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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

LOSTBetween Union depot and Morris
hotel, one pocketbook containing num-
Der of annual passes issued in favor of j.
S. Houston. Liberal reward will be paid
for return of same to clerk of Morris
Hotel
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LOST-Two COWS, by Thomas Poole; one
yellow COW, points of horns cut off, swal-
low fork in each ear; one red COW, very
large and beefy; both giving milk; IS Of
fered to find same. Thomas Poole Please
report at Age-Herald office.
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$40. 90 REWARD-Strayed or stolen; sorrel
horse, years old, 1872 hands high. fax
name and tail, fore top cut, nuckels in
front feet, two white feet behind, small
blaze. long legged. Notify Ellis Drug Co.,
Pirmingham Ala 80 st
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violate any principle of law, and may be
enforced
1t was a decision of the entire court, the
four democrats voting also against the de-
murrer, and was a surprise to many law
yers, as the coal combine had been dis
solved by Chancellor McGill a few years
ago for the same reasons that were adj
vamced in the demurrer.
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WANTED-By couple, without children,
room and board in private family; close
In on Northside; or comfortable room,
furnished or unfinished. Address II.
A s., this office. 6 1t
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WANTED-To buy of property owner, for
cash, both business and resident property.
Address Private Buyer" care of Age
Herald. 5-26-u
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WANTED-Five colored steam dr'llers at
new reservoir, Louisville, Ky. Edward
Hely. 81 5t
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WANTED-Position by first class cook
and baker. Apply to II. Hentchell s
saloon, 1st avenue. 81 ct
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REAL ESTATE

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FOR SALE
5000 choice lots 50x14O, next to c. P. Bed
dow, in Avondale: nice ridge propertyk u
block from electric cars.
$2,500-261a acres rich land broom house;
well improyed near Traction car line in
East Birmingham
G u rrr1oaKnooNr
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WANTED-1,oOO people to wear shoes. 10
per cent reduction for 30 days. D. B,
Luster, 217 10Th st. wed fri sun W
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Subscribe for the Daily and
Sunday Age-Herald, etc per
month, delivered to any adj
dress.
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WANTED Secondhand saw mill with en-
CINE and boiler. Must be cheap and in No.
repair. Address P. o. Box 155, Bir-
mingham Ala. 8 30 1t
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WANTED-A few more boarders at 700
West goth St. Delightful location for sum-
mer. ~ 81
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"he met 1t. He wasn't chased up and
down several mountain ranges by it, as I
have been"
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WANTED-To rent two-seated vehicle dur
ing hot months. VIII take good care OF
same. Address c., Age-Herald. 81 3t
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WANTED-You TO call for NJ. & c. DC
cigar. 5-21-25t
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MISCELLANEOUS

ROSE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE-A
College of Engineering. Mechanical, cleo
trical, civil engineering: chemical courses;
architecture extensive shops. Modernly
equipped laboratories in all departments
Expenses low. nth year. For catalogue.
address C. L. Mees, President, Terre
Haute, Ind. oaw-5-25-tf
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LOST

LoST-A good bargain by not buying your
shoes for next 80 days from d. B. Luster,
217 18th ST.. and failing to get 10 per cent.
reduction 5 81 wed fri sun W
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STOCKS AND BONDS

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STOCKS AND BONDS-We have orders to
buy and sell Ensley Land Company stock,
Bessemer Land Company stock, Bir-
mingham Water Works stock, East Lake
stock Alabama National Bank stock,
and other local stocks and bonds. w. B.
Leedy & Co. 4-29-tf
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THE NJ. & C. is the best &c cigar on the
market Try one and you will always
call for it. 5-21-25t
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WANTED-At once twelve good response
BILE deputies as organizers for the United
Moderns, a fraternal and beneficiary or
der for both men and women. Apply to
NJ. C. Gam, State Organizer, Florence
Hotel rooms 63-64 5-26-t
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Baltimore, June 1.-The Orioles won an
exciting ten-inning game today, making it
three straight from st. Louis Score.
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WANTED-Room or board for A l lessons
In piano and voice by lady from New
York. No objections to suburbs. Address
Vocalist this office. fri sun
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BARGAINS FoRI sAI.R -

bAttOAI4No tOIk oEIIE.
$25, 000-50x140, three stories, I'd ave-; between
18th and 10Th streets.
$50 000-50x14O, three stories, Sd ave., be-
tween goth and 21st streets.
81 200-Handsome residence, Highland ave-.
near 21st street.
s6,500-Elegant home. South goth street, near
18th ave.
ss5O0-Two residences on 7th ave., North
s2,600-47-acre farm two miles from court
house. w. B. LEEDY & CO.,
a-16-tf Agents
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VIM NJ. GIVEN-Civil and Mining E1gin-
Ger, railroad work. lands subdivded and
mineral properties examined and report
ed upon Office: Room 400 Chalifoux
building. BIRMINGHAM. Ala. 3-25-1mo
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-A mich COW, three-quarters
Jersey; a splendid mixer. Address B.,
care Age-Herald. 5-26-tf
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COMPETENT BOOKKEEPER wants stu
alton; good references; can loan employer
$1,000 or take interest Bookkeeper care
Age-Herald. n st
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FOR SALE.


81 5oo-9O0x1s0, corner Ave G and 9th ST.
Nine houses.
81 2o0-25x1O0, I'd ave. between 10th and nth
st.
n .50O-5ox14O; four four-room houses, Sd ave-,
rented at sA per month
ss o0o-northwest corner I'd ave. and 18th Of
20 9Oo-Six-room house, 18th ave. Good neigh
borhood.
a'ooo-Two semi-detached residences. 25th
St, north. Lot 12Ox16O.
81 T5O-Good 7-room cottage; 5th ave.
"a e5o-5ox19O; 9Th ave. and near 22d st. I'm.
"a 75O-5Ox1eo; 7th ave-, 7-room house
s95 per foot. 1877 feet on 18th ave. near goth
ST.
"a 5Oo-Elegant home. Lot s5x240, on 18th
ave-, south.
we cannot advertise all we have for sale.
Call and see US.
CHICHESTER, YANCEY & ORR.
b-1S-tf 2O09 list ave.
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DON'T YOU NEED an electric fan this hot
weather to keep you comfortable? q If
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WANTED-To do your electrical work; old
est electricians In birmingham prices rea.
sonabie. Excelsior Electric Co.. 1903 "a
avenue. Phone 10 3-19-tf
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ON WEEKLY OR MONTHLY PAYMENTS
Fine diamonds, jewelry and watches; no
trash; delivered on first payment: lowest
prices; business confidential. Call on or
address e. Lowinsohn, 201O list ave. All
goods warranted. S-15-1y
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ELECTRIC FANS cool the air in any store
or residence. q II
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FOR RENT

ROLL TOP DESK for sale. A. R. Dear
born. b-6-tf
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WHICH IS BEST, a light that won't render
the atmosphere in your room impure. or
one that will? 3-19-tf
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WANTED-By Wheelock & Wilson. 21S and
.219 Chalifoux Building. lots to survey;
draughting. subdivisions and general sur
veying. 3-16-1m
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PEOPLE go into stores where electric fans
are just to get cool, then buy something
to pay for the comfort they have en-
joyed. n IT
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Choice, lockwood, Kathie May. Swords
man, Infelice, Asman, Dolly Regent also
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PERSONAL

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DON'T forget that you can buy shoes
cheaper from d. B. Luster, 217 10Th ST.,
than any where else in the city. He is
giving 10 per cent. reduction for thirty
days wed fri sun "
Evening journal., 1899-08-14
LAKE MIcHIeAps DIRT WAVE.
Twice a year n Long Line OF Rub
biAh Appears Along the
West shore.

''Did you ever notice the dirt wave?''
asked an old fisherman at the Sixty
ninth street dock the other day, as he
pointed to a long black streak on the
lake, which looked like the line of the
horizon.
"a peculiar thing is that dirt wave,
continued the old man, examining his
hook, "and for many year I've been
puzzled about IL"
Upon being asked to tell something
about the dirt wave by the Chicago
Democrat reporter, he said:
sWell, that wave comes about twice
year as regular as the season, and
never fails to reach this side Of the lake
during the month Of April. Where 1t
comes from can't exactly understand,
and how the rubbish which II carries
sticks together IS a mystery to me.
you will notice, he continued, that
as far as you can see in either direction
the dirt wave reaches.
"The dirt doesn't travel as fast as
common waves, another thing ] don't
understand, and it'n be "a hours be-
fore Il reaches the shore"
what Is the dirt composed OFF,
"Why, just common rubbish. Sticks
wooden boxes, old newspapers mixed
up with a sort Of mortar OF dust and
marine plants. I'll bet that wave is lo'
miles long"
Evening journal., 1899-08-14
IN THE MIDST OF ALARMS
An Eastern Man Tells About the DIFF
nculties of Poker Playing I'm
the Gas Region.

"In the west the unexpected is apt to
happen" remarked an eastern man who
had just returned from a business trip
through the northwestern states, 'and
no one expresses or apparently feels
any surprise at the most unlooked-for
events. Now, where could such an oc-
currence happen, for instance, as the
following except in a country like ours:
"At the hotel where j was stopping
In town in Indiana a party of men
were seated at cards. Draw poker was
the game, and the betting was lively.
At the last drawing one Of the party
found to his satisfaction that he hsld
n straight flush, but just at that mo-
ment there was a sharp report; a second
one, much more violent than the first,
tore open the floor Of the smoking
room, and the party of men dropped
into the cellar.
"It was an explosion Of natural gas.
n little episode which frequently hap
pens, I am told, in the gas regions. Az
though considerably bruised, not one
of the party fortunately was seriously
hurt, and each man held with chorac-
teristic western imperturbability his
cards.
"I can, said the holder of the
straight flush, as If the unpleasant lit
tle occurrence Of being dropped sudden
ly into the cellar had never happened,
whereupon the others showed their
hands by the light of their fuses, and
assisted the lucky winner to find the
stakes, which were scattered all over
the ground"
Evening journal., 1899-08-14
YOU WALK VERY FAST.
This Authority Has II That s5,o3O
Miles nn Hour Is About Your
Usual Gait.

Have you ever thought of the distance
YOU travel while you are out Tor an
hours stroll?
possibly you walk three miles in an
hour. but that does not represent the
distance you travel. The earth turns
on its axis every "a hours. In round
figures call the earth's circumference
"a 600 miles. and you must have Travelled
during your hours stroll a thousand
miles in the axial turn Of the earth.
saws the New York World.
But this is not all. The earth makes
Journey round the sun every year.
Put the distance OF our planet from the
sun at a2,00o,oo0 miles The diameter
is therefore is4,O00,000 miles, and the
circumference described by the earth
SIS 900 900 miles In other words. the
earth travels around the sun each day
i.5s4ooo miles. and every hour-for IN
stance. the hour during which you took
your walk-the earth moved through
$4,000 miles.
So. adding your three miles Of lee
travel TO the hours axial movement OF
the earth. this 20 the earth's orbita
Journey and that again to the earth''
excursion with the sun. and YOU vii
find you have Travelled within the hour
i 5000 miles
Evening journal., 1899-08-14
FLOWERS FOR OLD STAMPS.
Bow the Women OF 81. Marks Epis-
copaI Church in Chicago Get
Altar Decorations.

One church congregation in Chicago
collects $4,000 Cancelled postage stamps
every week, and 1900, 900 in year This
is ST. Marks Episcopal church, corner
Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty-slxth
street. These stamps are sold TO flor
ist for eight cents a thousand, and in re-
turn he furnishes flowers for the altar
every Sunday. Fora long time the com
mittee of ladies in charge of the church
decoration were dismayed at the scant
appropriation for the purchase of flow
ers. At last one of them hit upon the
plan Of selling old postage stamps. En-
thusiasm was communicated TO the
Sunday school pupils. They visited Of
fees Of vestrymen and prominent
church members downtown and got
them TO save the postage stamps on
their correspondence. Ladies of the
church began TO carry on a correspond
ence with long-neglected friends for
the sake of accommodating Cancelled
postage stamps, and the habit is now
fixed, says the Inter Ocean.
"Why, I'd as soon think of throw
Ing away car fare as to waste old post
age stamps" said one.
The stamps at first were counted, but
now an arrangement has been made
with the florist to take them by weight.
1t Is said that they are purchased by
foreign paper mills Owingto the fine
quality Of the material used by unc9e
Sam for stamps they make over into an
excellent brand of paper.
Evening journal., 1899-08-14
SHE IS GROWING RICH.
Chicago Woman's Hands BrinE Her
About $1,000 Yenrly-she
Is Masseuse.

Half the world is as ignorant of how
the other half makes its money as of
how it lives. There is a Chicago wom-
an, for instance, who earns with her
hands yearly sums that would make
the average brain worker envious. She
docs not print, nor write, nor design,
nor make dresses, nor do any Of the
things that one usually picks out as
woman's work. She earns all this
money by giving massage to women.
She is not in any way an impressive
woman. She is Of medium size and mid
die age. She gives one the idea OF be-
ing in perfect health and of being kind
ly and sympathetic. Otherwise there
is nothing noticeable about her. But
her patrons consider her a wonderful
woman.
Most of her work is done at the homes
Of her patrons, though they may come
to hec establishment at about half the
home rate. She rubs a woman an hour
at each visit, and her patrons are posi-
tive that she imparts to them a tremen-
dous amount of vitality.
OF course, there are many wome gen
gagged in massage. The only remark
able thing about this particular woman
Is the amount of money she earns. Her
monthly receipts run from $500 to $500
every dollar Of which she earns person.
ally.
Evening journal., 1899-08-14
AMERlcA Meets THERE.p .
One OF the Leading London Newspa-
pers Admits DefeRt OF Brit
ish Trade.

American hustle is OF last acllnowl-
edged 10 beat British slowness, when
even the slowest Of Lehdon newspapers,
the Times, is found admitting our com
mercial alertness in these words:
IA good deal of comment has been
caused by the news that the contract
for the bridge which is to carry the new
Soudan railway over the River Atbara
has been given TO an American firm, and
It seems to have been assumed in some
quarters that Transatlantic ironmas-
ter had been preferred TO a British
manufacturer, and that the EgyptiaR
government had gone out Of its way TO
ignore this country. But the facts are
exactly the reverse. The English agent
for the Egyptian government, who had
the ordering of the Atbara bridge, gave
the frat chance to British traders, and
would doubtless have given them the
sole chance but for the imperative km-
portancc Of speedy delivery. OF the
British ironmasters approached not one
could guarantee delivery in the time at
which delivery was required.
Ouc Aukiihl iIiu Iuu the 1WLcIlctuh
close as to time, but, speed being of par
amount Importance and as the Ameri-
cans could insure ii in the greatest
measure, there was no choice but to &c
70 them for the work. In contrast to
the pronptitude with which they have
shipped the component parts OF the
bridge Aay be placed the fact that the
agents of the EgyptiaH government had
TO wait four months for, one small
brid~e OF 81 tons ordered in England
Probably the recent engineering dis
pute was responsible for this. 1t vii
be found that the locomotives for the
Soudan railway, or, at all events, the
first batch delivered. win come from
America. The reason in this case IL
precisely the same. Tlso desire IS 10 &C
delivery with all possible dispatch, ans
as America IS in a position to guarantee
greater speed than England the govern
ment here has had no choice but to g,
to the states for at least that portion o
the order which could not wait."-Chi
cago Chronicle.
Evening journal., 1899-08-14
CHANCE TO BE A KING.
These Islands and Lord IL
over the People.

Here was a great chance for people
wishing 10 become independent landed
proprietors. The French government
offers for sale some Of the little i"lands
situated at the entrance Of The bay OF
ST. Malo, on tho coast OF Brittany.
Formerly, when the famous French
pirates Jacques Cartier and Sourconf
brought down the wrath Of the English
on their heads by their acts of daring,
the victims tried 20 get near enough to
ST. Malo 20 throw iirebrands and TO dis
charge cannon into the town. but they
were never able 10 succeed in passing
the islands.
The French government has taken
away the cannon from the fortified
walls Of Gouchce. Ia Plata. Ia lion.
leress and one or two other Of these
blocks. The state, which is always
short Of money. found it a needless ex
pense to keep up this property and Sc
offers it for sale.
The inhabitants Of ST. Malo are yer,
unensy and discontented at the pro
ceeding. And not without cause. for
no restrictions having been put upoi
the sale. tie highest bidder win hccom'
practically their king. be his national
its wha; 81 may
Evening journal., 1899-08-14
SOLOMON MIXES IN.

Delaware has found her solomon. In
an editorial laudatory Of tie political
virtues Of j. Edward Addiciss, the Sun
advances the following editorial Pro-
verbs:
There is no degree Of moral obtuse-
ness more depraved than that which
persistently suspects and accuses those
with whom it disagrees of evil motives
and designs. Its ears are stopped; its
eyes are holden; its conscience is scar
ed. It sees, hears, feels, nothing but
its own deformity, its own dark stains
its own consciousness of evil intent
Defeat and disappointment makes it
mad Its madness is destructive
Truth enrages it. IL imagines vain
things and consorts with evil.
Unless Solomon can prove an alibi
we must hold him responsible tor mix
ing in a personal matter between the
Sun and the Milford News and Adver-
tiser He has made an unnecessary
use Of apostrophes, but his English IL
good. Before the editor OF the News
and Advertiser writes a reply he had
better clean out his ears with The Ie-
verse end Of match, unhitch his eyes
swathe his bllstered conscience Will
goose-grease and the yolk OF an egg
take his three senses Of sight hearing
and feeling out and exercise them. re
move Truth from the paddock, in
Etruct his Imagination in the vanit,
of this wicked world, look for decen
associations and then study the Sons
Of Solomon for a week for the sakl
OF inspiration An argument like tha
advanced by our morning contempo
rary cannot be answered of-hand. 1
requires careful study and execution
and Colonel DuPont's Milford orgai
must acouit itself with credi. in thi
emergency. when the two Republicni
factions are engaged in swapping i'm
pressions
Evening journal., 1899-08-14
RAPID EATING.
The. one Thing That Is Likely to se-
rnre a Russian Girl a.sDeedt
Marriage.

OF all the strange customs Of foreign
nations those that strike us to be most
peculiar are the marriage customs Of
the Russian peasants. 1t is the aim of
every young peasant to acquire for
himself a wife that will be a suitable
aid both in the field and in the kitchen,
and he leaves the choice to his parents.
The beauty of the young lady and her
taste of dress and furniture is little
considered, but instead the dispatch
with which she can perform her daily
duties And in the following peculiar
way her ability in that line is obtained:
The parents Of the young man decide
that certain young lady would make
suitable mate for him. They say
nothing about the matter to anyone,
but on some evening they will drop
around unexpectedly to the prospective
brides home and viii stay for supper.
During the meal they win keep a close
watch on the young lady. If she eats
fast she win perform her work speedi-
ly; II she goes neatly and cleanly about
her plate she win perform her work
neatly and cleanly; il she does not talk
much she will work, and not talk, and
prove faithful and obedient wife to
her husband; If she prefers rye bread
to white she will be satisfied with her
lot; II she does not gaze and stare at the
visitors she will be q wife that viii not
continually pry into her husbands busi-
ness, and If she Immediately proceeds
to. clean up the dishes after the meal
she win bring prosperity 10 her hus-
band and viii be economical with his
money.
Thus the fate of the young couple is
decided. Should she prove satisfactory
TO the young mans parents, by the
aforementioned actions, the parents
stay after supper and close the bar
gain with the young lady's parents over
bottle of good vodka.
A most peculiar thing about the mar
riage ceremony is the fact that when
the couple enter the church both groom
and bride make dash for the platform,
on which IS the pulpit II is believed
that the one whose foot touches the
PLATFORM first viii live the longer, and
that the children win take after that
ore in size, health and beauty.
The festivities last three days, during
which all friends and relatives celebrate
Ia holiday. The bride IS adorned in a
bandana Of the brightest hue and with
ribbons Of all colors and shades. The
Groom has a new fur hat and skin
overcoat tied with belt Of brightest
red. The marriages generally take
place in the fall. after the harvest has
been gathered.-CiNcinnati Enquirer.
Evening journal., 1899-08-14
EELs IN CAPTIVITY.
they Keep Their Appetite and Grow
Fat and Appear 10 Get Along
Very Ven.

Eels appear to be pretty hardy in
captivity. There are in tank at the
aquarium a number of cells that have
thrived and grown fat there, although
they must there content themselves
with a gravel bottom instead Of one
Of mud. which they would seek in
nature. says the New York Sun. The
eel in captivity is rather susceptible TO
fungus, but the disease responds readi-
ly to treatment, and the eel never loses
its appetite. All rhe eels in this tank
have increased materially in size and
weight there. The eel that has bee
in the tank the longest time came from
Cold Spring Harbor and has now been
in the tank about three years. One of
the eels was caught about year and
half ago right in the aquarium; taken
from the valve of a pump which had
become chokcd up. The eel was get
out substantially uninjured. II has
about doubled its weight since 'hen.
The cells are fed on chopped-up clans
with occasionally some live killies
which they are easily able to catch and
which they like Killies, in fact, make
good bait IN fishing for cells. with the
killie hooked through the back N sucl
1 way as not TO kill or deprive IL of tho
oower OF motion.