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Show MAKES A TIDY SUM EATHERY TURTLE EA GIVES UP ONE OF ITS RARE AND STRANGE SPECIMENS. Giant Creature Caught Upon the Welsh Coast Is the Fifth Specimen of the Kind to Come Into Man's Possession. One of the rare monsters of the deep sea Is the leathery turtle, and there has recently been captured upon the Welsh coast off Pwllheli the fifth specimen of the kind. Record has It that two specimens of the leathery turtle were caught In mackerel nets off the coast of Cornwall In the summer of 1756. A third was taken a little later on the coast of Dorsetshire and is still preserved in the Natural History museum at London, and a fourth was caught In Bridlington bay, Yorkshire, in 1871. The last capture was made by fishermen who towed the monster creature alive Into the harbor of Pwllheli, the sight being witnessed by hundreds of people. It was a female and was found to measure seven feet in a straight line. This monster of the deep was shipped at once to the Natural History museum and is now being prepared as a skeleton for exhibition. The circumstances under which the capture was effected are as follows: At the mouth of the harbor of the seaport of Pwllheli, Cardigan bay, stands a conical rock known as theGimblet, in the vicinity of which there exists a natural cove, forming an anchorage for the fishing fleet which contributes to the industry of the borough, known as Tocyn Brwyn. It was in the neighborhood of this cove that one of the local fishermen beheld a strange-lookin- g monster basking in the sun one morning. He, naturally curious, immediately gave chase; but the monster' managed to elude his pursuer and to find temporary safety in the water, which gradually deepens at this spot. Nothing daunted, however, several gallant fishermen immediately followed in the wake of their prey, at the same time taking care that no opportunity should be afforded it to escape to the open sea. Finally they succeeded in driving it to the inner harbor, which extends over an area approaching half a square mile, with an island recently formed about its center. After considerable difficulty and careful maneuvering, a lasso was successfully secured around the head and huge flippers of the turtle, and A TALE. HAIR-RAISIN- They were discussing the proper way to bring up rabbits, when the young man in the white canvas hat band threw away his with a light-blu- e cigarette and remarked dreamily. Speaking of raising hairs, when I was up in Canada last year I heard of a hair tonic that was so marvelous it made me somewhat skeptical. Finally I borrowed some of it to try on a tame jack-rabbthat had been rather out of sorts ever since his tail got chopped off by accident. I gave him come of it, and it sure toned him up great in fact, I reckon hes running yet. But he left the loose piece of his tail behind him, and I says to myself, Its a poor hair tonic that wont grow hair. So I tried some of it on that chunk of tail. Well, boys, you can believe me or not, but as sure as my name is Bates that stuff was so powerful that it grew another hare on the seconds tail in nine and three-fifth- s watch. by my There was silence for 48 seconds, and then the stout man in the pink tie with purshirt and the pale-greeple dots spoke. Thats what you call a hare-raisintail, he murmured in a sudden burst of inspiration. Graham Hawley in it n g Judge. The causes in this case are several began. The lasso GOLDEN FRUITS FROM NATIONAL In the first place these states are sup FOREST PRESERVES. rope was secured to four plied with more abundant forage tho each containing three men, and largely on account of more plentiful -- victim, finding Itself in durance Tile, cases the In some made frantic efforts to escape, with Under Government Management Vari- precipitation. ranges will support a sheep to the the result that the four boats and men ous States Will Receive a Total acre, whereas tho ranges elsewhere were treated to an unexpected tow will often supiort no more than om of Nearly $500,000 for Public round and round the inner harbor in Schools and Roads. sheep to from four to six acres.' Agaii a manner which would have done tho grazing methods are, as a rulei credit to a high power motor. Per Figures just made public by the more Intensive In these states, a high reiving that the monster showed no forest service show that under the er class of herders is employed, and signs of fatigue, it was with considera better grade of stock Is kept. Man able difficulty made fast to an an- new law requiring 25 per cent, of the moreover, Is more intensive chored buoy, and the way In which it gross proceeds of national forest busi- agement, disported Itself, plainly showing Its ness to be paid over to the states and enormous proportions, was a 6ight to territories in which the forests are lobo remembered, and naturally drew cated, to be used for public schools hundreds of spectators from far and and roads, the last' fiscal year will near to witness the unprecedented yield these states $147,063.79. The amounts which go to each vary spectacle. It Is believed, in the light of the from $313. 6S for Arkansas to over $75,-00- 0 for Montana. The small amount evolutionary theory, that the original condition out of which a tortoise or for Arkansas Is because the two national forests in that state were created so recently that they have not . got fairly under way. Oklahoma, yet , - v-- : with one small national forest, re. r S: ceives $554; Kansas, $644; and the next smallest after these Is Nebras: 'Y& Vi -- v v ka, with $2,350. Since the forests in "A-- .i 4Av.. .'.sTw these last two states were set aside from land naturally destitute of trees, that the government might try forest planting on them, it will probably surprise most people that they should yield any revenue at all. National forest business is chiefly of three kinds, grazing, timber sales, and special uses; the latter comprising the use of the lesser resources of the forests and the permits involving the development of water power. It is interesting to note the states in which Head of Leathery Turtle. the largest volume of each of these three kinds of business is done and turtje was evolved approximated to study the causes which make their Improvement Cuttings. that exemplified by the existing revenues correspondingly larger. leathery turtle, and that the dermal Montana, California and Colorado Sheep are handled in small bands, ossifications became gradually fused lead in timber sales. In the case of and the herders in running them are with the bones of the internal skeleMontana and California this fact Is able to keep them in scattered order ton, and the animal has therefore been mainly due to the accessibility of the so that they do not do so much damregarded as an archaic type. timber In the national forests. The age to the range as does the. large The leathery turtle is a pelagic anifact that the timber can be readily band which can be controlled only distribution. Acmal, of world-wid- e reached and quickly transported to when closely herded. Idahos share oi cording to Louis Agassiz, it used to market has created a heavy demand the receipts is over $56,000. be seen at all seasons about the Bawhich is in reflected the volume of California leads in special use busihamas, but, so far as I can ascertain, absolute-- y ness, partly because of is Colorado almost jusiness. the large it is now very rare there as elsewhere. forest the national amount of water power developed and dependent upon Specimens have been obtained in the Each for timber its because of the larger populamining operations. partly of west on the coast Mediterranean, $50,-)0- 0 over of states receive will these to tion the forests and draw-inadjacent Brittany, on the coast of Brazil, at the from the proceeds of the forests. upon their resources. The state Cape of Good Hope, at the mouth of will the receive as Its share of the nationhead and Utah Idaho, Oregon the Persian gulf, on the coasts of Inforest al business. proceeds about $52,000. dia and Burma, in Japan, on the coasts ist of the states in grazing of Australia and New Zealand and on the coast of Chili, but alwrays either in Science and Wheat. What He Thought. sjngle examples, or, exceptionally, in Science has many aids and suggesDoctor Is your husband in? pairs. Composers Wife Yes; but he is tions to offer to .the future wheat procomposing. Dont you hear him sing- ducer, such as rotation of crop3, methods of soil tillage, seed selection, etc., Natural Advantages. ing? I by means of which wheat may be Doctor Composing? Heavens! At an evening party they were playdewas profitably grown in a permanent syshe a sound from in which the ing game everybody in the thought tem of agriculture. The future should I room makes a face, and the one who composing. Thats why stopped. to us as much, if not more, bring makes the worst face is awarded a knowledge of soil fertility than hag prize. They all did their best, and the past, and such knowledge will then the judge went up to one of the Not the Same Man. women and said: Constable (to man driving horse and eventually become effective in the Well, madam, I hands of the producer, and put off the think you have won the prize. cart) Are you aware that the law deOh, she said, I wasnt playing! mands your name to be written plain-- day when population will cease to increase because of insufficient food Good Housekeeping. on your cart? And yours is oblitersupplies. ated. All Doing Something Night. Mike OBrady Me name is not Life in Ochelata was by no means The Place for a Record. OBlitherated at all; its OBrady. quiet the other night, according to the Is this a good place to fish? Bartlesville (Okla.) Enterprise. BeWell, answered Farmer Corntos-sel- , sides the Oglesby shooting, which if I was a reglar sportsman, lookof Terms. Choice gave a subject for considerable talk, Mr. Smigg must be very rich and in ftvs a record, I should say its bout there were a moving picture show, as good a place to fish as they is? two dances and a revival in a tent, all influential, remarked the stranger in What kind of fish do you catch? town. offered for the enjoyment of the citi- the I didnt say anything bout catchin' What makes you think so? zens. I hear people referring to him as a fish. I was just talkin bout fishin. A Good Reason. very conservative citizen instead of If you was to fish in' this pond Wash- an catch a sure nuff , fish, youd "Why didnt our milkman give his calling him a back number. set a pace that ud have the whole Star. ington usual call this morning? state talkin bout you! I think it was because an inspector Washington Star. A New in cans in One his Town. the and he street, dumped He had been in town only a week. did not think it was any use to crjr a bored air he said : With milk. AmeriBaltimore Did It Strap Him? about spilt There are no new jokes. can. Father Has your fiance any money 1 Do you think so? she replied. I Daughter Money? Did you see that Some of the screws made for the lave heard several of the say magnificent solitaire he gave me? girls use of watchmakers are so tiny that this evening that there was one presFather Yes, but has he any monej 100,000 could be placed in an ordinary ent. Record-HeralCleveland Leader. 'eft? Chicago then the tug-of-wa- r row-boat- s, . r. ft g . lalf-Holida- y Half-Holida- d. |