, 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.
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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.
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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