The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-18

lands, some from the Loulsiade group, some some
rom the Solomon and SOME from ~ ~
women, the latter being paid as little as
Sl.25 month. The men divers often re-
eslye q high as q month. Du ~, on a, sas
paid In tobacco and clothing instead OF
money.
The Cuour,bers Of the Sea.
The beche dc mer arc called the cucum-
bers Of the sea because they look go mucn
like cucumbers us they lie in the water
They range in length from one foot "
four feet and from the thickness Of your YOU,
upon the coral reefs and are picked on az
low tide or obtained by diving down 70
depth of from twelve 10 eiEhteeh ~,
Tie fishermen collect them In SACKS hhu
carry them to curing STATIONS, where Lhsy
are boiled cleaned and laid In tue sun 70
dry. After thai they are carried ~ ~, ~
! sinokehnnse and smoked for twenty tour
hours. They have now shrnnken 70 ths
/ length OF six inches and look IKE Well
Z cooked Franldurter sausages Iuey ny
next bagged up md shipped TO thiuh' me
J best Of them VIII sell here for 800 q ton;
/ and the exports amount 90 many thouSunu
! dollars year :,
| Through the ueensland government
| have been able to get photographs ot
| these curious sea worms and a $50 some
! Information as to their habits from re
/ government commissioner Of fisher es w .
SaNille Kent, who has recently mace 4
J sTcciHl study of them. fle saws they i've
I On the tolhNltnpfef0 or pllcfNStppl' 81. y
/ animals which are found in grent qulntl-
/ titles In the waters Of the coral rocks
Each slug has hundreds Of little feelers
about Its mouth With which II brushes the
/ rccks and draws the food from them into
/ Its throat II might be better TO say that
| each sea worm hns hundreds OF trunks
| corresponding TO those Of an elephant save
! that they arc, Of nirlteslmai SIZE az.
that with each Of them It picks UP IT'S
food and puts i In is mouth. ,, ~
There Nrc different varieties OF neche qe
! mer. the ed and black bringing the hlgh-
/ est price There are some kinds which are
not worth the gathering and Of these one
4 Is known as the cotton fish because II
elects a mas OF white cottony STUFF upon
ANYTHING that selves t. the stun adherlng
h e mater GSfFsme eteeeG 4 80 % rong G" S
making of cement from II Is talked Of.
II has also some Of Che properties, of rub.
not be used Tor similar purposes.
Shark Fins at $500 Ton.
Another Chinese dellcacy which is found
In and about Torres strait is sharks fms.
The waters of the Barrier reef and about
New Guinea are Hlled with sharks, and
they can he cauGht by the hundreds Their
fins are eagerly bought by the Chimes
who will pay as much as $500 ton fol
them a recent shipment here sold al SSb
a ton, aud in the reports of the Australian
government ! see II suggested that the In
dustry be encouraged The fins are drlet
In the sun and then hagged M for snip
ment. In cooking them after the Chimes
fashion they are first boiled with WOOD
ashes In several waters and then scr0pet
and washed until perfectly clean A { e.
this there Is another boiling in sprins
water to take out the ash taste and The!
are then stewed In a Soup and served VIII
crab meat and a little ham.
The Prince of Wales Islands.
/ am surprised at the rumbr- Of island
scattered over this part Of the globe. Til
South Pacific ocean is pcpparcd with them
and shalt he travelling IN aud on
among islands for weeBs on nv way &
Java From the steamer $ it lies IN tn
ihursday Island harbor half dozen islan'
groups are In sight To the right Is Hor
island. whore the Australians are noy
mlilug for gold, Clos" by Anl below
The Trince Of Wales islard which give
little further over is BOBBY Island, AMI I
the northeast are Murray island. Dalnle
eases arc not unlike the aborlgines of Su,
baa, save that they seem 70 be NOR
civilized some have huts of straw thatcl
which look for all he world like hay
ncks followed out for houses. Murra
island has court house where the En-!
lish Judges hold forth, which the native
consider wonderful structure. 1t Is
mud building of Que story rooted wit
The missionaries are Mt work in al til
Islands aud also in British and Gcrma
New Guinea In Dutch New Guinea thel
Kaiser Wihelm's Land three ProcstaT
and two Catholic missionary societies al
AT work.
The Missions of the South Seas.
In British New Guinea the work hi
gone on for twenty years, and there ~
now large number Of native evangelist'
MIR. Dauncey, one Of the missionaries VIII
has spent ten years there, tells me tn
b people are being slowly but surely clvllze
y and that number Of them are Christian
- one missionary society has 10000 natl,
4, Christians and 1000 church members.
~ has more than 100 native preachers and
~ IFS sunday schools there are 300 scholar
- while In the common schools the schoa
y number 2600 boys and 1000 girls.
=, On one of the islands OFF Southern Ne
- Guinea the Roman Catholics are doing
~ great deal of work. They have eghteC
priests and a number of lay brothers; tht
have twentN-three chapes and a numb
il, of schools, In which there are n thousui
scholars So far the missions are entire
II English and French, the Americans N
is having entered the field.
no Frank G Carpenter.
tn Rural Delivery for RockwalI County.
OF Washington August Ig Rural e-o. A