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How Crabs Crack Nuts.

It does not seem as though crab
could possibly crack a nut, or would
even wish to. But there are kinds of
crabs which find the meat and milk Of
fresh cocoanuts very much to their
taste, and they are as handy as squir-
rels at cracking them. There are two
kinds of these nut eating crabs. One
is the birgo and the other the pan
danus. The pandanus is said to climb
the trees after the cocoanuts; but
when Mr.. Darwin, the naturalist, was
sailing among the islands in the Indian
Ocean he saw both. kinds of crabs, and
he says he never sa W them climb trees,
though he should think it possible
Mr.. Darwin did see the birgos eating
the cocoanuts which lay upon tho
ground, and he tells how they managed
it. ~
The ,birgo's front pair of legs are
armed with strong and heavy pincers.
His last pair are provided with much
smaller and more delicate ones.
With the first pair of pincers the
crab tears away from the eyehold end
of the nut the husk which protects the
three eteyes"-the three places where
the shell is thinnest. Having torn off
the husk, he begins to hammer with
all the might of one of his wicked look
ing claws upon one of the holes.
As soon as he succeeds in cracking.
one open he turns himself around and
delicately inserts in the hole one of his
pair of small pincers and so brings
out the delicious food Of which he is
80 fond. ~
The birgo gets not only his food,
but his bed from the cocoanut. He
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tongue and bolt weigh 700 pounds,
and, when placed on the hanger, tho
ihe entire bell will measure eight feet.
The bell is composed of innumerable
relics of battles for freedom from all
parts of the globe. Around the top III
the inscription: "Glory to God IN
the highest and peace on earth, good
will toward men"
About the bottom is the legend:
Proclaim liberty throughou: all the
land unto all the inhabitants thereof. "
On one side is inscribed: ga new
commandment I give unto you; that
We love one another.
At the Fair the bell has been swung
in front of Administration Building.
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evolution of the fishing craft is pic"
tured in cabinet just south of the
north entrance to the Government
building. The first of the fishing ves-
sells which came to America was the
Sparrow Hawk, which met an untimely
end off Cape Cod. She sailed across
the water in 1926, struck reef and
went to the bottom. Her old hulk,
which had been embedded IN the sands
for nearly two and half centuries,
was uncovered in 1868 and put on ex-
hibition in Boston Common.
The steamers Albatross and Fish
Hawk, which are in the service of the
United States commission, are the
latest models of the fishing vessel.
Captain Collins's model is of fishing
schooner of moderate dimensions and
is being largely copied on both coasts.
Its hull is built after the model of a
racing yacht and the rigging is adapted
to the needs of a fishing vessel. 1t
combines the speed qualities of a yacht
and the sesworthiness of a fishing
schooner. Safety is also taken into
consideration. ....-..
The United States is far ahead of the
Nations of the world in maintaining q
fish commission and caring for its
fishermen. A museum has been estab-
lished devoted to ichthyology, andthe
steamers of the fish commission cruise
sll along the coasts of the United
States to collect specimens Of fish life.
Hatcheries have been established in all
the States of the Union and every year
the work grows in its scope.
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entering the Government Building
from the north is whaling boat fully
equipped for service on the sea. The
hardy fisherman IF New England, n
potent factor in the early development
of the country, is given his due. In
cases all about are exhibited the abo-
riginal instruments used in fishing in
contrast with tho modern. The bone
hooks and fsh-skin lines which the In
dian used hundreds of years before the
first settler built his hut are fixed on
the walls with the FURNISHED hooks and
silk lines just from the factory.
The evolution of things piScatorial
has kept in line with the evolution of
the trades and sciences of the world.
The exhibit of the Fish Commission
has been arranged so as to emphasize
this fact. Just as improvements in
boats were made the lot of the fisher
man was made happier. Years ago,
wheD the Frenchmen first came to the
coast of Newfoundland and spread
their nets on the great banks, they
sailed in vessels the general appear
ance of which resembled a modern
canalboat, such as carry cool on the
Erie canal. They were caravel-built
and had full convex bows, strongly
raking, of round, full bilge. The
quarter deck was high and the average
length of the queer croft over oil was
about forty feet.
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Momentum of Vessels.

Some years ago the Scientific Amer
ican took occasion to interview large
number OF commanders OF ocean
steamers concerning the momentum
of vessels. ''suppose, it asked, "A
steam vessel running at full speed and
the engines were reversed, how far
would the vessel run before 1t began
to gather sternwaY-that is, to move
backwnrd!" The answers varled be-
tween two and four miles, but the con-
clusion was reached that if two vessels
were approaching each other under a.
full head of steam they might, after
hearing the foghorn at distance OF
four miles apart, do their best to stop.
and yet come into collision with each
other, with serious consequences.
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'sspout" of whale. Two decades
ago New Bedford was the greatest
whaling station in the world. Now
there ip only the memory OF bustllns
streets. A strong odor of fish per-
yadcs the place, and NIL along the
streets, paved with cobble stones IN
the fishermen's part of the town, are
gates made OF whales jaws and gar
dens adorned with ivory teeth.
Nearly oil of the exhibits of the
whalers come from New Bedford.
There arc harpoons and harpoon guns
invented by famous old captains OF
whaling barks about which linger long
"yarn'S" Of varying degrees Of veraclty
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exhibit. The natives are the greatest
fishermen under the protection of the
Stars and Stripes They still use bone
hooks and ell the primitive instru-
ments for fishing. Their fishing spears
are converted into implements of
cffense and defense in war time. The
simile touching on plowshares and
pruning hooks do not hold good In
Alaska. There are hooks and spears
in the exhibit which were made by the
Quilleute Indians when they first OBJ
tained iron by trade. The natives
made use of the copper which they
found in their mines, and their work
manship is surprisingly good. An
eahgah is native in Alaska, and his
native heath is neer Point Barrow.
He has mania for collecting fish
hooks, and was persuaded by some pa
triotic American to present his collec-
ton to the Government. The hooks
| are adapted to halibut fishing.
The lines are strong, made of kelp,
called Nereocystis lutkeana for easy
reference by scientific men. The
hooks are made of two shank of wood,
lashed together at the ends. Iron
barbs are fastened to the end of one
shank and the other shank is rudely
carved in the likeness of a fish. Some
of the hooks are made Of sharks teeth,
some of splinters and others of hem
lock knots. The materials used are Of
the simplest kind. The iron barbs, or
the sharp teeth, are lashed on with
strips of white cherry. One kind OF
line is made of spruce root and is very
durable. The Singing, gear and the
snood of the more recent halibut fish
ing instruments are made Of tarred
cotton. with slot swivels, hemp gang
ines and galvanized iron hooks. By
the aborigines even walrus whiskers
are utilized in the manufacture OF
cnngings. The sinkers were made of
! iyory and the lines of strips of whale
bone.
A gruff old sen captain from Prov
incetown on Cape Cod stroked his long
gray beard and spent an hour at the
cabinet where was exhibited the lines
aad hooks of the old cod-tishers
Provincetown is the home Of homes
| for the fishermen Of the Atlantic coast.
1t is ultima thule of every Goldfish that
swims in Vineyard sound or the bay to
the West, The lines are rough-look-
inc and the hooks are of no recently
improved pattern. But they hook fish.
Captain Lemuel Cook sent line to
the exhibit which he used from 1872
to 1880. He il famous old fisher
man, known from Hyannisport to the
far side Of Nantucket. The old man
from Provincetown talked with q
strong flavor of Goldfish and his voice
was q husky sea voice. He looked with
contempt at the display OF silk lines,
nickel plated sinkers and FURNISHED
hooks. 81 tell you what he said,
thar air not so many Goldfish caught
nowadays as thar was when Lem. Cook
and all of us had our way. Thare alr
too many steamships and no easy times
like we used to have"
From the single hatch bedarka OF
the Alaskan natives. built OF drift
wood and covered with the skin OF q
female sea-lion, to the new fishing
craft designed by Captain Collins OF
| the commission, is o long step. Ihe
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-04
Sixteen Years OF o Carriage Ride.

Probably the longest carriage ride
ever made in this or any other coan.
try has been completed By Bishop
Ash, of Sunbury, Vt. Mr.. Ash left his
home sixteen years ago and drove to
Minnesota, thence to Oregon and tc
the Pacific coast. He started for YER
mont again seven months ago, crossing
the continent in covered wagon
drawn by two Indian ponies. --Phil.s-
delphia Ledger.
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collects the moss of husk fibre which
he tears from the nuts, and picks it
out with his claws until it is Light and
soft. Then he carries it to his bur-
row where it makes him fine mat
tress.
The crab burrows are often robbed
of their cocoanht fibre mattresses by
the Malays.
During the day time the crab stays
in his burrow, and spends his time
feasting on cocoanut. At night he
journeys back to the sea, where he
bathes and refreshes himself for his
next day on land.-New York Herald.
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TEMPERANCE.

wHERF DO ToC sThED?
Tn the wcriG conflict.
When all the hosts OF Goo.
And all the Devils minions
In battle-line are drawr.
Where co you stand?
When the world is full OF evils.
And everywhere We 10.
We're called upon 10 fight or yield
10 some relentless foe.
Where DO you stapc?
When every living issue.
And every great reform,
TO you for help is calling,
And Drty urges on,
Where do you stand?
When every hour we live,
For Run and Error blight
we must take sides. or else
For God ana Truth and Right,
Where do you stand?
The Pen.
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and impr0bability. The old whaling
vessel which sailed from New Bedford
in years gone by has undergone COM
'plete change. Now the vessels start
from San Francisco for the Arctic Sea,
where the whale abides. They are
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-04

The largest library in the world IL
the Bibliothequo Rationale, Par't.
founded by Louis XIV. 1t contains
400 900 volumes, 800, ,0O0 pamph.
let's, 175,OOO manuscripts, OO.ooe
maps and charts and 10000 coins
and medals.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-04

"WHAT are those tiny chunks OF
dough doing in that dish of straw.
berries?" he inquired, suspiciously.
-Oh, Henry" cried the young wife,
81 made them-they're short
cakes. Judge.
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Liberty's New Bell.

The Columbian liberty bell has gone
to the Worlds Fair. The bell Is
six feet in height, seven feet six
inches in diameter at the mouth
and weighs $4,000 pounds. The
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-04
THE SEAS FOOD.
EXHIBIT OF THE FISH COMM-S-
SION AT THE FAIR.
Various Fish Catching Appliances in
Former Years and at the Present
Time--The Hardy New Bed
ford Whalers. e

N the exhibit of
the United States
Fish Commission
in the G ov er n
m ent Building,
says the Chicago
Record, is shown
the gradual pro-
gress of the toilers
of the sea. The
first thing that
strikes the eye of
the !sight-seer on
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-04

hunters and cannibals; they use bone
pointed spears, and bows and arrows,
in fighting. They have large canoes,
which have tall prows and sterns, rising
in wooden pillars elegantly adorned
with carvings.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-09-16
COFFE e ,
BLOOD POISON

A Speciality and q cur. guaranteed In svsry oSss
or money refunded; $500, 900 capital back OF 40,
Write for positive proofs. COOK REMEDY O0.s
Masonic Temple, Chicago, NJ
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-09-16
CASHIER ROE STILL MISSING.
The Reform Clubs Trust ted EN-.
ployee Took $500.

Treasurer Lewis Windmuller. OF the
Reform Club. said this morning that
every EFFORT would be made to find the
Clubs absconding cashier, George NJ.
Roe. H. said Roe had taken a round
sum OF $3.50 and some money collected
as dues.
Roe was engaged by Mr.. Windmuller
seven weeks ago at salary OF $40 a
month. He had formerly been employed
by the Importers and Traders Bank.
He was highly recommended. Mr.. Wind.
muller says, by the bank officials
he had been working for hardware
nrm at Paterson just before the Reform
Club employed him, but the Club did
not think II necessary 10 get the Pater-
son firm's recommended ton.
so much confidence was placed in
Mr.. Roe that he was given an indorsed
check for $500 In the latter part OF Au-
gust 10 get money to pay the Club SER
wants salaries.
at exactly ll.5j A. NJ. on the last day
81 Roe laid he had received a telegram
that his wife was i'll at Paterson. = j.
He left for that place and took the sa IL
combination and the 100 with MIN.
The safe has since been broken open.
but neither Roe nor the money has bee n
found.
Roe left wife and four children
His mother. II is stated. has decla red
that the defalcation would be settled
His father was cashier OF the Hacketts-
town IN. j. National Bank.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-09-16
SIXTY LOST LAMBS RESTORED.
Many Little Stragglers Found in
the Streets This Week.
Matron Travsrs's Wardrobe De-
pleted by Them.

,rhor ,,, LOO, ,,,,,, n, r,,,o,
mere WERE sky 'os' 'a'',s nj fo'''e
Headquarters during the week
A trio from Harlem silent in the public
rnr.,,, o,,,, h,,,ry ,o ,,a 90,
"' wy ~ - 'S"' '''''' VIZ ~ ,''
Last evening they were restored to their
folks Tho restoration was unwolcome.
I, ro,,,i,od an tho Embellishments -,
az ~
h"nry bhney RrhnhinotneT' ana All 'ne
aluremcnts the fathers of wee Molly
t,a,o,, and bi,ct ..yed toe Iub. RI co,,d
'''''' NV '''' y, ''' ,''''
invent 10 get the small warrants 10 re-
turn home
JIs,rv 40 a Inland aped six wears lie
a,o ,,:.,., 49,, ,,,.
'iVes at q" East one fi"hure" ana fil-
tecnth street. He eat his lunch at 1.G0
o'cjock Wednesday afternoon. armed
hlIns''i WIN ciotnesp'h anu s'ar.eo
OFF to SEQ the city without nothing his
devoted grandmother.
Joseph .jubaro, a most beautiful chap.
OF SIX years. born on the Mediterranean
coast somewhere, left his home. 3li
East one hundred and Fourteenth
street, leading winsome Molly Denena.
aged four years, who lives In the same
hous', by the hand They got as far HI
Mayor Gilroy's ncighborhood when they
were arrested.
Then their happiness began In real
earnest. They were taken to the Har-
lem police station. introduced to lot
~ people. entertai med with goodies and
pretty things, and given ride In the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-09-16
TREASURE FINDERS RENAMED.
Three Boys Who Discovered Lynch's
Gold Arraigned In Court.

James Kane. William Dunn and Ed
ward Flynn. three of the boys who
found Jamea Lynch's bag OF 5000 on
Monday night. were arraigned before
Justice Simms In the Harlem Police
Court this morning. They were re-
n brded until tomorrow for examlna-
ton, and In the mean time placed in
the custody OF the Gerry Society.
Charles McNulty. who liz alleged to
have taken the largest share of the
money, was not at his home last night,
Detective Farley having kept a close
watch upon the house.
His father promised to he In court
this morning and produce what money
his son had given him. lie failed to do
so. and 1t Is said II he does not appear
by tomorrow morning "A warrant will
be Issued charging him with larceny.
The boys still stick to their original
story OF the find. Flvnn insists that
the money he got was stolen from him
by two men, The parents of Kane and
Dunn promise to return the money the
boys brought home. which IL $40 and $50,
respectively.
Mr.. Lynch will appear at the examina
tion tomorrow.
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DEATH MAY CLAIM HIM.
Patrick Malone Taken with a Hem
orrhage AFTER His Arrest.

Patrick Malone. junkman, Of 433
East Thirteenth street. was arrested at
o'clock this morning on suspicion Of
being one OF the gang that stole 800
worth of lead and gaspipe from the
vacant house pa Seventh avenue last
Monday night
The house is part of the Rhinelander es-
tate OF which James Rurrell, of lH3
West Fourteenth street, Is agent. Bur
rell says he saw n wagon, with Malone's
name and address on II, standing in
the vicinity Of the house few hours
before the robbery.
ON the way to the Charles street sta
tion-house this morning Malone was
taken with hemorrhage and had to
he removed to Bellevue Hospital He
was in a critical condition this forenoon.
He Will he arraigned In jefferson Mar
kct Court II he RECEIVERS
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-09-16
FORGER BLANCHARD HELD.
He Initiated His Employers Sigma.
ture and Obtained $50.

John II. Blanchard. an Elmra Re-
formatory graduate. twenty eight years
old. was held for the action Of the
Grand Jury in the Tombs Police Court
this morning, on charge of forgery.
The complainant was Isaac Phillippi.
a manufacturer. OF 900 East Sixty fourth
street. Blanchard was employed by
Phillippis name to three checks, aggre-
her h" disappeared. after having forged
Phillipps's name to three checks. aggre-
eating about $780, and raising the money
on the same.
Since then Blanchard has served two
terms on the island.
He was sent to the Roformatory four
years ago. and served thirty-fve months
for assaulting ten-year-o old girl. He
Is a married man and the father OF two
children. He gave himself up to the
police yesterday.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-09-16
IMPROVEMENTS uNOER WAY.
All of Mayor Gilroy's Recommen-
dations Have Been Accepted.
Total Cost VIII Probably Exceed
S2O,OOO,OOO.

All the public improvements recon-.
,o,aod h, Na,nr ,.,i,,,, ,,,, ,,L,., ill.,
W I'"s'' .',''' WI ,"N'"h "'"'e
In January last. and planned or author
lied since then, are now under way.
rho ,,,,,rn,,n,,a,,s ,,,,,,,, ,hn ,o,
~" improvements '''i"ue tne ne"
city hall, at an estimated cost OF $1,000,
o,,, o,,',.,,,, ,,I..'.,,,,, .,',.a',.,'
','' 'n.'ns''''' NJ II" 's,'.''''' 'Np''S'
OF AWn.Vw, hut which, competent
Judges saw. Cannot, he dane for loss than
,s ono ooo. a.. ,,,,,t...,,.,, ',,,s Co.,
'"N'''''' '"e Pui'','"''o' "l'"' 'ot"h
water supply. which VIII take S".W a
year for ten years, or S. OOO, coo altogether;
tho Harlem sno.d.,y ,,bich ,b,, ,,yi
'"e i'a''e'' Sp'eu"hs' ""'.h i''' 'hsi-
neers say can be built for 81 100000. the
Third avenue bridge across the Harlem
and IN. ,ard ,,,. ,n,ro,cho. ,horo,n
a" nao VIC '""' io' aPp'o"e"es 'ne'e.''
s2.VO,OO; the Park avenue Improvement.
T5o.VW.
Mayor Gilroy Is greatly pleased over
the progress made towards the compile
tion OF these great works. lie did not
plan them all, but he made them II
reality. the new CITY Han ana Elm
street widening had been contemplated
for years, for so many years, In fact
that people had begun to consider them
visions OF the past. When Mayor Gilroy
TOOK hold OF the matter ~ MS practical.
business-like way they became an ac-
tuaiity.
All that remains to be done In re
gard TO Elm street IL to apply tn the
supreme Court Tor the appointment OF
appraisers OF the property To be con.
demned, ana the Corporation Counsel
mas been instructed 70 make. the nnpli.
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about 81 200 short in his accounts. II
is believed that he spent the money In
gambling and playing the races. for he
was known to have been leading rather
"a fast life.
Before he became cashier OF the Botos
club Midway had been connected with
Ollie TealFs Vaudeville club and the
Union League club. At the latter ho
was accountant. but lost his position. II
rs said. as n result of "A controversy
with the Board of Governors.
He is a native OF Canada, and was
about thirty years old. Very few mem
bers of the Lotos Club. II IL said, knew
of the defalcation. the BOARD OF Govern
ors having kept the matter secret.
Although efforts were made to ind
Midway they were unsuccessful, and ac-
cording to well-informed member of
the Club. the matter has now been
dropped, the deficiency having been made
up.
II is reported that Midway wrote
letter to one of the officers of the Club
after he went away threatening to
blow his brains out II any attempt was
made to pursue him.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-09-16
FOR THE PROTECTION OF CRoTON.
The State Board OF Health Adopts
a New Rule.

The State Board Of Health to-day
made public a new rule adopted for the
sanitary protection OF the Croton River
and Its tributaries. from which New
York CiS. gets It's drinking water. This
Is the rule
THAT, taking into consideration the
character of the soil. and of the sub
strata OF the soil and the angle OF the
slopes. the distances at which Dfivy
vaults, slaughter houses. hog pens. barn
yards. or any and all places or things
which tend to pollute and render impure
and dangerous water taken from the
several sources enumerated and set forth
In said rules. may be maintained Is in
creased to 300 feet, horizontal measure
ments, OF the high water mark In any
lake, pond or reservoir In said water
shed. and to $50 feet. horizontal measure
ment. of the high water mark or pre-
cipitious bank Of any spring. stream or
water-course tributary to said lakes,
ponds or reservoirs
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-09-16

About sii months ago nv l;t!s son, aged three,
was very much troubled With breaking. out on his
scalp and behind his ear The places affected
were about as large as SILVER dollar. tho flesh
seemed raw and covered with little blisters Tho
child suffered considerably, and WAS nj turally very
itetful Tired several remedies without obtain
ing any beneficial results, in tact the eruptions
seemed to be spreading and new places breaking
out. Iconcuded to try the CUrtCUR. REMEDIES
and bought a boz of turICuRA. AcAke OF CUIIcuRA
So.I and bottle Of tUTGCuRA REsoLvESr.
washed the affected parts with the CurICuRA
soar, taking care not to irritAte tho flesh and an.
led CurI,rn'. noticed a change for / he better
10 the appearance of the eruptIons IN twenty four
hours. continued tho treatment morning and
night, and ~ two weeks the .ruptious entirely dis.
appeared. Leaving the skin smooth aud the seAlp
c'An. in fact perfect cure, as have not seen any
indications Of any eruption or bressins.out since
gave tho Guild only few doses Of the CrrICuRI
RsoLvrNr consider your CUTIcrRA RENE.
pus very valuable. and expect TO keep a sms IL sun.
ply constantly OIL hand. I believe urrIcrR.
would he excellent for applying to insect bites.
which arc very Annoying in thi. country.
q, A, ARMSTRONG
swift Island, n c.