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roRruHrNe THE sHARxs.
Cruel Methods of Galveston Fishermen to
Get Rid of Them.


Get Rid of Them.
st. Louis Globe Democrat
The numerous logs of wood one sees bob
bing in the Galveston bay are monuments,
SO to speak, of the peoples hatred for
sharks. The bay swarms with these fish at
certain seasons. They are about three feet
long. They spoil the fishing by eating or
frightening TO death all the small fish.
Every once in awhile the fishermen become
so exasperated that they go out in parties
to make war on the sharks. They catch all
they can, but, instead of killing them i'm
mediately, they bore hole through the
upper fin of each shark, and with piece of
rope tie the big fish to log of wood heavy
enough to keep him from going far under
water. The shark is kept prisoner uncis
death releases him and turns his belly sky
ward.
BY thus torturing to death the unweleome
visitors to the bay the fisherman hope, by
the force of the example, to drive other
sharks away. The Humane Society does not
interfere 1t is great sight to watch the
logs go tearing through the water. As
many as 60 of them are often seen at one
time in various stages of activity. Quite
frequently two logs will collide and then
fight between the two tortured fish takes
place that proves most exhilarating sight.
When the shark dies he is cut loose.
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M0LTKE's LONG LIFE.


The Field Marshars Answers to Questions
Regarding His Habits.
Very characteristic of the late Field Mar
shal Won Moltke are the following data of
his life, written by himself, which are now
of particular interest. The Austrian Asso-
citation for the Promotion Of Popular Knowl-
edge, addressed number of interrogatories
last year to all European celebrities of great
age, which were to explain the circum-
stances and conditions under which an ex-
ceptionally long life might be attained. The
answers received were collected in book
and published.
Field Marshal Won Moltke answered the
questions submitted to him in his peculiarly
| terse and drastic manner as follows:
First-In which year of your life, and on
which date, did you begin to learn, and for
how many hours day? 1908, in my eighth
year, with four; after 1910, with ten hours a
day. -
Second-Was your health in your youth
| delicate or robust? Tough nature.
Third-Did you grow up in the country
or in town? Up to my tenth year in the
| country.
Fourth-How many hours did you spend
in the open air? Regularly? Irregularly,
Fifth-Did you cultivate hardening
games and other exercises? Not methodi-
cally.
Sfxth-How many hours did you sleep in
childhood? Ten hours.
Seventh-Special remarks: Joyless youth,
scanty nourishment, absence from the pa
ternal home
Eighth-Where did you complete your
studies-in town or in the country? In
town.
Ninth-How many hours do you devote
to mental work? Very different.
Tenth-Do you attribute to any particu-
lar habit of yonr life favorable influence
upon your health? Moderation in all
habits of life In all weathers exercise in
the open air. No day altogether at home
Eleventh-How long did you sleep at a
mature age?-From eight to nine hours on
an average.
Twelfth-What alterations have you made
at an advanced age in your mode of life?
| None.
Thirteentb-How long did you work daily
in your 5Oth, Goth, 10th, SOth years? Quite
as circumstances required it; often, there
fore, very long ..
Fourteenth-Whatwe were your recreations?
Riding on horseback up to my Seth year
Fifteenth-How many hours do you spend
in the open air? Now, in summer, on my
| estate, half the day.
Sixteenth-How long do you sleep at
present? Always eight hours still
Seventeenth-What are your habits with
regard to eating, etc.? eat very little, and
take concentrated food.
Eighteenth-To what circumstances do
you particularly attribute your stalwart old
age (Which God may long preserveD? To
Gods grace and temperate habits.
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FIBER FROM THE RAMIE.
A Fortune Awaits the Man Who Invents
Machine for Getting 1t Out.

A Fortune Awaits the Man Who Invents a
Machine for Getting 1t Out.
The Department of Agriculture has just
received from the United States Consul at
Hankow samples of the six varieties of
ramie grown in China, and is going to
experiment with them 1t is a great
pity that no means have thus far been
found for obtaining this wonderful fiber
economically. The plant is one of the most
prolific in the world, and will yield from
three to five crops O year without replant-
ing. Accordingly, there is no limit to the
available supply. But to reduce the raw
material to the marketable product is the
difficulty. For go years past machine after
machine has been devised for the purpose,
but none of them have been able to do the
work cheaply enough.
Nowhere save in China and Japan is ramie
grown at profit on this account. In those
countries labor is so very cheap that the
fiber is turned out by hand 1t forms the
inner bark Of the stalks, and the people
scrape the outer bark off with bamboo
knives and then strip the inner coat from
the stalks in ribbons, which are
boiled in lye-water, and finally
dried upon the roofs of the houses. Among
the commercial articles made from ramie are
most beautiful cloths for dresses, carpets,
upholstery stuff, white goods, 1aces and
drapery. There is fortune waiting for the
man who will produce q contrivance by
which the fiber can be obtained at a small
enough rate to render it possible to sell it at
q profit.
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former, and the most availing uplifter Of all
history was really one of the poorest men
that ever lived, and had not where to lay
his head He came out of o carpenters
shop, and hadn't an extra dollar in his
pocket, all his life long. You don't need to
be, rich to be a helper. You only need to be
interested with ali your heart. But If you
do have money-oh what miracles you can
do with it.!
One of the most helpful people know in
Pittsburg lives in back street, in an IN
pleasant neighborhood, in small house.
Everybody in that neighborhood knows her,
and she knows them and their children.
They go to her with their troubles and she
gives them her sympathy. As for money,
she would give that, too, if she had any to
give. She gives herself. The whole street
is better because she lives on it. But ifehe
had the means which you have, what would
she do, wonder? Would she fall before
the temptation of comfortable life? Would
she get, perhaps, to thinking that because
she had plenty of butter ON her bread, so
had everybody else? And because she was
contented, all the mutterings of discon-
tented people were but needless grum-
blings?
|. Human Interest Most Needed.
L
as your interest. We want your own per-
sonal, hand to- hand and heart-to-heart en-
deavor Don't you remember in the old
story how Elisha sent his servant with his
staff to bring back life to the dead, and the
servant and the staffwere no good at all; the
dead stayed dead? And then he came him.
self, and the still heart began to beat. We
want you to come yourself Don't send
your servant; don't send anything. Come
yourself.
"Who gave himself?" That is the secret
of the power of Jesus Christ over the
hearts of men to-day. He went about tax
ing men by the hand and lifting them up.
Jesus Christ was more interested in men
than He was in anything else on earth or in
heaven. He cared not for reputation,
cared not for the comforts of a sheltered
life, cared not for money, cared not for
Himself; but He did care for men. And
He loved us, and gave Himself for US.
The best use that can be made of money is
to use it for the uplifting of men. If ex-
travagant dinners will uplift men, give ex-
travagant dinners. If elaborate dresses
will really help anybody, order elaborate
dresses. Mr.. Phelps says that rich men are
helping poor men when they give them en-
ployment manufacturing luxuries. We
must be somewhat suspicious, however, of
this pleasant way of helping other people
by helping ourselves. But money is for
men; that is the whole sermon in a
sentence. Money is for men; not
men for money. Amy use of money
which makes better men is good
use. The Christian capitalist snot SO much
interested in getting all he can out of his
men as he is in getting all he can into them.
Fine gold is precious because we can make
use of it in the upbuilding of a man.
GEORGE HODGES.
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JUST ENGAGED.

"You are so late, dear soul, so laten
She murmured nesting to his breast.
$50 late, dear? No, it's scarcely eight;
So late, my darling? Why, you jest"
'sNo, no, dear SOUL" insisted she,
"It's very late indeed, for YOU"
"What! Eight o'clock is late for me?
What gives your cheeks that scarlet hue?'
"Your wickedness, you monster-there!
You're late about an hour tonight
"An hour dear soul? Well, declare!
Would dinner then be over quite?"
"1ndeed it would At half-past six
We from the dinner table rise,
So, henceforth, darling, no more tricks,
Lest you would waken dreary sighs."
"Why, certainly, dear soul; but why
Should at seven conner" "Dear me!
You are SO stupid. shall cry,
It's heaven when you come, you see"
"And if it's heaven, by my soul,
It's seven by the clock as well.
"Ah! then, dear soul, at loves fond goal,
At seven, loves murmurs / shall quell."
Earl Marble in brakes Magdeiae
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LECTURE ON DYSPEPSIA.
THE BANE OF MODERN CIVILIZATION.
A. Insidious Enemy to Mankind-Varietiei
kplained-Cures Discussed.
By DR.. 8. B. HARTMAN,

Dysp.Dsia is term that is used to cover
all chronic diseases of the digestive system
which produce either painful, irregular or
imperfect digestion of the food While each
case presents u slightly different history
and combination of symptoms, yet the cause
| of dyspepsia can be traced to three sources.
First, chronic gastritis gastric dyspepsia; };
second, weakness of the stomach (atonic
dyspepsia); third, sluggishness of the liver,
pancreas and glands of the bowels (refex
dyspepsia). Gastric dyspepsia is due to
chronic inflammation of the stomach, and
sometimes the duodenum.
For this condition 1 find Pe-ru-na to be an
admirable remedy. In all cases it brings
prompt relief to the painful symptoms, and
in large per cent. of the cases it makes a
permanent cure.
In the chronic variety of dyspepsia there
is not usually much pain, but feeling of
great weight, and sometimes faintness, after
each meal, followed by sour eructions of
gas.
L believe Pe-ru-na to be well-nigh in
vincible in these cases. In my large prac-
tice and correspondence have yet to learn
of single case of atomic dyspepsia which
has not either been greatly benefited OF
cured by Pe-ru-na.
Reflex dyspepsia is due to arrangements
tioll-cither the liver, panereas or bowels.
After many years of experience and study
of the various liver medicines and laxations,
1 fortunately hit upon the compound named
AIan-a-lin. It-restores the regular action of
the liver and bowels and gradually removes
permanently every trace of the dyspeptic
symptoms. Taken in doses suited to the
severity of each particular case, it produces
healthy action of the bowels, without any
physicing effect whatever, and it viii rarely,
if ever, fail to cure the worst case.
In conclusion, it often happens that two
or even three of the varieties of dyspepsia
above described affect person at one time;
in which case Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin should
be taken at the same time according to the
directions on the labels of the bottles.
For further particulars as to the treat
ment and cause of dyspepsia send for medi-
cal pamphlet, 'gThe Family Physician" No.
8. Sent free to any address by The Peruna
Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio.
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TRANSLATED FOR THE DISPATCH J

In the northern part Of Germany there
are no very high mountains with snow
capped peaks extending into the clouds;
but long range of hills, covered with dense
forest and separated by wide valleys, forms
a very charming landscape. In the midst
of such country is situated small city,
whose inhabitants are mostly farmers or
lowly trades people. In this quiet town
grass can be seen growing in the middle of
the streets, and ivy has crept over the old
city wall, almost hiding it from sight. A
stranger passing throught the place at noon
time, when each citizen is within his house
and every family is enjoying the midday
meal, would think be had entered deserted
city, where life was nolonger to be found
But quiet did not always thus reign in
this little German city. Grandmothers and
grandfathers told of time when a stately
castle had stood on the hill above the city.
Then there had been great comings and 60
ings, and once the King, with large COM
pany of noble ladies and brave knights, had
visited the count. Then sounds of music
were to be heard at all times, and every
where were life and enjoyment But one
day the castle, with all its vast treasure of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
GROVER As A G0RMANDIzER.
Clevelands Gastronomic Feats While
Resident of Buffalo.

heS1Qenb Oh BUFFALO,
I wonder if Grover Cleveland eats as
much beefsteak and onions as he used to
when he was lawyer in the Weed block at
Buffalo, exclaims contributor to the st.
Louis Chronicle. Many's the time Eve seen
him with his feet under the table at Beef
steak and Onions Johns, on Swan and
Michigan, big brown beefsteak smothered
in onions in front of him and a stein of beer
at his right and John Myer, the god of the
place, in front of him rubbing his hands and
asking how he found the steak and the stein,
and the world in general.
Grover was a fine old gormandizer in
Buffalo. So was Bissel, his partner. A
pretty pair they made. Bachelors they
were then, and living was to them an art
worth serious attention. Millard Fillmore,
Jr., son of the ex-President, was OCCASION
ally at their board at the French restau-
rant, on Main street. And happy trio it
was. Not one that tipped the scales under
200. Not one who wore less than II collar.
Z But they enjoy square meal in those
round stomachs Of theirs. They lived to
eat and drink. Fillmore ate himself into ap-
oplexy and died. But Grover and Bissel
both fell in love and that saved them for a
time. They are old married men now, but
I'll bet they have both got back their appe-
tites for beefsteak and onions.
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A SACRED BABY AT THE zoo,

Lula L. the Name Given to Pet Little
Zebu in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Record.
A sacred baby was born at the Zoo yes
terday morning. 1t is cute little zebu,
and has beeh christened "Iula" by Head
keeper Byrne, in honor of little tot of a
girl, Lula Boldt, daughter of Manager
Boldt, who is frequent visitor at the Zoo.
"Baby Lula's" parents came from India,
where zebus are regarded as sacred cattle.
They are characterized by their small size,
long dropping ears, large hump on the
shoulders like The American bison and
thick shaggy hair. Tomorrow afternoon
the newcomer will be given formal well
come by party of little girls.
The large number of babies of various de-
scriptions that are now gamboling about in
different quarters of the Zoo has set Keeper
Byrne to thinking of founding kinder
garten school for them.
Young animals, like little children, need
exercise and sunshine. Hence the five
baby lions, the baby buffalo and the other
interesting infants dare not be kept housed
too constantly.
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c0NvoLUTIoNs OF THE BRAIN.
A Novel Illustration of a Recognized Fact In
Physiology.


The convolutions of the brain, not its
size, rare the,,measure of intellectual power,
said Prof Otis 7. Mason, of New York, the
other day. Taking up pencil and sheet Of
paper he added: Here is a rough outline Of
the Island of Manhattan as the white men
found i. originally. You could not moor 80
many vessels along its few miles of shore
line. Now, this is the outline of the island
as it is at present, all fringed with long
wharves protecting outward into the rivers,
at which an unlimited number of ships can
find room for their accommodation.
In the original outline you see figure
that may represent the brain that does little
thinking. But observe, when 1 run my
pencil point in and cut, in and out between
the wharves which mans ingenuity has de-
vised and built, how am tracing the con-
volutions of his wonderful cerebral hemis-
pheres. What commerce is to New York
the blood is to the brain, and the more COM
plicated the convulsions the greater surface
for the vessels through which the blood
travels and the more elaborate the intellect
ual resources.
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1556-CHARADE.

A man from foggy London once
The stormy ocean safely crossed;
When landed in New York he took
A first to keep from being lost.
The driver was drunken wretch,
And ran into a loaded van;
Result-a broken second for
r Our worthy friend, the Englishman.
A hospital received our friend
His tale of woe the doctors heard
His blood was thin; they said they must
Transfuse to him some from third.
His fracture by their treatment heals,
And soon he moves to his hotel:
His wife rejoices when she gets
A U'1ote informing her he's well.
MESA.
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Won MOLTKE'S LAST RUBBER.
He and His Partner Took All the Thirteen
Tricks at the Game of Whist.


1t is interesting to note that Count Won
Moltke, who was always great whist
player, should have had special luck in his
last rubber. His partner, who usually held
bad cards, was also more fortunate on that
fatal Friday evening" while the Field
Marshal himself was in high spirits. 'Nun
haben wir siep'-ssNow we have them!" he
said, smilingly, as he played his last hand;
and, indeed, he won the rubber by scoring
what is called grand-sehlem-that is, he
and his partner took all the 13 tricks.
1t is true that he complained little
during the course of the game, of asthmatic
uneasiness; but as he was subject periodically
to this complaint in later years he neither
paid much attention to it himself nor were
his relations influenced by any apprehension
of sickness OF danger. He spoke of pains in
the region of the stomach, which he at
tributed jokingly to having taken too much
cake with his tea.
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Why a Mule Lasts So Well

The chief reason why mule can nearly
always wear out horse when it comes to a
trial of endurance is that the former always
lies down to sleep, and the latter, in large
number of cases, sleeps standing up. The
habit seems to come to horses which have
been hurt, especially when in the stable,
and they cannot be broken of it
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ANSWERS.

1544-A re-bus.
l56-l Windmill 2. See-saw. 8. Kite.
l546-Hope-y.
ls47-Toque, quote; sleeve, levies; cape
pace. laces, scale; robe, bore; hose, shoe
shawl, shaw, wash.
l54S-Grievance.
1549-Be(e) set.
l55O-Lad, ad; ape, peal, leap, pale.
155l-Dire, ire.
Genealogies.
l55S-Times, items, smite, mites, en-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS.

Puzzles for the Little Folks That VIII Keep
Their Brains Busy for Most of the Week
if They Solve Them Correctly-Home
Amusements.
Address communications for this department
TO E. r, CHADBoURN, LeaUistoaon, Maine
1554-A wELL-KNoWN LOCALITY.
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1561-RIDDLE.

IoUI-RIUDLE.
We are rather hardened set,
And dwell within cave;
And all the booty that we get
We drop into grave.
We are firm, united band,
And labor out of sight;
And whatsoever we demand
We hold imprisoned tight.
We sometimes labor in q mill,
All armed with glittering steel;
And, though we cut and slash at will,
We ride upon wheel.
We're sometimes used to capture game
In silent paths unseen;
But woe to him who balks our aim,
Or comes our ranks between.
AIDYL.
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DOCTOR
WHITTIER
s14 PENN AVENUE, PTTTsBUR

o44 H1SN AVENUE HIIIoDOu6, r.
As old residents know and back files Of
Pittsburg papers prove, is the Oldest esteb-
hshed and most prominent physician in ths
city, devoting special attention to all chronic
f1ssn's'i fFe% re- NO FEE UNTIL CURED
psHsons TgHassl' NERVOUS as pRyasa %Sasai DE- d
cay, nervous debility, lack Of energy, ambt
tion and hope, impaired memory, disordered
sight, self distrust, bashfulness, dizziness,
sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions, impoveF-
ished blood, failing powers, organic weak
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption,
uniting the person for business, society and
marriage, permanently, safely and privately
IN SaFsd sil dilBLO0D AND SKIN ssssssss ssss ss,
eruptions, blotches, falling hair, bones, pains,
glandular swelhngs, alterations Of the
tongue, mouth, throat, ulcers, old sores, are
cured for life, and blood poisons thoroughly
sPsdsatsd s5s sHssd2 from URINARY bsddsyr bSdHsy .1e as
rangements, weak back, gravel catarrhal
dicharges, inflammation and other painful
symptoms receive searching treatmenS
prompt relief and real cures.
DR.. Whittiers lifelong, extensive expert
ence insures scientific and reliable treatment
on common sense principles. Consultation
free Patients at distance as carefully
treated as if here. Office hours, 9 A. N toS
P. NJ. Sunday, 10 A. NJ. to l P. N. only. Dr.
WHITTIER, S4 Penn avenue, Pittsburg, Pa
iaS49DSuWk
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1559-DECAPIrATIoN.

L Walked with gigantic steps indeed.
:. Walked with such steps as he might need;
8. Walked not, but mounted ON a steed.
4. Had many feet, but none for speed.
8. Before French names we often read,
G. In sweetest flower and vilest weed.
MCS.
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Portmanteaus. .....oKU AoGG
What is the name Of Mr.. Smiths favorite
might hawk?' RE. A. DING.

1558-TRANSPosITIoN.
To sit up one, and hear a last
OF hobgoblins and ghosts
VIII prove the one of courage vast
Not always he who boasts.
For when he creeps away to bed,
After the eerie lasts,
Brave is the person, be it said,
Who backward glance ne'er casts.
BITTER SWEET.
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1557-CIPHER MARK

John Smith, the notion dealer chose the
name of certain nocturnal bird to indicate
the cost price of the various articles in his
store. For example:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
1560-HALF SQUARE.

L A bad custom. 2. Disgust. s. Covered
with wax. 4. A plaintiff in bill in chan
Gerry. g. To impede. 8. A pinafore. Z. A tray
for carrying mortar. 8. Half an en- O. In
Pittsburg. EUGENE.
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MAMIE i, LESTER.
1555-ANAGRAMS,

What the Country Boy Said
"The choicest pleasures of the earth,
Riches and knowledge, joy and mirth,
For everybody and his wife
Ali may be found in city life"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
What the Citu BoU Said.

GA treadmill round of sordid cares.
A street all stone, house all stairs,
The mighty dollars savage strife
That's what l find in city ife'"
NJ c. 8.
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1562-NUMERICAL.

Who has not heard of Mrs. Jarley's4
2, 8, l. 8, g. Z, 8? A store
OF most illustrious and renowned complete,
Much, it is safe to say, cannot be beat.
BITTER SWEET.
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1563-REvERSAL.

1563tREvERSAL.
"This first is fit drink for hngr'
DeBray exclaimed. "No such thtngl
1t Is not last at ALL" said Fitzurse;
M. c. 8.
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1564-RINGs WITHIN A RING.

A word that well describes a ring
Contains within its bounding lines
Part of q ring, however small,
As common use the word defines.
1t also holds, 'mong other things,
What We may call successive rings.
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Lula Il the Name Given to Pet Little
Zebu in Philadelphia.