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Aldabra Islands. near Madagascar, but
they were wiped out by greedy man.
There used to be a giant species Of turtle
in Nautilus. Van Neck, the discoverer Of
the Dodo. found some of these, which were
SO large that six men could be seated in a
single shell. Another authority states that
1000 or 5000 of them were sometimes seen
in one drove. The largest land turtles
known to have existed at any time are dug
up in fossil shape IN the Sivalik hills of
Asia. They attained length of seven feet
and weight of about 900 pounds. Plenty
of fossil turtles four feet long are discover
ed In Montana and Dakota. However,
there Is more than one species of marine
tortoise today that surpasses In size the
SiVal1k turtles. The loggerhead reaches a
weight of 1,6UO pounds and length of nine
feet. while the comparatively rare leather
back grows to even greater dimensions.
The loggerhead is very fast and strong
swimmer. He is often seen many miles
from land floating on the waves. Unlike
the other great sea turtles, which prefer
a vegetable diet, the loggerhead is carnlv-
orous. He has very powerful jaws and
with them easily cracks the shells of large
conchs. eating the meat. Sometimes the oil
from the fat of this reptile is smeared on
the sides OF vessels to keep shipworms from
eating the wood. Hunting for the great
sea tortoises affords a good living to many
thousands OF fishermen. Most important of
them, Of course, Is the tortoise-shell tur-
tie. Though 1t is a vegetable feeder, 1t is
much more fierce than the carnivorous log
inficting painful wounds.
The Tortoise Shell.
The finest tortoise shell comes from the
Indian Archipelago, and is shipped from
Singapore. but much Of it is obtained on
the Florida coast. There are three rows
of plates on the back. In the central row
are five plates, and in each of the other
four plates, the latter containing the best
material. Besides these there are twenty
five small plates around the edge of the
away, being considered worthless, but at
present 1t is very highly valued for its deli
cacy of coloring. Nowadays beautiful
cows horns.
The big swapping turtle Of Louisiana,
Mississippi and Arkansas attains a length
of three feet and Is enormously strong. 1t
will bite stick an inch thick to pieces.
On Its tongue are two processes. which
look like angle worms, and IT is supposed
that these are used to attract fish within
reaching distance. The head of a snap
ping turtle will bite for hours after it has
been cut off, and the heart will continue to
beat for twenty-four hours after being re-
moved from the body.
DIR. Baur says that the most extraordinary
tortoise in the world from one point of
view exists in New Guinea The strange
thing about II is that only one specimen
has ever been found, now preserved In the
Australian Museum, and no species nearly
resembling 1t is known to be alive. though
1t bears some liker ess to an extinct form.
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Hfgh-Class Cadges-EnEIish Tyne.
American Charitable Fund Association,
whose double object is to CHECK an abuse
to which private benevolence is especially
exposed in foreign cities" and to assist,
pecuniarily or otherwise. such INDECENT
citizens of the United States as may be
found in Paris requiring and deserving
such relief. In its advertisements soliciting
contributors 1t Is said to comprise among
its founders NEARLY all the leading mem
bers of the American colony resident in
Paris since 1862 1 have known one ex-
an pie of the workings of this charity TIE
widow Of Philadelphia. with her six
small children. applied for passage back
to New York free, yet private parties had
to put their hands into their own pockets
to augment the sum which the associat ton
gave.
The American Churches.
From the Alma church down to the con-
sulate and from the embassy up to the
chapel of the Evangelical Alliance there is
profound distrust and a deep shrinking
from dead-broke Americans. There are four
American churches in Paris "a, ST. Luke's
American Episcopal Church for Latin quar-
ter students. which depends on (2) the
american Church of the Holy Trinity of
the Avenue de rAlma, where DIR. Morgan
holds forth; G0. Dr. Thurbers American
Church-the Evangelical Alliance-and a.,
st. Joseph's Roman Catholic.
DIR. Thurber Is very anxious to raise
house. 1nadeQuacy of resources has mate
rally crippled the church work. Its op-
portunity of being a medium Of communica-
ton between Christians in America and
the work Of evangelizing France has been
OF a little blocked by lack of money. The
Holy Trinity devotes itself to parish work.
1t has one of the best choirs in all Paris.
St. Josephs is the only church that gives
fiat assurance that it will send home. in
second class or steerage, according to ones
rank in life. each broke American who
may present himself This is by favor of
its St. Vincent de Paul Society. Sir Ed
ward Blount. its president or head. was
for long time president Of the railway
line to Havre. AS such he could give
transport free by rail and make extremely
low terms with the French line to New
York. Sir Edward Is no longer president of
the Ligne de rOuest. having succumbed
to the recent French antf-English or know
nothing movement. But he Is still one of its
largest stockholders. 1t is to be hoped that
he can still arrange to make good terms
for dead-broke American citizens. Other
wise. / think, to be dead-broke in Paris
means to cadge or work your way home en-
a vessel as a sailor
STERLING HELLO.
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BETWEEN THE ACTS.

From the Chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record.
They had two seats next the aisle. He
had been interested during the first act,
laughing immoderatey at the low comedian
and applauding after the manner of bust
ness person who has spent s. for two good
seats and is determined to get 81 worth of
entertainment in encores.
AS soon as the curtain fell, however he
began to shcw signs Of uneasiness The
usual procession of young and old men
filed out until the parquet seemed empty
in spots. He turned about in his seat and
watched them.
why do ell those men go out?" she
asked.
ITO get a breath of fresh air or smoke a
cigarette, or"
Take drink. suppose"
Well. may be they do
Il think It's a shame that a man can't
go to the theater and sit through an even
ing without running out to get liquor"
Its not liquor; it's beer"
What's the difference? Don't you want
drink Of water?"
The boy with the tray of ice water served
them and the young man sectled back with
a sigh Of resignation.
After the second act he said nothing. but
ne refused the Ice water. When the cur
tain had fallen on the third act he said,
with sudden determination: Il believe
I'll step out for a moment"
NJ, you stay mere.
Il want a breath Of air and" He bolt
ed away, leaving her red-faced and bub-
bling with in iignation.
A rich, malty aroma permeated that part
or the theater as he resumed his seat
MS Is the last act. isn't it?" he asked.
No reply.
Il want to tell you right now the only
way you can reform me is by kindness.
No? No more conversation? Very WELL"
They did not exchange another word At
the close of the performance she followed
him out She had her lips tight pursed and
deliberately looked in an opposite direc-
ton every time he glanced at her.
At the corner he hailed a car, but when
he attempted to assist her she would not
allow him. She sat down and he sat be-
side her. Then she arose and moved to
the other side Of the car.
Chilly evening" he observed. She look
ed out of tine window.
Presently the conductor came through
and said to her: Fare, please"
She nodded in the direction of the young
man. who handed the conductor a nickel.
How about this young LADY,"
Il don't know her: never saw her before"
The conductor turned to her and said:
Il must ask you for your fare"
For moment she hestated and then
said: stop the car. I'll walk home"
The conductor reached for the rope. and
at that moment the young man weakened.
Here's your money" said he Then he
went over and sat beside her.
whats the use?" said he.
you'll never take another drink
'Neverv
Peace was at once declared.
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at horne? Why do you come here with him
to double the expense? You women come
abroad and spend your last ten dollars"
Mr. Reid, If you've got any laundering to
send me home in the steerage, you might as
well get rid of it. I've got money And
have called to see about getting my boy
into the Conservative"
Still, think it unwise of you unless you
are sure"
Mr.. Reid. you're bilious this morning
My advice to you is to take pill. 1 have
money and am keeping house."
1t was then our minister to France said
smiling: WELL you are type. Drop in
and see me every time you pass. 1 want to
know how you are getting on. AS to your
son and the Conservatoire. 1 can't do any
thing" His last words were: Where do
yeu buy your coal?'
She did rot get the boy the envied place
IN the state school of art. But she would
drop In now and then to see the minister
only TO show him that she was not broke
yet. He always had kind word for her.
and always asked her where she bought her
coal At last she told him that she bought
1t by the bucket
What extravagancew He wrote upon n
card. Here, this is the address of my coal
merchant. He will sell you coal in ouanti-
ty at very reasonable prices"
announcer case OF more recent date concerns
the consul or vice consul A lady studying
sir ing in the Marchesi school died in
childbirth. Her husband in New York. sick
in bed with pleurisy, cabled the Marchesis
to do everything, And the new vice con-
sui let them do 1t. The Ms themselves
kind-hearted foreigners) and the Rev MIR
Masse. of the Alma Church attended to the
business, frop the engaging of the nour-
rice to the ordering of the flowers At the
consulate by this time they had looked the
matter up, discovered that the husband in
New York was well-to-do, and that there
was no risk to run in advancing money, so
they advanced it. Soon a draft arrived and
all was liquida ted.
1t might be thought from the foregoing
cases that the calling on our consul or
ambassador when you are broke in Paris
is but a mere formality, dry. fruitless, bar
rem. Yet 1 have heard of Mr.. Eustis help
ing people this very summer. Whatever
he gives out Is from his pocket. Al the
consulate they say there are six appli-
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DRAMATIC DREAMS.
Example of Lightning-Like Play OF
the lima ginn ton During Sleep.

Andrew Lang in Illustrated London News.
A curious example of the dramatic and
mythopoeic quality in dreams. and of the
power of COMPRISING time. was once re-
lated to me by a lady. She. in her dream,
was sitting in her room looking out on a
beautiful, clear autumn twilight. She heard
knock, heralding visitors. and, going
down stairs. found two strangers in her
parlor. One she recognized-a relative
who had died i'm her childhood. He was
little old gentleman, In a brown dress of
the early part Of the century. With him
was a handsome lady in a Spanish man.
tilla. They had Oh the table before them
a small, ancient iron-bound chest. At this
moment (still in the dream) servant en-
tered w tn tea or some such refreshment,
and, 10! the visitors vanished. The ser
want went out and there were the visitors
again. They had opened the Golfer. AMI dis
played two sets of yellow old documents.
One was a list of securities, one list of
names. The lady in the mantilla explained.
while the old gentleman nodded assent,
that he and she had been betrothcd. and
that she had died before their marriage.
The old gentleman had gore abroa i at the
peace Of Amiens. had been caught and de-
tanned on the outbreak of war. and this
had led to some accident in his affairs by
which the Golfer and its contents had been
ing unclaimed.
:'They are" said the lady of the man.
tllla, "now in the keeping of MeSsrs. -"
A knock at the door. Enter the maid with
tea, the maid in flesh and blood; disappear
ance of the dream. The solicitors names
were never communicated.
Now, the dream-mind clearly started from
the maids first tap at the door. This was
the knock announcing the arrival of the
visitors in the dream. All the rest of the
scenes were a myth, invented by the dream
mind to account for the first half-heard
tap. The dream-mind created the person of
the old forgotten relative, and invented.
without any assistance from conscious
memory, the lady of the mantilla, and her
love story, and her death. The box, the
securities, all the dresses and properties,
were improvised by the dream-mind and
placed on the stage of vision.
All this was done. all this drama per-
formed merely as a myth accounting for
the first tap: and everything was invented,
staged and acted in the moment between
the first tap at the door and the second.
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carts day. "Mcst of them better dressed
than I am" adds the vice consul cynical,y.
The American government makes no pro-
vision for assisting or returning needy
citizens abroad, no matter what the hard
ship of the case may be. In this we are
behind the English. They maintain a prov
ident relief fund at the embassy, from
which almost any applicant can draw from
two to four francs daily for a week Gin
which he is supposed to look aroundD and
then they will give him a ticket home
tffrd-class, or find a means for him to
work his passage home.
Sometimes our vice consul (who has all
the work Of this unpleasant refusing to
do) sends the petitioners up to our own
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room you sit upon the waySide DencneS I'LL
you are told to move on. Walk the streets
ell night. There are some night asyiums-
quite Inadequate. If you present yourself
at a police poste and ask for lodging for
the night II ipso facto constitutes you
vagabond. You would be taken 10 the de-
pot in the morning. there Intercepted, and
most likely sent to the frontier.
OF course. 4 man does not get down to
such eNtremiteis in one swift fall Most
people who have spent some time in Paris
have had money, clothes and valuables, and
have made friends. To borrow from friends,
however. with no reasonable chance of pay
ing back. for the mere pleasure of remain
ing in Paris, Is not so far removed from
cadgtng as to guarantee that one will not
become cadger shortly. If one adds to
this the habit of absinthe drinking and a
taste for meditation ON the terraces of the
cafes, when all the pretty ladies walk past
In their bravery he soon becomes a species
OF lgnoble lotus eater, content to have lao
future and forget his past and willing only
to exert himself three times a week in strik-
ing tourists for loan. Such men beco ne
too lazy even to act as guides.
When one is merely short of money wait
ing for remittances, and must pay nearly
all he has for :oom rent, the temptation to
go borrowing Is still great. AS have said,
Parisians have not our institution of ehe
Zee lunch. The downtown clerk, Partisan
and knowing, must spend twenty cents to
get the meanest meal. Americans cannot
live on a piece of cheese and sausage and a
turn you take you have to pay out money
You cannot get odd jobs to do. One might 90
round among the several hundreds of
American importing houses. 1 have known
people TO go round the whole list and find
not even envelopes to be addressed
Applying to the Legation.
For the American in temporary difficult
ties there are some resources though but
temporary. which do rot appeal SO strongly
to the nerve as bare-faced begging from the
tourists.
The first, most natural and proper course
is to go to the consul, or ambassador, or
both. When Mr.. Reid was here he helped
number of Americans. In fact he helped
SO many that he almost got a fixed idea
that every stranger who approached him
wanted money, or would want it soon One
day a widow lady with her son, a youth of
twenty and more than promising violinist,
called upon him. All they wanted was some
information and advice as to how to get
the boy into the Conservative. While the
lady was waiting in the ante-room she
heard sobbiEg in the room beyond but paid
no great attention. She learned afterward
that the minister had been all tired out with
listening to story Of financial woe. When
she and her son went in to Mr.. Reid he said
abruptly: Now, madame, what do you
want?"
She told her case.
Has your sen been vaccinated?'
She answered no.
He can't get into the Conservative I'M
TIL he has been vaccinated "a facD. Now,
madame, ask you at the start-have you
enough money to justify your staying
here?"
She said she thought she had.
why doesn't your son work at his violin
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Clear Compilations.
Youthful Faces

Free from Wrinkles. Plmplrs. Blackheads. Liver
Spots easily obtained by the OF the Ne
Plus Ultra Face Beautiier and Flesh FOOD. IL n
neither troublesome expensive aud n harmless
10 a childs skim because Il n prepared Ia different
strengths 70 suit all ages and all compilations, and
therein lies its neverfaiing success. Half bottles,
cents. Sealed circulars sent on applicsticn. Nine.
CAROLINE, Face Specialist, al Sixth ave., New
York and Sole Agent for the famous Royal Wind.
sor French Hair hestorer mot a dyel. IL re.
promotes the SrsSsh - haaR. svsbrows and eye
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mg the cafes and b-asseries. partaking of
their coffee, ice cream, liqusurs, wines and
beers. Yet If you have no money, IL Is even
hard to get glass of water How Will you
get glass of water on the Boulevard at
night? do not know. There are no Wal
lace fountains nearer than six blocks-one
at the Theater Francois, one 1T the Place
de la Concorde. VIII you go into one of the
cafes and ask for It? II you have nerve
enough; you waste your nerve in doing It,
1t would be more probably employed in
cadgins. IL takes duplicity and confidence
TO step inside a big Partisan cafe. stroll
back to the wash room and take a drink of
water from the faucet and walk out slowly.
being always ready to refuse to take the
Seat a waiter offers you, on the pretext that
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Chicago Always Ahead.


New Yorker-'I saw a man fall from a
tcnth-story window this morning. He was
killed instantly"
Chicagoan-''That's nothing. I once saw
man fall from a twentieth-story window
in Chicago and the doctors said he was
dead before he reached the ground"
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originally loaned. He will not sell ii to
ticket speculator. He will use it cadging.
1t Is mournful fact that most Amer
icanS who go dead broke in Paris are oblig
ed to cadge or get home quick. Employ
ment Is next to impossible to find. Friends
and acquaintances grow cold One must
seek new acquaintances. To cadge is to
hang around the American bars, like
Henry's or Pulaski's or the Chatham. pick
up Americans and treat them to tale of
woe. The tourists hand dives down iato
his trousers pocket. Two dollars, five or
even ten may come out. with his blessing.
There are some fellow citizens In the gay
French capital who never borrow less thar.
so. Americans who would not give a
stranger 10 cents In New York wilr-yery
properly-perceive difference when ii is
in Paris. After all. the daa i-broke beggar
Is a fellow coultryman. He must have
had some money to get over. Here is the
pawn ticket. which he offers to dispose of.
His tale of woe sounds true-in fact. 1t
nearly always Is true One--mere imagfna-
ton is not in IL with the facts when one is
broke in Paris. 1t is sal to See n fellow
c6untryman SO far away from home. in the
midst of all the gayety. vet lacking food,
although he has clean lin Perhaps he
has been reckless. dissipatel- We must not
Judge him. We are reckless and dissiplted
too. Here. take So Keep the ticket.
This Is cadging; very profitable for young
men of education and good breeding. Near
ly any American Will lend you I'D cents at
least to get a meal Because-it Is the first
thing that Americans discover-there is
free lunch in all Paris.
Hard to Get Even Water.
Try to imagine what this means, whe~
added to the further obstacles of a foreisl
language in n city where a hungry man.
with no friends. or whose friends have
grown fatigued. is bound to look for food
where it exists-that is. among a foreign
people. The Assistance Publique will give
you rothing, although you may go into any
hospital if YOU are sick. The Boulevard is
like a great beer garden. burning bright
with colored lights and loud with laughter
and expense. Ten thousand easy going.
happy. welI-dressed people sit in easy
chairs at little tables on the sidewalk 'front.'
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=. The Chaos of Good Order.

From the New York Weekly.
wife-"Dear me, you can never fnd q
thing without asking me where Il is How
did you get along before you were mar
ried?-
were put then"
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From the Indianapolis Journal
She declared, ir accents most torrid.
That he simply was stupid and horrid:
The reason was this:
He'd been granted a kiss,
And instead Of her lips took her forche
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OF half dozen private loan establishments
and take the highest valuation offered by
the one most liberal. In Paris you GO to
the government pawn shop, the Mont-de-
Piete. 1t Is a semi-private corporation
paying from to per cent a year 20 Its
own stockholders. and turning all its other
prohts over to the city charities. 1t has no
competition. thanks to its monopoly. One
central building and ten branches are suf-
fcient for the city. The bonded appraisers
Will give you on a watch, no matter what
Its works are worth. exactly four-fifths of
the weight value of its case as bullion. 50
with other objects. To borrow any sum
above ; francs you must give proof of your
identity. The interest charged Is per cent
q year. The ticket holds good for one year.
Then. II the interest be not paid, the ar
ticle Is sold at auction. What it brings in
excess of the loan. plus costs and interest.
Is held at your disposal for three months.
Therefore a ticket of the Mont-de-Pisse has
an actual speculative value.
With this in mind. the dead broke Amer
ican. II he be not too scrupulous, may real
lie from the pink slip of paper ten times, a
hundred times more money than the sum
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FOR DYSPEPSIA
Use iOrsfOrd's Acid Phosphate.

Dr. Fl. Welty, Hamilton. Va. says: II have
isfactory results Nothing is equal to it for treat
ment Of dyspepsia and the various compiled lions
resulting from disorders originating In the stomach
! consider II Invaluable"
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ABOUT turtles than
any other man liv-
ing. has just return
ed from the Gala
pages Islands. He
brings news of the
almost entire extinc-
ton Of the gigantic
tortoises for which
that little archipela-
go long ago became
celebrated. There are
none of them left on
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A Suggestion.



Mrs. Brown-"Since they have become en-.
gagged they just sit In the parlor and not a
word passes between them"
Brown-"Perhaps there is no room for II
to do SOL
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of an American dead
broke in Paris. Sup
pose he has no
friends, and that he
has already pa~ne1
his valuables for love
of the gay capital.
T h e pawning in
itself is under differ
ent conditions from
those holding In his
own dear land, where
all one has to 20 Is
To walk in aud ont
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A Nearly Extinct Species, survivals
Of the Tertiary Period.
OOFHSOME PARTICLE OF FOOD
A Few Of Them Still Remain on
the Galapagos Islands.
TIL Err ANGE HABITS

Written for The Evening Star.
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The Dodges to Which Impecunious
Americans Resort,
MANY Who ENGAGE IN HCADGING"
Pledging Articles in the Municipal
Pawn Shop.
APPLYING TO THE CONSUL

'orrcsDc ndepes of The Evening Star
PARIS. September A, 1891.
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VrItteH Tue Evening STAT.
MR:BA UR. WHO
4 Uabout turtles than