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2 HOW CHINESE CAPTURE TURTLES

A Unique Method and Worthy the Inge- .
unity of the Celestial.

Of all the fashions of securing this
much-hunted creature, the turtle, that
followed by the ingenious fisher folk}
palm. Most voyagers in tropical Seas
a1;e acquainted with a peculiar fish, E.

_ “of the Chinese littoral bears away the

'.. remora, known generally by the triv-

ial name of the “sucker.” The dis-
tingishing characteristic of this fish is-
lazlness. Unwilling to exert itselfl
overmuch in the pursuit of food, it has
developed an arrangement on the back
of its head exactly like the corrugated
sole of a tennis shoe, and as artificial
in appearance as if made and fitted by
the hand of man. When the sucker
finds itself in the vicinity of any large
floating body, such as a ship, a. shank
or a. piece of flotsam, whose neighbor-
hood seems to promise an abundance
of food, it attaches itself firmly there-
to by means of this curious contriv-i
ance, which permits it to eat, breathe
and perform all necessary functions
while being carried about without any
exertion on its part. It can attach
and detach itself instantaneously, and
holds so firmly that a direct backward
pull cannot dislodge it without in-
jury to the fish. The Chinese, who
have successfully trained the cormcr-
ant and the otter to fish for them, have
taken the remora in hand with the
happiest results. Several good-sized
specimens having been caught, small
iron rings are fitted to their tails, to
which are attached long, slender, but
very strong, lines. Thus equipped the
fishermen set out, and when a basking
turtle is seen, two or three of the
suckers are slipped overboard. Should
they turn and stick to the bottom of
the sampan, they are carefully detach-
ed by being pushed forward with the
inevitable bamboo, and started on the
search again At last they attach
themselves to the supine turtle. Then
the fishermen haul in the lines, against
which gentle s'uasion the hapless Che-
lone struggles in va-.in Once on board
the lugger the useful remora is _de-I
tached, and is at once ready for use
again. ——Ncw York Tribune.

 

BURIED Cl-TY FOUND IN ASIA' MINOR.

no Perfectly Preserved as the
City; of Pompeii. ~.«
Perhaps another Pompeii, at' ‘all
events a buried city of great archaeo-
logical interest has been found in Asia
Minor. Professor Benjamin Ide Wheel-
er, of Cornell University, makes public

 

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of the ancient Prime, opposite the is-
land of Samoa. In 1895' the work of ;
exploring the ruins of. the city Was
taken up by the Germans, under the
direction of the Berlin Museum and at
the expense of the Prussian govern-
ment.

A buried'city, preserved almost in
the completeness of Pompeii, is com-
ing to lights} a emity, to be sure, of the
Hellenistic period, laid out with great
rogularity,_ with streets crossing at
right angles, with shops colonnades
market places theatres, a‘ council house
and a great number of private houses
preserved in such completeness as to
display thoir general architecture, dis-
tribution of space, use, decoration and
equipment.

South of the great square of the
temple, and closely adjoining it, has
been found the great market place or
agora of the city, Which was surround-
ed on all four sides by broad (Solon-
nades, of which that on the north side
was peculiarly- noble and Stately. IAd-
upon one corner of the l'ag‘ora, Was
found a small sallare building con-
otructed somoWhat like a theatre, which
was evidently the council house of the
city. It is marvellously well preserv-
ed. Sixteen rows of seats are still in
place. The walls, ,Idoors, windofws,
platforms, etc., are all preserved. One
of the side walls ends in a massive
arch, which,as being demonstrably a.
work of _ the fourth century, B. 'C.,
must rank as the earliest, or at least
one of the few earliest specimens of
the arch in Greek construction.

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A Good Opinion of 11.31- Own Country.

I met an especially charming woman
the other day,_ who has just returned
to America, her native, land, after
twenty years spent in Paris, says a
writer in thefWashington Post. Cen-
trary to the custom of most Americans
-who have lived abroad, she is exceed~
ingly enthusiastic in her admiration of
America and everything and everybody
American. I asked her what things
had pleased her most.

“The women, first,” said she. “They
all look so respectable. The men, sec-
ond. They are so broad-shouldered,
and they look so trustworthy, and
third, American table manners, for I
think the well bred American cats in
a nicer way than anybody else on'
earth. '

 

Be Wished the Eye Designated. ‘

An assertion one hears frequently
nowadays is to the effect that Ameri-
cans are the finest artilleris’ts inithe
world. This may as well be admitted,
but theyare not all so proficient inthe
art of gunning as was John F. Hurley,
of Salem, .Ma-ss., who served in the late
war and of whom “The Salem Gazette”
tells the following story: “Mr. Hurley
was a clever gunner, and several years
ago the following tale was told of his
skill. He was actively engaged in fir-'
ing solid shot at the enemy, in one en-
gagement, and his captain came up and
said: ‘Private Hurley, let me see you
hit that rebel [captain in the eye.’ ‘Yes,
sir,’ replied John, ‘which eye shall I
hit?’ ” ‘

“Have you copyrighted your play?".
asked the the-Altric .11 manager.

“No,”rreplied tire dramatist, loWer-
ing his voice ;I “but I copied it right."

 

I American mechanics,

'Iing‘ splendid ocean-going,

 

 

 

STORIES 'ABOUT ce'NITENARIANe.
Net. All of ThemA ALivedI Perfectly Tem-
perate Lives. .
,A Not all of the centenarians were par-
agons of. all the virtues. Thomas Whit-
tington, for example, who lived to be
.104, .was a habitual drunkard, drink-
ing only LondOn girl, of Which he cen-
sumedI from a pint to a pint and a. half
daily. I Philip Laroque went to bed
drunk at least two nights in. the week
untilhé‘was 100." At ninety-two he out
four. new teeth. John de la Somet, 130
years old, was an inveterate smoker.
Several famous old people were ex-
tremely addicted to matrimony. Owen
Duffy, who lived to be 122, married his
third wife at 116, “by whom he had a.
son and daughter.” Francis Kongo, a
Venetian, was five times married, and

. was the-father of forty-nine child-ten.

At the age of 100 his white 'hair fell
out and a new crop of the original
color came in. At the age of 112 he had
two new teeth. Margaret Krasiowna,
a. Pole, married her third husband at
ninety-four. “She bore him two sons
and a daughter, as proved by the
parish register." Margaret McDowal,
106 ,years old, married and survived
thirteen husbands.

Among the recorded centenarians are
two dwarfs—Mary. Jones, 100 years.
who was 2 feet 8 inches in height and
terribly deformed, and Elspeth Wat-
son, 115 years old, who was 2 feet 9
inches in height. Among the most
agile were Mrs. Barrett, who, at the
age of 116, climbed a. ladder to repair
the roof of her cottage, and Elizabeth
Alexander, who was particular about
her dress at 108, and was used to a
daily walk of two miles. Several had
peculiar habits. Mrs. Lewson, 117 years
old, never washed her face for fear of
taking cold, but. greased it with hog’s
lard. John Huesey, 116 years. drank
only balm tea. as a. beverage. John
Wilson, the same age,'supped always
off roasted turnips. Judith Banister, 100,

‘liv’ed entirely on biscuit, bread, and ap-

ploe during the last sixty years of

life. Old Lord Scarsdale and Lord
Combermere, _both of whom lived to a
ripe age, thought the wearing of a. tight
belt habitually about the waist had
much to do with their excellent health.
MeeklIiIn, the centenarian actor, aban-
dolled regular hours of eating in, the
last sixty-seven yers of his life, taking

'food when he Was hungry. Two intIer-

eating married couples are reported.
Mr. and Mrs. Cotter-ell. aged respective—
ly 120 and 116 years, were married nihe-
ty- eight years and “never had a quar-
rel. ”
each other. John Rovin, a Hungarian,
and his Wife, aged 172 and 164 yedIrs.
lived together 148 years. At the time
of the husband‘s death the youngest
son Was 116 years old—North Amer-
ican Review. I_ '-

 

AM ERICA’S LATEN TA POWER.

The Quietness and Inventivonou of Her
People flno No Parnilol in Europe.
The quickness and inventiveness of

engineers and

manufacturers have no parallel

Europe. On a year' 5 notice the United

States might undertake to cope even-

.handed with either the dual or triple

alliance—although we have new only

the nucleus of an army and the begin-

ning of a navy, while the European

.powelIs have made war preparation
their principal business for a. whole

generation .. It is true that We have
built only a‘. few torpedo boat's and only

Ia. few vessels of the type known as des-

troyers; ’but we have discovered that
about a; hundred very rich Americans
had been amusing themselves Within
the past few: years by building or buy-
steel-built
steam yachts of high speed, and with
stanch qualities. . capable of being
quickly transformed into naval dis-
patch boats o'rI armored and fitted with
torpedo tubes. Probably not a single
private Spanish citizen could turn over
to his government such a vessel as the
magnificent Goelet yacht, the May-
flower, which was secured by our navy
department on March 16; not to
mention scores of other private steam
yachts of great sizeand strength that
wealthy American. citizens. are ready
to offer if needed—Review of Reviews.

 

THE DWELLERS ON THE ROCK.

The St. Kildnno Are Exempted from the
Game Laws of Great Britain.

' “Except the islands of SIthilda” is

a saving clause in every game law

passed in Great Britain. The islands

form a small group northwest of the

Hebrides.

It is recognized by all who legislateI

for the sacred interests of sport that
the St. Kildans have to live. Besides,
there are only ‘about seventy-five of
them, and they live so far away from
everybody else that their example has
no bad effect.

The St. Kildans live more by the
chase and less by agriculture than any
other people. They pasture wild sheep
on the island of Sea, sheep descended
lineally from those left there by the
Vikings, and less than half as large as
those of the mainland. When a sheep
is wanted they run it down with dogs.
This keeps the breed lively and active.

Mainly the St. Kildans live, and live
well, by. snaring birds. They once
caught 90, 000 puflins in one season. At
present the yearly catch is 32, 000 gan-

nets, 8,960 fulmars, 9,600 puflins, 1,920

guillemots and 800 razor backs. The
catch is common property; so are
boats, Wild sheep and the use of the
land generally. —-.New York World.

 

Gave Way the Family Secret. 6 '

' Teacher (of juvenile class)—In the
sentence, -“It is greatly to his credit,"
what is the meaning of the word ‘_‘Cred-
it” ? ' ' '
1Member' of
you’ve got to have when you want to
buy a pound of butter at the store-
Chicago Tribune.

 

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President EneOrdel-ed Gen. Coppillg‘e!
and Gen. Len-to HastenI the Exzxedizion.

‘Washiligton, D. 0., June 13.—Now
that the troops have embarked for
Santiago, the entire attention of the
war department is- being turned to the
Porto Rican army. Orders have been
sent by President McKinley to Major
General Coppinger, who will command
the expedition, and to Major General
Lee, who will .be second in command
to hasten the Porto Rican expedition
in every way possible.

Under themost favorable circum-
stances _it will be utterly impossible to
get the army embarked and started for
Porto Rico in less than two weeks. The
troops that will constitute the expe-~
dition will be drawn from the armies
now encamped in Tampa and J ackson-A
ville.

At the latter place there are at pres-f
ent ten thousand volunteers under the
command of Major General Lee. It will
not be necessary to take this entire
force at Jacksonville 3er the. Porto Ri-
can expedition, as the intention of the
rovernmennt is to send only an army
of about ten thousand men to San:
Juan, some of whom will be regulars
from Tampa.

A commission of officers is now in
the South investigating the facilities
offered for embarkation by Jackson-
ville, Fernandina. and other places.
This commission will make its report
to the war department some time next
week. .

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HOW BONDS WILL BE ISSUED.

 

Mr Vanderllp Explains the Procedure
Under the War Revenue Bill.

'Washington, June 13.-—Assistant Sec-A
rotary Van-derlip, who has had person-
al charge of the details of the proposed
bond issue, said yesterday:

“The subscription for $200,000,000 of
the 3 per cent. bonds lustauthorized,
by Congress will. be' opened by the
treasury department as soon as the
bill is signed by the president, and will
close at 3 p. m. on July 14. This gives
ample time even for the most remote
sections of the country to,;recerlve come
pl'ete information regarding. the details
of the issue and to have subscriptions
from such points reach the treasury.
ivory channel will be used to dissem-
inate in the widest possible manner in-
formation regarding this issue aud to
make it in every sense a. successful
popular loan.- A great number of sub-
scriptions have been received in _ad~
vance of the passage of the act, and
there is every reason to believe that
the issue will be largely oversubscrib-
ed.

“By the terms of the law the allot-
ment will be peculiar. The law pro-
vides that the smallest subscriptions

shall be first allotted, and- the allot—-

merits 'I'Inade inversely in accordance
with the size of the subscriptions. That
will result in a line being sharply
drawn at some point, [and all subscripe

tibns in amount below that point Will”

be awarded in full, while all subscrip-
tions for an amount exceeding that
sum will receive no allotment what-
ever.

Every precaution is taken to prevent
individuals repeating subscriptions and
thus getting an undue-A advantage. The
law provides that all individual sub—

scriptions must be allotted first, and ‘

therefore subscriptions from corpora-

tiOnns and associations other than indi-

viduals will only receive an allotment
in the event that 111.; individual sub-
scription's fall short- of the $200, 000, 000
which is at present offered. ;

“The treasury will. print about four
million subscription blanks and circu-
lars of information. They will be put
in the hands of every money order
postmaster and in only banking oilice

and express ofiioe at the earliest _pos-j

sible moment. Circulars now beiing
prepared will fully set forth the terms
under which subscriptions will be re-f
ceived." I , I I i

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NOT'YETA LAW . j

m
It Will Be Sent to the President Early
' on Monday.

Washington, June 13.—The war rev-
enue bill will become a. law to- day. Ow-
ing to a. rule adhered to in both heuses
that the presiding. officer shall not

sign such measures except when. the

houses are in session, the bill still lacks
the signatures necessary before the
president approves it. While the House
was in session Saturday, the Senate
was not, and it was thought best to
attend to; these details together. Ac-
cordingly, when the two houses meet
to-day the bill will be promptly rushed
through for the signatures of Vice
President Hobart and SpeakerRe‘ed,
and the necessary enrolment details,
and sent immediately to the president.

 

Internntinnni Missionary Union.
. Clifton Springs, June
close of the meetings of the Interna-
tional Missionary Tlnion the following
candidates, accepted for the foreign
field, were presented by Mrs. White
Miss Grace 'Soper, Miss Glenck and
Miss Matthews. The Misses .Wyckoff,
who have spent several years in China,
spoke in Chi-.nese Saturday evenings
meetings were—devoted to the interests
of higher education and the place of
schools in the mission fields of a direct
evangelical chaora ter. This has been a
question.“ hich has called out a varie:
ty of opinions among the missionaries.
A number spoke on the subject. Dr.

 

C. W. P. Merritt of China presided. . : ‘1.

 

The War Feeling in Spain. '

“’ilmington, Del.,
Davis of the British steamer Le Coq.

which reached this port Saturday from '

Santander, Spain, says that while in
that country he was impressed with
the fact that the common people ap-
pazently are taking very little interest
in :he war w ith the United States. The
people think the conflict is for the com
sideration of the Madrid government.

 

f Red Cross Offele Aid.
VVash.ington,,Jun-e 13.—-The Red Cross
Society has offered to supply all the
volunteer camps :with hospital sup-
plies—ice, milk, condensed milk, etc.—
in a. few hours. The plan has been:

‘ approved by Secretary Alger and the

Class—It's something ’

regimental surgeons have been author-
ized to co- operate with the Red Cross
agents for the purpose indicated.
' _._..——————A——
Camnra’e Fleet Wanted at Home.

Mfladlid, June 13. —Many of the news-

' panels advocate the keeping at home‘

of Admiral Camara‘ s fleet for the pur-
pose ofvfdefendiug the coast.

13. -At the :

June 13.—-—Capta.i’nx "‘

Milli BEITEI. .

1I'he Enemy’s Forces are
Routeclvin Norwaik.

 

As flee the enemy’s shi s before 1:
armored squadrons of Ugcle Sam, :3
are retreating useless remedies for

catarrh before the steady success of
California Catarrh Cure. The best
arguments are facts,- and facts accom-
plished cannot. be doubted. Facts ac-
complished have convinced Nerwalk
people. Other remedies may be pleas-
ant. but as a well-known physician
lately said: “To waste time on useless
remedies.’ 15 dangerous, for in the treat-
ment of all diseases time is everything.”
And that California Catarrh Cure
works surely and swiftly; that its suc-

remedy ever com 0
such cases as this: p unded is Proved by

Mrs. John Lycett, 21 Hi 11 str

eet.
Nerwalk, says: “My daughgter Violet
,has been troubled since childhood with
Icatarrh,unt11 her whole head seemed
more or less diseased. She had begun
to be a little deaf, and suffered much
with severe headaches, so that we had
to keep her out of school a good deal.
I sent her to Plaisted’s drug store
South Norwalk, after a bottle of Cali1
fornia Catarrh Cure and She com-
menced using it. . Its beneficial effects
have been simply wonderful. It has
helped her from the first in every
way. I have not heard her complain
ofa headache for a. long time, and by
the time she has finished her first
bottle _I feel confident that she Will be
cured.”

To avoid Hay Fever be in '
California Catarrh Cdre homusalficgi
keep it up till the season of the attack
has passed. It absolutely prevents
cases of hay fever and its kindred dis-
eases, influenza, “grip” and stuffed
and smarting nasal passages. For the
latter nothing affords such grateful
relief as California Catarrh Cure. All

colors, 50 cents; three times
one dollar. as much

" SALUTED THE RMINY DAY SKIRT.

A Boston Lady Complimented by I
Stranger for Her Good Sense.

The rainy day skirt has been accord-
ed a lordly salute, and by one of Bus
ton's most dignified and best-known
citizens. '

’ Early the last w'eek, when the rain
had been falling for over twenty-four
hours, and the streets and or

were in such a shape as to we 1'11
ruin an ordinary dress skirt unless
wearer held it up nearly to her knees.

one of Boston's well was? n_ «19‘9"
dressed iii .anIr ',Aoot Vnd

day cdstumé we; refui' dig

Colony Station, after bidding dby,
to a friend. While walking erectiy and
freel across the Lincoln- etreet crou-

’ ing‘, Where seem of other women were
holding up one side of their shirts

' mud ‘slie was suddenly confronted ijy,
a middle-aged, courtly gentleman, who
was an entire stranger to her, and lift-
my his imi- 116 addressed her thus:

“I beg your pardon, madam, but a
_woman who has the good sense and
courage to wear so comfortable and ap-

IIpropri'uIte a: coetumoo it is do-
' serves' til; molt rcipfctf:a ”’5'

take off my hat to your short skirt.”

" “I thank 6d,. sir," we the pleasant
may: “hit fall women knew the com-
fort and cleanliness of such a garment
ram sure they would wear no other on
Isucll a day. as this. IIIIIII

After this short dialogue the two per-
son’s pics“! on, the mam more than
ever convinced that the future of the

, short shirt was fully assured, and the

mbn‘glad With ’thrthought “it the

ing satisfactory stridee,-Boston Hor-
old.

I: ' 'If'r .. . . ..

Mrs. Green (who thinks of hiring)—
But is the girl honest? Can she bo
trusted?

Mrs. Brown (the girl I farmer‘- mis-
irés’s)-’—You need not be’ in the least
alarmed She is perfectly honest.
All the time she was with me I never
knew her to take a thing—not even
my advice as to how things should be
done.—.—Boston Transcript.

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leave

he offers to sell you
something just- as
good 215””

Washingr Powder

Youre the one who
will Suffer If you
et the wrong
kind- not the clerk.

A cake of fine, white
'GlyIcerine‘ Toilet Soap
is given five with evsry
package of Ivorine

You pay for the WaSh-
ine' powder. not the soIIap.’

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