaintance, to see if any of them would do fora wife. Some Were more or less ties in the way of really marrying any one of them, Aftera time I turned os ‘a consideration of the individual female ‘to # consideration of the money question, That seemed less doubtful, for I had be- that J would work no longer for another master, but go into business for myself when Ireturned to San Francisco. Ihad a little capital laid by,and of course there were many schemes for using it profitably already formed in my mind. I may be pardoned for saying that 1ay resolve was { carried out, though perhaps not as I had hoped. ~¢¢It was evening when I reached the city, with its narrow streets and low, leaf-thatched houses, rudely and weakly built, but having some show of neatness on the inside. All the buildings seemed alike, and there were no stores or big signs of hotels or restaurants. The dusky, half-savage people stared coldly. at me, and made me feel more alone than ever. I wandered along, hoping to see a fa- miliar sign of some sort, at least some show of a decent night's lodging and a square meal. The tough-looking guides on the other side of the mount- ains had robbed ‘me of most of my money,but I had a little left. Yet it was growing dusk and I did not know what | to do, for I could not spasls the ordinary patois of the people to quiries. # ¢¢At last, however, my lappy eyes saw the Spanish word for ‘Restaurant,’ printed on a slip of white paper with a lead pencil and stack in a glass window. ‘ make any in- | Without ceremony I entered. There was a large room of rough, plain boards, and in the middle of it one long table cov- ered with a white cloth. At first I thought that there was no one present, But as Igrew used to the faint light IT 1 made out the form of a girl sitting at the farther end of the table, with her head buriel in her arms. I tapped on the table to attract her attention,and she quickly raised her head. = As well as 1 could see I thought she was good-look- ing and a young woman. I vaguely felt happy and wondered what language she spoke. AsI revolved in my mind the possible methods of finding this out, and was about to begin with English and try all Iknew,I picked up an earthen plate, and as I toyed with it on the table in my embarrassment, I accidentally let it fall to the floor, where it broke in sev eral pieces, much to my astonishment. At this the girl started quickly to her feet in a little affricht, exclaiming very ee Kaow my marriage all came out | distinct] k o South American trip that I once nd that is the interesting part of I was ony fwenty- onged to the company,and’ ted me to catch him. He had with his booty toward Cape and if he once fairly left the South boarded the swiftest schooner and we hed every inch of canvas for the “+= south, ' The runaway had a good two. the start of us, sailer as we, and was nearly as ‘But we resolved to Eo our best and hope for: luck. In any kind of an enterprise a man may always hope for luck, though he can’t really nit. At any rate, it serves to courage up. five days we Sighted the Islands ‘Colombia and stopped to make in- quiries. The vessel we were after had been sighted two days and a half. before, and was going straight for the Cape. The news was not encouraging, but we set off ugain, with two days and a half instead of two days to gain, But we ‘gtill hoped for luck or some happy thought. ‘thought ‘that finally decided me to leave It was not luck but a happy the shi p at Valparaiso and strike across country to Buenos Ayres in the Hope of heading off the robbers before they cleared that port. Sailing round the Cape I knew to be hard work and often slow, und with good luck I could prob- ably catch the vessel, or at’ least have gained in the chase, “The trip across the Alcs nt ‘the vast plains beyond was a memorable one tome, It took a fortnight of the hard- est tramping and riding I ever did in my life, but I saw somethings I have never geen since, and never will again. The guides that we started with were crusty. malicious fellows, and made me wonder every night when I lay down to slee on the open ground whether I.shoul not wake up to tind my throat cut, For- tunately that never happened; but the that they had the better part of my money befors we set out, Other- wise I think my life would have been held pretiy op by a life insurance the mountains were passed, us stretched a broad, level, grassy plain, and twenty miles away, nosh the distance seemed much less, lay a i ‘site was on no map in existence, and whose name probably not ten edu- d in this country had ever gs have changed since then. ides said they must leave entreated their com-. city, they utterly refused. I. set out alone. 3 Iation ‘ can imagine my eso a even by the pots ‘black bued men who had been my companions so far. Even they had some sense of humanity in them, some sympathy for eliness, though it was a moody, half the gize ‘of Boston, but |. y. ¢¢ ‘Gracious!’ “So she was English. In my delight at the discovery I forgot -all about the plate, but stepped quickly forward and took her Bos barrassment, and explained, as briefly as I could, who I was and what I wanted. You may he sure she was as delighted to ‘see me as'I was to seo her. For a whole your the only kindred face she was her father’s, and that, she remarked, was covered with a shagpy beard. She confessed that when I came in she was shedding a few tears of homesickness herself and wondering if no friend would come to see her, or if her father could Cuba, where her home had been. I think I was never happier in my life than I was that night. We two seemed to have come fo each other at just the moment that each was most welcome, and we found our thoughts so alike and our tastes so congenial that we sat and talked a full hour before my hungry stomach even had a chance to assert itself. You may be sure I was well served with a good supper, as hot and steaming and dainty as an English girl could make it. Then when we , had spent another hour in eating it and chat- ting over it, and I had helped clear the dishes away and wash them, and my go until the morning, because I must start early, the old father, a bluff, taciturn man, came in and joined the . conversation with us, and I quite forgot my weariness until it was very late. “My new-found friend, the old gentleman, was a person of some authority in the place, and offered to provide me with an escort of twelve mounted ‘men to Buenos Ayres, which was some nine hundred miles across open plains, where two hostile tribes were at war, Each tribe had a cockade as a badge, one of red the other of white. By having both of ‘these sorts of ¢ock- ades in our pockets and dexteriously pulling out the right one when a com- pany of armed men approached us, we hoped to pass all lines safely, and the event proved happy, though we had Some narrow escapes. “When I was ready to start in the morning, I suddenly, half jokingly, asked 6 young woman to whom I had become much attached in a single even- ing, to accompany me as far as her old home in Cuba, and I promised her father to take good care of her, Somowt to | notion of begging her father to lot her ‘accept my offer, and he finally con- sented. “We were just in the nick of time at Buenos Ayres to head off the runaway ship. The Captain had taken out his papers already when we arrived, and was gisasing to sail the next morning. ovis and all his mates were arrested while still on shore, and: Paty self took command of the vessel, shipped ‘a new crew, and ‘with my newly-dis- desert, sailed for the West Indies, where 1 spent a4 happy month at the Young lady’s home in Cuba. + It is needless to say that she became enough acquainted with her to excuse Aitractive qualities. ”. Pa attractive, but there were many difficnl- gun to know my own powers and to | I then and there resolved A now quite without em-. “seen | not be persuaded to take her back to | sries the drill sergeant, friend had decided to let the sweeping’ the astonishment of us all, she took the covered treasure from the heart of the Mrs. Farlow, and you are quite well: patiating further upon her HUMOROUS SRETORES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. ~ En ne Pastas Strange--Olairvoyance— His Standard—Another Way— Might “Catch On’-Their Ancestors, Etc, chemical to Some seems strange, But ’tis not 8 to m For turns my thou ET to figs wrought More w. ful to How does it chance that. ignorance ~ In homely girls may be- Converted, in the prottier ones To sweet sim : ’ ~Puck. ! CLAIRVOYANCE. ". ¢¢He married a clairvoyant, I believe?” ' $¢Yes. It was a case of love at second Aight, "— Detroit Free Press HIS STANDARD, Philanthropist — “Take = whichever you like—the drum or the whistle.” Small Boy—‘‘Which makes the most noise. "—Puck. ANOTHER WAY. ‘Tomson (who has just sung)—¢‘Does gour friend Wilson sing, Mr. Johnson?’ Johnson—:¢‘No, he makes himself Hisagreeable in some other way.,”— Yankes Blade. THEIR ANCESTORS. $:My ancestorsiare away above par,” anounced Mr. Oldfarm proudly. And mine,” said Mrs. O., conclu- sively, ‘‘are away above grand par,”— Detroit Bree Press. A LARGE CIRCULATION. Friend—**Is your book of. poems hav- ing a large circulation?’ Poet—*'+Yes, very. You are the tenth person who has borrowed my copy within » month.”— Yankee Blade. HOLDS A MORTGAGE ON THEM. “Jones seems to take a great interest {no your family affairs.” : ssHe thinks he'has a right to.” “Why?” *I owe him 87." —New York Press. MigHT ‘CATCH ON.” oe : Hanks—¢*Never mind; your son Harry will catch the incentive one of these days.” Closefist—¢*Mébby, but he’s had about ali those diseases. ‘New ' York Herald. HE ERPT STIL. Mother—* How did’ your face get. that strained, agonized look in your photo- graph? Did the light Hurt your eyes?” Small Son—¢No, - ma’'m. tole me to try to keep still, an’ T did.” = Good News. MycH TOO LONG. jour.” ‘Tatling—¢‘That is too long.” ha Dimling—¢<What do you meant’! ‘Tatling—¢*A duel requires only two teconds.”’—Judge. : : TOO PRECIPITATE. In practice the new cavalry recruit is. lung over his horse's head. Donnerwetter! . Volunteer Purza]l,” ttcan’t you. wait ill I give the order ‘Dismount?’’— Hliegende Biactter. SOCIABLE NEIGHBORS. | Mr. Moveoft—*‘Well, my dear, how do you find the neighbors here-—30- viable?” - Mrs. Moveoft—‘‘Very. Three or four of them have sent'in to ask if I would allow their children fo use our piano to practise on.” — New York Weekly. . A SENSITIVE MAN. Justice—!*Why did you assault this man?” Culprit—*‘‘He called mean Irishman. n Justice —¢ What did he say?” Culprit—*+He sung out, ‘What's the ame, O'Day?’ and then I soaked: him.” — New York Herald. ; : . AT SEA. Small Girl—t*Aren’t you awfully glad to be on land sometimes?” Uncle—**Why, what do you mean? I. flatter myself I am on land most of the time." 1) Smell Girl Why, paps says that whenever he sees you, you are about half seas over.” , A CHANGE OF OPINION. Art Critic— What do you think of Alma Cadmium’s painting?’ 2 Artist—4¢Oh, I think it is superb. Art Oritic—<I'm surprised to hear you say that. He saya just the reverse ot yours.” Artist—¢¢Ah, roll perhaps we're both misgakcen. "J dge. A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT. = Mrs. Redrivers—‘ ‘And that, Mrs. Clum; is the whole story of the affair from beginning to end.’ Mrs, Clum (eagarly)—tAnd is/ it a secret?’ Mrs. Redrivers:t:Oh, no; not at all. n “Mrs, Clum—*I'm so sorry ! I did want to tell Mrs. Longjaw.— Judge, ges: ; HOPE DISPELLED. ‘Your vote in favor of granting us this franchise,” said the promoter of the scheme, ‘would be worth to us" Yes, " broke 1n the listener, becom-. ing instantly attentive Hwould be worth to you-—" i ¢More thins, dozen speeches hits. fayor; on account of the moral effect it would have.” #Um—-yes,” rojolned. the Alderman from , the 'Steenth’ Ward, relapsing at .once into his former. apathy ~Chisaso ; Tribune. ; The man |: _ Dimling—*The duel has had its greatest women of the orld, Harriet Matineau, Sarah Martin, Florence Night- ingale, the Cary Sisters, Abbey May, | Frances Power Cobbe, Harriet Hosmer and others, never married. What do He—*I think it not xinlikely that a woman who wishes to become famous will succeed better without a husband than with one. If you have that am- bition, I will—er—release—" She (hastily)—*‘Oh, no, no, indeed. I—1I hate fame.” —New York Weekly. | you think of that?” CELT AND SAXON. One of Sheridan’s tales is of an Irish- man who met a Briton, of the true John 1 Brill pattern, standing with folded arms in a contemplative mood, apparently meditating on the greatness of his little island. : To ¢tAllow me to differ with yel” ex- claimed the Celt. : “But I have said nothing, sir,” re. plied John Bull. $¢And a man may think a lie as well as publish it,” persisted the pugnacious Hibernian. ¢:Perhaps you are lobking for fight?” queried the Briton. stAllow me to compliment yez on the quickness of your perciption,” said Patrick, throwing down his coat, and then they pitched in.— Washington Post. PROOF AGAINST LITTLE SURPRISES, ¢*Why did not you have me called at 6 o'clock?” roared the commercial trav- eler, as he faced the dazzling hotel clerk and banged his fist on the register. ¢¢I didl” retorted the unabashed daz. zler. ‘You did not, sir!” “1 tell you I did 1” %You did not, sir, and 1 can prove itl” “No, you can’t prove itl” ° ¢“Yes, I canl¥ ¢‘Prove it then!” “Well, you did not have we called at 6 o'clock, because I did not leave word to be called at all” and the commercial traveler grinned and looked for the hotel clerk to blush and apologize. But he looked in vain. A little thing like that wouldn’t even make a hotel clerk's eyelid 'flutter.—Nen York Tri- bune. HE COULD NOT OBEY BOTH NOTICES: A Tribune reporter recently witnessed in New Jersey. A waiting passenger stepped over to the counter where news- papers, knicknacks and tobacco were sold and bought a cigar. & This he lighted and strolled composedly about the room; presently the porter of the place approached him, and with em~ .phatic Hibernian brogue asked: “*¢Gan you rade?” AQuite fairly, replied the passenger. “Why, Then what does that sign rade?” de » “1 manded the porter, pointing to one on “| the ticket seller’s box. | “4 *No smoking,’ ” responded the pil- grim in a deliberate tone. SiWell, that’s the rule, d’ye moind.” “¢Sge here,” ‘said the transgressor, scan you read?” “Indade I can, shure.” - $*Well, what does that ng sign by the cigar case over there ¢¢It says, ‘Smoke the King of Clubs cigars.’ » “That's exactly what I' was doing. Now, which sign must Iobey?” “By the powers! man, but ye have | the best of it, and I'll report that fellow: to the company, so I will.”—New York Tribune. ’ Russian Nobility. The Russian nobility is constitutionally not an exclusive caste. There is a con- stant fluctuation in its numbers? Persons of the lower classes are often raised to nobility if they make themselves de- serving in the Government service, and nobles are degraded if for the commiss sion of crime the courts deprive them of their ‘titles and preferences.” = A com- plaint has reached the Senate that an as- sembly of nobles had refused to enter upon their rolls the names of persons re- cently raised to their station. Upon further inquiry it was found that the as. sembles of many districts had made it a practice to do the same. When a per- son who had been made a noble sought for admission into their councils they g would decide his case by ballot. If he did not receive a sufficient number of votes he was excluded from their rolls and assemblies. The ‘‘pedigreed no- bility” (Stolbovoye Dvaryanstvo) have zealously watched over such ballots and taken care that no new-made ngqble should be admitted into their circle. The Senate therefore decided that as soon as any person is admitted to the privilege of nobility he becomes defacto a member of the assembly of nobles of his district, itis the duty of the assem- bly to .enter his name upon their rolls and to totily him of the constitutional and special meetings held by their body. | They have no option in this matter and their balloting for new candidates isa mere farce.— Ohicago News, EE ant H Land Transformed by Ants. A traveler in Central Australia has discovered that the surface of the country has been greatly changed by what may: appear at first thought a ridiculous agency—the white ants. On plains and in thickets their nests are so numerous that it is difficult to drive among them. The clay with which the nests are built is, when cemented with resinous matter, as hard as brick, and when the nests fall to pieces they form clay flats, almost impervious to water and not easily cut up by traffic. The work of these crea- tures can be studied in all stages; first in the thickets, where they are com- mencing work; "then in the more open | country; where they hava crowded out the timber; next on the plains, where half the mls will be found deserted; and almost entirely Siasppessed a and the scrub an amusing incident at a railroad station : Islands. lastly on the clay flats, where they have ALIVE WITH ISH, REMARKA BLE CONDITION OF BRITISH COLUMBIAN WATERS- Ocean; Rivers and Gulfs Teem With Finny Inhabitants — The Sal- mon-Canning Industry The Candle Fish, Already the value of the 8A caught in | the British Columbian waters is esti- mated at five million dollars a year, and yet, writes Juhan Ralph in‘ Harper's Magazine, the industry is rather at its birth than inits infancy. All the waters In and near the province fairly swarm with fish, The rivers teem with them, the straits and fiords and gulfs abound with them, the ocean beyond is freighted with an incalculable weight of living food, which must soon be distributed among the homes of the civilized world. | The principal varieties of fish are the salmon, cod, shad, whitefish, bass floun: der, skate, sole, halibut, sturgeon, oola- than, herring, trout, haddock, smelts, anchovies, dog-fish, perch, sardines, oys- ters, crayfish, shrimps, crabs, and mus- sels. Of other denizens of the water, the whale, sea—otter, and seal prove rich prey for those who search tor them. The main salmon rivers are the Fraser, Bkeena and Nasse Rivers, but the fish also swarm in the inlets into which smaller streams empty. The Nimkish, on Vancouver Island, is also a salmon tream. Setting aside the stories of water so thick with salmon thats man might walk upon their backs, as well as that tale of the stage-coach which was upset by salmon banking themselves against it when it was crossing a fording- place; there still exist absolutely ‘trust- worthy accounts of swarm& which at their height cause the largest rivers to seem alive with these fish. In such cases tho ripple of their back fins frets the entire surface of the stream. I have seen photographs that show the fish in incredible numbers, side by side, like logs in a raft, and I have the word of a responsible man for the statement that he has gotten all the salmon needed for a small camp, day ¢ after day, by walking to the of ariver and jerking the fish out with a common poker. There are about sixteen canneries on the Fraser, six on the Skeena, three on the Nassce, and three scattered in other waters—Rivers, Inlets and Alert Bay. The total canning in 1889 was 414,294 cases, each of 48 one-pound tins. "The fish are sold to Europe, Australia, and eastern Canada. The American market takes the Columbia River Salmon. A round million of dollars is invested in the vessels, nets, trawls, canneries, oil factories, and freezing and salting sta- tions used in this industry in British Col- umbia and about 5500 men are employed. “There is no difficulty in catching the fish,” says a local historian, ‘for. in | some streams they are so crowded that they can readily be picked out of the water by hand.” However, gill-nets are found to be preferable, and the fish are caught in these, which are stretehed across the streams, and hauled by the xen in flat-bottomed boats. The fish are loaded into scows and transported to the tanneries, usually frame structures built apon piles close to the shores of the riv- ers, In the canneries the tins are made, and as a rule, saw-mills near by produce the wood for the manufacture of. the packing cases. = The fish are cleaned, rid pf their heads and tails, and then chopped up and loaded into the tins by Chinamen and Indian. women. The tins are then boiled, soldered, tested, packed, and shipped away. The industry i is rapid. ly extending, and fresh salmon are now being shipped, frozen, to the markets of eastern America and England. The coast is. made ragged by inlets, and into nearly every one a watercourse empties. All the larger streams are the haven of salmon in the spawning season, and in time the principal ones will be the bases of canning operations. The oolachan, or candle: fish, is a of the Fraser and Nasse Rivers. “They are said to be delicious when fresh, smoked or salted, and Ihave it on the authority of the little pamphlet “British Columbia,” handed me by a Government official, that ‘“‘their oil is considered superior to cod liver oil, or any other fish oil known.” It is said that this oil is whitish, and of the consistency of thin lard. It is used as food by the natives, and is an article of barter between the coast Indians and the tribes of the in-. terior. There is so much of it in a can- dle-fish of ordinary size that when’one of them is dried it will burn like a candle. It is the custom of the natives on the coast to catch the fish in immense num- bers in purse-nets. = They then boil them in iron-bottomed bins, straining the product in willow baskets, and running the oil into cedar boxes holding fifteen gallons each. The Nasse River candle- fish are the best. © They begin running in March, and continue to come by the million for a period of several weeks. Codfish are supposed to be very plen- tiful, and to frequent extensive banks at sea, but these shoals have not been ex- plored or chartered by the Government, and private enterprise will not attempt the work, Similar banks off the Alaska coast are already the resorts of California fishermen, who drive a prosperous trade in salting large catches there. The skil, or black cod, formerly known as the ‘‘coal-fish,” is & splendid deep-water product. These c>d weigh from eight to twenty pounds, and used to be canzht by the Indians with hook and line, Al ready white men are driving the Indians out by superior methods. Trawls of three hundred hooksare used, and the fish are found to be plentiful, especially off the west coast lof the Queen Charlotte . Er ee I ema. * ‘A'movement is on foot to consolidate she three provinces of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Bruns- : wick. The Tiger Shark. The tiger shark is considered equally as fierce, powerful, and as voracious as the leopard species,” and is carefully avoided by the crews of sponging, tur- tling and fishir.g vessels. It is not nearly so handsome in outline as the leopard shark, and looks as rough as if it had been forged into shape under the blows of a steam trip-hammer. The size of its mouth and roughness of its form are the first features about it to attract the atten tion of strangers. But those who know something concerning 1f are chiefly at- tracted by the tiger-like stripes, which have given it the name it bears, and the indications of extraordinary strength in its deep, full bods, powerful tail, and heavy fins. It is ia all probability the strongest member of its genus in Florida waters, and is swift enough to overtake a dolphin; yet it has the habit of lying in wait near beaches and swallowing thou- sands of little turtles, not larger than sil- ver dollars... It is reported to attain a length varying from twenty-five to thirty feet, but the largest I ever saw measured only sixteen feet. It.is rarely seen in the shallow bays on the western coast, pre. ferring to keep to the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico, where an abundance of food and a safe haven during a tempest may always be found. captured on a. hook on one of the Baha. ma Islands, actually pulled out by the roots a large cedar tree to which the hook was fastened by an ipch rope, and. dragged it about for an hour. The cap- tors knowing that it could not pull the heavy load, ‘Which floated at right angles with the Kine of flight, for any great length of time, remained ashore and watched the infuriated ses tiger rush forts to get rid of its drag. They say it acted like a maniac, biting at everything it met, from a bunch of seaweed to the tree itself. At the end of an hour it showed signs of extreme exhaustion; and ‘the men, thinking that an opportune time for capturing it, seized the rope and hauled the captive high up on the beach | without much trouble.—New York Post A Queer Little Crab. A curious Japanese erab is the httle Dorippe, which comes from the Inland Bea of Japan, and has a perfec human face modeled on the back of his little inch-long shell.; The Dorippe’s eyes; and the uneven edge of the shell between them, look like tutts of hair at the top: © of a narrow forehead. Taera are lumps. 5 resembling eyelids, which slant upward as do those of the Japanese, and other - parts of the shell look like full and high | cheek-bones. Below a ridre which might be called the nose two claws spread out at either side, and may be likened to the fierce, bristiing mustaches = which are fastened ‘to the helmet of Japanese armor. ; This plainly marked = face on the crab’s shell naturally gave rise to many stories and legends.” At certain times qe the year the Dorippes come up on the beach and the rocks by, thousands. Then the fishermen and vil- lagers say with fear, ‘‘The Samurai have come again. They believe that the souls of the dead warriors, or Samurai, live in the Dorippes, and that they gather in great numbers at the scene. of their de-. | feat whenever the same day comes round 1n later years. The face on the Dorippe’ Ss back i is Tike. a swollen and mottled one. The eye- lids seem closed, as if in a sleep or stupor, while its mouth quite carries out the other common story, that all the old | topers are turned into these crabs and must keep that form as a punishment for some long time. The swollen heavy faces may quite as well be those of bleary old topers as of warriors who met death by drowning; so that one who notices the its of the shell to a queer Japanese face may think there is good reason for either story as to why . the Dorippe’s shell is so strangely marked.—8¢. Nickolas. TT Ee eee Perils of Divers For Sea Pearls. “One of the greatest foes of the sav- ages who dive off the coast of Zinzibar _ for seu pearls is the man-eating shark, which there grows greater than in any other sea, said Colonel F. H. Wind, of the British Army, who was at the ‘Fre- mont House. ‘‘The water fairly swarms with these monsters, yet the stalwart sav-. ace who is a diver seems to have no fear of them, because the stone quickly drags him down and his movement is so rapid that before a shark can awaken to the knowledge that food is in reach,the man has sunk far below. He is in no danger when at work gathering the oysters, for the sharks are not ground feeders, and: even if they follow a man to the bottom they simply ‘nose’ him as something strange. The real danger comes when hovering overhead. . Then it becomes a combat between the man and the beast. The diver gains the. surface for a single gulp of air and then attacks his enemy. These savage divers are as much in their own element in the water as the sharks. Well, the man dives and dod zes, keeping always close to the huazry shark, wait- ing for a chance to sheathe his knife De- hind the pectoral fin. Once he has plunged his knife into the heast the diver dodges and dives azain to avoid the death thrashing of the shark. Hun- dreds of sharks are killed in this way every yearby tha pearl divers, and it is said that sometimes years elapse without a diver being caught by the sharks,” Chicago Herald. ——— I ——— Growing Cotton ia Africa. The first cotton grown in the German East African possessions was sown last that suitable machinery was not to be company has lately plaated twenty ive acres of land with Egyptian and Sea. Island cotton, besides supplying a con- siderable quantity of seed to the native who pledge themselves to sell their. pro- duct to the company, The German piattation ‘has placed in shape to handle any size fully equipped pla A tiger shark,” hither and thither, and make frantic of- the diver rises to the surface, the shark = year, near Tanga, but owing to the fact had the product’ was not ginned. The
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