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Show MORNING, SEPTEMBER S3, 1900. THE SUNDAY EXAMINER: OGDEN, UTAIL SUXDA was. aud aa Important Industry in the ment ef foreigners of all nations, bealdsa and educated Cahaue. Of manufacture of cigars. tha Urivntc, the mountainous province at the former a large proportion are Amerithe eastern rad of tbe Island, to the cana aud about au equal number many at whom rviaaiurd la Caba, principal scat of Cuba's mlueral wealtu. whilst hardly a dosen were to be found It euutnlus aacient mine that were worked by the t poulards with Indlati la Porto Rico at the time of tho last s The Spaniards aud upper-clascensus. tabor lu tha days of l)a Roto. Some of Cubans are much alike, perhaps the only notably tlia cotqier miles of Cobrv. difference between them being (bat tha are at present In operation. Tho Mpanlsh-indica a Company's Iron mines are alt lrepresentative of the old regime do not isted about six miles Inland from Daiquiri, appear to be side to get over the naengendered by tb war. The aud are ronuerted with tha count by tives are charaeterlard by a dignified railway. The output of thi ne cordiality aud aa open hospitality that mine ia iucreaalng, and there does 0"t ewiinot fall tv Impress tha visitor from appear to bt any limit to the ora la sight. America. They arein to have been mildTba Juragua Iron Company haa mli e ly Infected ly contact with American, la tbla region, situated like that of the and display more energy and enterprise Kn!sh-Anirrlra- a about an than tbe same elan la Porto lllco. hut miles from the aca,Company's, and, like It. haring are atilt very far from coming up to our railroad connection with Ita own pier. standard la these respect. Like all It ta not alone for lla mineral deposits, cities, Havana ha a however, that Orleai la eatable. Tlie exgreat number of club and societies os- tremely fertile Valley of Guaataaamo eontensibly devoted to a variety of talna aom of the largest aud brat sugar purpose, bat tb principle objer plantations In Cuba. A almllar district Is of nil alike to pleasure. There are srved that running back from Ua muni llo Bar theaters, the chief being tbe National to Hayanto. Tha latter place, ou of the and tbe PayreL The former to one of most of all old Cubaa towus, tho largest and beet in tbg world. Thera was plcturrsquo destroyed during tba Ten Tears War are a great variety of other aiouaemeota. to now a mass of ruins. From Bays Ba aelia II has taken root In the city, and and am. eataudlug to the north, la a flue, eon teat a with lal Alai, the national game, country, w here previous to the wnr for popular favor. eat lla ami horttea Havana has about a doses newspapers, counties herds which are very creditably edited and as g raxed. There are algus of a revival of the old Industry In these well served with telegraphic new a eur large dalliee. Tbe city hag remarkable parts. Ua races, to tba west of Caps Halsl, Ir fine police aud lira departments, several exrelleut hospitals, a score or more of the oldest settlement la Cuba, having rh unite, a number of schools of various linen fouuded In 1513 by Velasques, wbe a good electric street ear was sent by IHego Columbus from Man dlacrlptlona. In Demliigo to colon om the Island. To tlm system and other public utilities. west of Barents u Nip Bay, ona u the abort. Havana Is a busy, handsome, city, with a strong flavor ef a fiiiict harbors M the world. Inland ia tbla vicinity to jt wonderfully fertile wia-trage. The Province of Matansas eontalna aoms of the beat sugar land adapted to th cultivation of tobae.-la tbe Island, and several splendidly and almost auy kind of vegetables. The Aside from the arw towa ot Antllla, on tbe bay, is a equipped plantations. terminus of tbe Cuba Railroad, and. If staple product, the province has a considerable trade In tlmlmr. Matanaaa, the plana are carried to their tna rapltal. ta a busy city of about dfl.fl00 turily. It will he one' of tha principal becities of Eastern Cuba. Tbp port will Inhabitants. It haa the reputation of l but tws and a half days' strum from ing' the most healthy lilacs In the Island, New York, and the project contemplate and haa unquestionably tha moat beautiful location, being hullt In tbe famed nuti.g It a great point of aapply for tdnt city. There are always a namaer Valley of tha Yumuti. tha moat picof orchard! aud vegetable farms In tha turesque a wall aa tbe most btrhly cultivated region In tbe Island. Cardenas country surrounding tbs' bay. and th another city of this province, and almost United Fruit Company's steamers mainaa large a Untansas. occupies, after It tain a regular aervlrw between Nips and the third place In the ranks of Cobap Banes Bay and New York. rrrttrra. coirmen-ta- l Tho resources of Orient or Mantlags Manta Clara Province produce the great-ou- t province are more varied than thus of variety ef ateplee In addition ta sugar any other, and will probably prove Oa and tnhacee, and haa a considerable trade development to ba more rich. This portion of tha country presents exceptional la cattle. Ita graaing ground ara second to none la the Inland. opportunities to Industrious Americans with small rapitaL Th one profitable (.lenfnegoa, which ranks next to Harass nmong the porta, haa a Boo harbor aud rafetalee will undoubtedly bo reclaimed, coffee trade ef Cul rail connection with tb rapltal and tb and the bo revived, at least to a considerable exprincipal points on the Northern Coast. It la the renter of tho augar Industry of tent There to room for the small sugar tho south of the Island. Rome of tho cultivator under agreement with some mill owner. Cocoanuts may b mad tb finest plantation la Cul lla around tb snare of targe profits with comparativeclly. Puerto Prinrlpe Is probably tha poorest ly iittla expenditure of money. Garden grows with great rapidity, and and least developed of tba prorlrcea, bnt trerk bnt llttla working, la my nrxt needs la destined to benefit greatly hy the operamore definite 1 bnpa to convey Is anti l race rave which t Railroad, of tion Idea of Jte development of tha IndusIts center. Puerto Prinrlpe. or Camaguey, trie : and commerce of Culm, and tba preto a city of ahout Sfi.mo population, with lected anyix vetoes ta. C. H. FOBBEB LINDBAY. a targt export trad In augar, tobacco aud well-to-d- o flpae-lard- a. tlu-ae- , broad-gaug- Bpanlak-Amerlra- e u ntlll-tarig- n roll-lu- g I Cub ea rprlsa l prunl'-a- l at political history, mir ta iiHf inmthitt Ilk tha rarreui ef 111 l and cuuimeeiiiil affairs In tha leland aim r Hi raislillaliineut ef lha republic. tt e Mv In Cub Iwo dlntlnrt aria ef rauaia ilia inalnlraaara ef Ilia militating fnnu ef giiarramrat. Tbr ripubiba d rouse ara similar to tlioa ubh-tka prosperity of Mrslco mnlrr a popular fiirm uf government and found a aliatartoiy aoiatlon la a and those which la Hawaii led la the naarpallua ef power by the mra la ebuta ranlarad I bo Inlrlllsaura and wealth uf Ilia laiauda The Cuban kavt uo gralus fur BnrarniaauL Tltcy knew aaltliar kuw In g ever. nor kuw la he leaoroaiL It la aa more tliaa natural (bat auefe should rt lie tka ran. They hart aril her bad unity to prarllea tha art of aduilala-- I ration nor aa aiaaipla by a bleb they might baaadL They lack aaUraly tha motive power and lha balanea Ikal morn etalile eumuiiinlllra dud la aa Intelligent pulille eplnloa. With tha ricrpllo uf a lota of lllrtya wblrb la Ita aadlarh pllaad at ale la llttla aiora than a leva of llrrnaat lha Culwua aa a people are la Ilia neveaaary ana I Id wholly drib-len- t rat Iona for the rondurt and maliitenaac of a tepubHraa furm of government. Illatiiry affords no Inalaara of a paopla tcnorant ef anything but mlerole harlog rKtalillahrd a peaerful and pernianiut CIIR preiegt laaurracttna afferded lin glt gorerumrat . without petering through a long period of mure or bn turbuiant t here Is no iwaaoa for miMelng that liitm will fnrnlnh an rirriloa la tlila rule. On the roatrary. It la luore Haa pnilielile that If tha present Inaur-ractlnla euppgreeed It will ha followed by auother before tha aiplratloa of I'realdout Italian' term of entra. till, stately, armed Inlmeatlua ea tlie part of the Italtrd Mates will sorely heroine aaoeaeary and frw thoughtful persona believe that the Mur nail Ntripe, If ones again ratted In Cuba, will ever bo lowered. Either of two cunllngenrlea may defer sueh roaanniinallua fur a period the aelsurs of the reins cf power by a Iilaa, or fbo occupancy of tba While llouiia by a Democratic preaklent. The ether art ef eauara, whilst slower la thrlr opemtlon, will ha enrer la their eventual effert. Cuba la today In tniirb the aanta nlluntloa an wnn Hawaii at tha time of the annexation. Tbn wenltb tad of the former are In the hnnda Of foreigner, as were that of the latter. Tha regeneration of Culm Jb due mainly to American capital, whk-- ban oners flowed Into (ha Itland la eaornmua fliianlltlea slara Its ainaiirlatloa .from bpaln. Tha American Inleretta la Ilia Island today represent aa tnveeimeut lit tie. If at ill, abort ef llui.uun.ona The vast sugar and lol'irco lielustrlra ara laigely In American hsnria and Ainerlran ar other foreign eapllal controls tha manufartnrlea, the railroads, tha banka and practically all tlie lini'crrant enterprise. Tba natives are the administrators. (ha officials and lha laborers; of the foreigner a are tha proprietor or more country. There ara today American owning real relate In Cul. which they hava paid upwards of fr IVl.dOO.Oial. The dcsliw of thee foreigners to a ea the Inland In tha poeeaekin of the Tutted Blairs Is eal!y understood. It I not merely a sentiment by any means, but la mainly due to material consideration. Tha prosperity that haa accrued from reciprocity la only promise and a gauge of what will result from annexation and free tnds with tha Cnlled Mate, (a ilk Culm exported to tbe Tnlted Mates sugar to the value of over hOO.O'n.mai tobacco to the value of nearly IIIJ.OOP.OMO. Ufa duty : these Items alnna. If aarsd, would form a comddrrabl Increment to tba profits f tbs planters. Whl'st these Interest:, hava every Inducement to expedite factor that mould trod to tbe accomplishment of un-- neiatlnu, It Is not to ba anppesed, aa soma pivse dispatches have lolluialed, that they aia avtlirly supporting tha luaurroetlun-uriea- . With their kaunledgu of tlm reek-h1- ckaracte. of tho I wyr class Cubitus anil llieir vlealrurtlv leudeuclee, rapllai-lai- n must dread tbs effect of any uprising lust shall get beyond Ibe control of Ilia goieriimenk They will hardly forget tho ruthless and Indiscriminate niauuur lu which the entire seallk uf tlia country wu destroyed In lb ruveut lels-llbiTlia Amerli-aproperly ownrra ar more to favor the plan of bringlug about auiieialluu by pollUcal met liod a, aa their n did lu Hawaii, It M safe to say that uo wlu-r- e hi tha world run bo fouud a aocllon of territory of tlm same valent with such great gnd larled rewiurcrg aa Cult. About lbs Mao of England and somewhat smaller than the slain uf Ieuuaylvaula, It Is rspahls of Id Ilia World, producing Ibe best tutuu-rsugar equal to any, cuffvs of tha blgbrat grade, a great variety of frulia aud vegr-lahlrand atveral kinds at cuuiuirn'iai flbatik Add to this splomlkt pasture lands, aa abuuduucw of valuable tluiurr, and mineral deposits which Include gold, cup. per. Iron, cowl ami maugaiieaaL Although almost all the land la capable of producing marketable erupt, only a small proportion of It la yat under rulti fating. Tim Vast sugar output lu secured from o more (lias gou.ootl acres of cane, notwithstanding tha plaatalluas occupy a very milch grealer area. Kxlenalvr sec IImw are occupied by uuanrveyed virgin forest, covering laud that. In tilth, would yield augur, tolwcro or ulber profitable products, liespllu tlm aaloondlng devcl-opmeof recrol yettra, It la snft to any that tha rouniry ba not yet Imh o exploited to Ihe extrnl of one fourth uf Ita lea. Tho greatest Impclna to the Industrie of the Inland ba liee derived from Ibe luiproveiiHnit aud rticueloa uf railroad, of which there nre al present Urt) mllen of trunk line. One. third or more of this Mlb-ngtins lieen since the A great deal mure la either Wnr. planned or In pnN-osuf vonatruclkin, with the Intention of creating a system which shall afford liilemimiiiiiiilcallon by rail between all parts of tlm Island. Tlie moat Important of ibe new Hues la the Cuba llallmad, running front Santiago, at he raatera exiioiuity or the islnml, to Xuula flare, at the center. There It conneela with llie l ulled Hallway, operating a line which extends In the rapltnl ami baa a network of branches In tho prut luce of e The C'ulm Railroad, which la teller known In this country by tlia name of Ita promoter. Sir Wllllmu Van llurne. several hundred thousand aerra of land lu I lie process nf securing Its right of any. It Is rnpldly rlearlng Hits laud ef llinlmr and convrrtlug It Int.i augnr plantations, it has already alwiif h.ikxi acres under cullliallon. nnd a mill in ernllon with a rapacity of grinding l.lksj bags a iluy. KlglUy or more similar mills are by the t'utie Company and otlinr rorpoiatlniia along tbe route of tbla Mas. What this development will aacao may. In niraaure. be gathered from the elaleim-n- f that each of these rnllla will establish. In a count ly largely nunccupleil hitherto, n act t lenient ofh.iau or 10,1X10 aonl. Already tlie rood runt through many miles of sugar, tobacco awl pasture loud, where a few jraia ago all was wiki Imik woods. These InOlratlnn of a splendid prroper-ll- y ara In evidence In nil parta of tlie country. Cuba' njgar Industry, which was practically wlird out dnrlng the wnr with tha destruction of the various mills and other buildings, baa hern revived In Increased magultnde and efficacy. There are la Ibe various province upwnnl of 2H! plantation a, with equipment thaw they ever bad before. New sugar lands are being constantly redeemed from lha waoda nnd additional eapllal Is invested In the Industry every year. The great need now ta labor. Tha government ii w dndgw In CRIMINALS asually tried hr the prisoner who appears nubmlsslrn and wiiliug to g guietly. But tf the pnilcemnn la thrown off bi guard tha captive knows lie la safe. Wnli a rapid .movement to the able he spring on lha officer, partly from behiml. amt throws hh right arm around Ihe r.n stable's ueeh so that the Inner elite of tl.r e'lmw preweiw oa tba wlmlpl Thru with a sharp pressure he tightens the arm. giasps hi left hand round Mi rVI.'t wrM aud krhs na har t as he ran If l: ! r. lies tl"i is ary way rce-ibit :m flr:n!v se In (' r'scl pusitiin, II I, all av in. wttu ,:Uiajo. t ; ' ' ..i- - . V . f . ' j K i. . I i In tha-Cu- V ' V NATURE'S TUNNEL AND TUBE MAKERS v I llaraua. DODGES OF SLIPPERY Tbe tricks resorted to by criminal In attempting to escape from tbe haode of tbe police are many. When fnglliva has few yardi1 start and finds that the pursuer la gaining he let tho constable rent almost within striking distance, When about sis feet apart tha thief suddenly throws blmaelf aw all fours at tba Ibe latter eery feet of tbe pollrcinan. cannot pull up and tba fall Is pretty certain to stun him, as he la bound to corns rj.iwa beavl'y acrom the hack of his Intended captive. The t rangier grip Is another trlik which aoun: own practice, tknuub not very oft 3 with auerra. as the kuv a It wad wauu lor lb It e Vjrjzur- - or iiKT CTTJ la using every means to Induce liinn'gni. Ihm from Italy and other pari of Southern I.' ii rope. rnfurlTiniilcly -l- ike IVirtn a lllco rnl-him a large pinjMirtlnn of ft population-- w hlch Is approaching ",iasi,. IMI-frwhich It dcrlvim no benefit whatever rolorrd awl llelf white pt p'e, who n,t subsist aari neltlivr eain tor spend iiionny. We wl'l briefly review hc six provinces of the I vie Mil In sneer Inn and return to llie lndusti !nl dcrelupnii-u- t Iw the orxt article. The phyalenl features of tha Island are Irregular and divrrMfled. In general It may be sail that tlie central mrthn la by brood, undulating pli'lna without anr great varlatloo in elevation. Wei; defined mountain ranges ar fniiinl only at tb two extreme. In the oi Ime nf Wantlago. or more correctly. Orlenlo, Ihe eurfaoe of the gronnd In much broken nnd many peak riceed MX n region In fvet In altitude. Ilore I which armed rehellluu may defy authority Indefinitely. All over the Island vegetation grow In profusion and tn Its most beautiful forms, which prompted flumboldt tn remark ; We might almost believe thnt tb entire Man.l wa originally a forest of palms, wild limes and muge. It I rt'inated that lS.iX'O.Ot'O acres ef forest remain There nr as distinctly marked bells of production. Vugar grows richly almost rvrrywhrre, end moat nf the pror. luce contain god tobacco land, whilst the p'neapple. potato. Indian corn nnd xrgetnhle uiay be aud othpr ftr-ll-, raised on ary unncrnplrd land. The climate Is favorable to the ndllva. cf the w ideal variety of crops. Trout Is unknown. The mesa nunual tempers-lor- e of llntunn. which Is Is TT I'lbrcnhcit. The rang between the mean of the hot tent and the coldest meat ha la only IT from fl.' to ii. Iitiar del Bio, the wcvlcrn provluv. la the I'di.iccO soclina ar eHTllin. The ai'iithein poill-i- a of 1 cmitama tnc woild-fanirkiii'Tri AHJo real a, wn'ch put. vluus IuaX wiUieul an equal. Is lha heart lint arJZriLBjlXrjL of this district staid tha antiquated diy of I'fuar del lilo. It hie a population of almut lO.iXXJ, mainly engaged In Ibe business. Tbe Western Railway of Havnna connects the town with tbecapllnl nnd other centers. Buhl Honda, one of I'nlted Ihe naval slatlona reded In Males, la lu thin province. The province of Iliiar del Ulo wa devastated dnrtog tha late rov.'lutlon, but It Is enjoying Ita share of tlie reconstruction and general Improvrnirn i that to rapidly changing the fare of the Island. Tho I'rotinrw of Havana, thongh tbe emallrat. la the moat Important In Cuba reason of containing the sret of government and tha social capital. It produces augar, alcohol. tolHvcco and In laigo quanllly. The airaicle poaltloB nf Havana at Ihe iroiuih of llie Unit of Mexico baa earned for It the til la of tbe Key of the Uulf. In the posxceiloo of tbe I'nlteil Hlatre It would I of tlie Custodian me tbe Canal." Havana to strongly fortified. On one aide of in entrance to Ihe harbor (lie Moaud lot I'abaoa frow n upon the vessel: oa (be other lav apprunebn-i'unlit. supported by a Dumber of subsidiary butteries, preseul a - uiater fruit seaward. Ibe deep pourh-iiharbor le capable of sheltering a tlunaand ships. Bring the principle port uf tlie IslaiJ, Havana Is the entrepot for a large jrn:':c. Interior as well as exurior, which Is maintain'! by tlcam aud electric roads anil sevcial nil liii'-rfc;iri',iiis, and farlliiitat'-'- l tiy ' mi's.- cciniiiuulcalion and Internal tc. graph. The ruplt.-i- l of I uba t ee of the most I III fn cli.:e III He wor.d. ai'd. thanks to the lalai s of An'erbna sacdanat. Biiiouasi tKe oust hc.iithlul. It t.as spleU'lid water ll.d will .r n he and pavc.I. riiroe fc.tt r. arc sulh''U"t to rronnt f..r tie fact that the city early popular ii a ns ss a w.urcr rei.rt. woh In r ; I N ; lbs 'n'ri.T to wMcii lu s in r It ti e stiigtc adtuntaj derived flout 10 padlijl Lute. b-- vege-tnbl- -i y f - I M un-r- fr Tba vlsllar te Havana la delighted with the onlqn mingling nf the ancient nnd modem fn a city which preaentn such striking contrasts as that between tb remains nf the ntrdleral wall and tbe fort of I Piterxa. dating from loSff, and the magnificent parks and palatial buildings. The old rliy baa had a history both tragic and roaiautlc, which may he traced In many aueleut landmarks and memorable Inrilitlp. It bee been sacked and marked hy buccaneer, swept hy flic and hurricane, visited time and again by plague, notably when two flpnnlsh war Teasels bronght, la ITOI, tbe black omit," or yellow fever, aa It came to lie called, from tbe shorn of Mexico. The first epidemic carried off Ikrita) peranna and the dread disease lierama endemic and wa only eradk-aieby Americana In HXH. Of Ilsraua'a many building the palace of the Irealdent Is perhaps the aiost noteworthy on all accounts. It was formerly of the Spanish captains gen the mld'-m-- t ml. It la inagulflecat In alia and and for tbe beauty and grandeur of Its aalous and galleries. Tbe structure I the property of tbe mantcl-pnlltwhich permits tbe President to occupy it. The ancient cnareat of flan Francisco, now given over to the cnetom-housI also an Interesting and Imposing edifice. Tbe building occupied by the House of RepreaentetlTro to one of mgoy similar flue structure that tuna coaaect-lu- r link with the peat. In the formation ef Its tveaotlfol parka linrntia bad the advantage of Ita many iragnllhviit lud'geuona plants. Central Turk. I'lara de Avans. Park of Colon and liaif a doien other similar expanses aerre. with the many a watte and promcnadre, ps lieaiitlful aettlwg to Ihe ntauy handsome public building and resideaerw tjonicnne has very aptly Styled Havana It to tbe cay-e- : the "Bari of America.1 o. all the cltle. ;ts Snt.itti people fora a plraiure-lovley cooelant-lthat demands to he amused 'The better claws of Its to com gated of auiocxoas cl. arehl-lectu- re y e. Rpnntsb-America- n g When, a few years ego, I oindnn'a, tuppenny tube" was opened to (bo public, we were not a little Impressed by tbe engineering skill which had bored long tunnels far below Ihe surface of((b gronnd. lined them with steel tubing to resist tb earth pressure and madb it possible for all aorta and condition of me to paas through them In safety to and from their various occupation, fn-- d unlit edly It was a great achieve meat But la this, an in many other feats ef skill, mao was fnrratallrd by tbe lower The neceaslly of obtaining pro. animals. teetlnn from their enemlen or Boding a enfll-IcB- ey of aulhthle food haa turned many creature Into expert timnel and lull makers. We will take onr first example, the shellfish well known to longshoremen Its scientific by the name of plddock. nnms ta phnlin,'' but Its two-relrshell ho been given the pretty popular name of "angel'a wings," the reason being perfectly ohvloue after a glance: Now tbe mollnsk which resides In this gaping shell is very much like an oyster, or n elnm, no far as Its boillly aspect to concerned. It seems to be very flabby and very lacking In wbst we term brain Yet tble tenant of the angers power. wlnga I capable of borrowing Into hard rack, sinking downwards gradually a Ita shell grows. Just aa though It were merely working Itself Into sand. A great many kinds of shellfish burrow Into sand aud tbla habit renders them aafa from many enrraleai Certain fishes plow up tbe aand and crack and eat all the melluske they can discover. And It Is probable that th persecution of these fishes, or rather of thrlr ancestor, brought about tbe rock tunneling habit of the plddock. Maud burrow were unsafe, so the plddock began to borrow Into rocks and stones. la youth, they pas tbe whole of Heir lives In working their way Into substances and are these enemies at thus able to set tbelr would-bAs It works Its way Into tbe defiance. g rock the plddork becomes a prisoner la lu own tunnel. Aa It Increases In sixe and works It way deeper tbe hole gradually become larger. But aa tb lower part of tbe plddnek'a shell to hi neb greater In circumference than tb upper, ad the creature to constantly growing. the entrance of Ita tunnel la soon to mall to admit of Ita egreea. Thlt. however, doe not matter I th plddock. whose sole concern la to hide. It tnkca all lla food In solution. Ia other words. It sucks In sea water Through one tube, and discharges It through another; relying for It aostenanc upon tbe .jn lame MTnps of foodstuff that chases to b In the water around It Thus the plddock to quite happy and content In Ita d durgeon. A anther marina tnuatlcr nearli related to the plddock la the teredo or slip norm." This creators works. Ita way In'o wood, not rotten wood, but good, eolid Kh or teak. In past years tt was a menace to tba ahlpplug of the whole world, but the advent of the steel ablp limit to Us depredations In this put Mill, however, it menaces limber of all kinds If unprotected, aud in Holland It to regarded aluiuat aa ft e life-lon- aelt-ma- eute-c-rj- national danger. TJka (ha plddock, the sblpwora makes lla tunnela wholly for pro led bm, fur It does aot feed apoa the wood rhlpa which tt reaps away. No one. not even men of science . can tell exactly how tbe plddock nnd (he accomplish Ihelr wonderful boring feat. Some bare thought that tb wort wnn don hy means of constant reaping produced by tbe movement of the shell: others thit tbs fleshy mnnenlnr foot" nf the animal represented th rblef tool, while still others bare held tbat tba constant action of tho water pnmped. ea If were, tbroogh tba body of the mollnali nyalnst the aide ef Ita crypt effected fh gradual enlargement necessary na the creature Increased In slxe. As a mailer of fact. It to highly probable tbat a combination of all throe means render the ahlpworm and tba plddork tha expert which we see them to be. One point about the ahlpwona's tnnnet la of especial Intercut. They am lined with a layer of bard, shelly material to exactly Ihe name way the hnmaa eng-nr ineer line their borings with atone brickwork or with a tub of steel. This shelly lining prevent tbe wood from swelling and bulging Inward and Inonrea the free passage of water along tbe This ta very necessary, aa we bare seen tbe ahlpworm relies upon a constant apply of are water la order to feed. Aa lie tunaela are often f great length. II mast make' anr thnt no atoppeg Miall occur, or else rua tha risk of being starved to death. A much thicker shelly lining In atrnrted by a cousin oil the ahlpworm. known as the ryphua. It makes long tunnels In tba sand of tb sea bottom. Thu. If It did not ronstTuct a reliable easing with Hi barrow." tt would very soon h cut off by a fan" ef mud behind It and sodperlab, like a miner Imprisoned by a den eobnldenr of rock or eoaL In fart, tbe ahlpworm and eyphna ahore up" ther side nf their tnnael la exactly the which modern engineer agree to he tbe beat, namely, ay constructing a tube within the boring as the work programs. These shelly tubes are sometime dug out of the, send by tha South Me Islaudere In sections ranting from four to el fret s long, and are rained highly by the at rhanua. They are placed ahevw tb doorposts of th huts Just a we met hues aall up a horaeeho. Vertical hafts are - sunk . by certain arollnak too. it termed aaperglllam. and lined with shelly material. Tbe lope era roofed ever In a very pretty way, th edge being frilled and th covering studded with bolt Ilka tb rose of a watering undesirable Intruders I lot. la thli way are kept out, wblla a (re passage for r ship-wor- tun-n- man-oe- find-er- the, wa-te- ta preserved. One other example of natures tunnel-maker- s are th long born" beet Ire. Hop I" reeentatlm of tbeee Inoectn are fooad all pans of tho world. They are of l cure, from great fellow several Inches file long to llttlo chap lea la sise this Tbi grub do Immeuse damage to many At tbe m"' part of latlie dvlllxed globe. a fact thnl In tropical forest time It service L preservthese beetle tii good - of naing uba! ii rolled the "batonr-Thejr ture." They are prorenger. e'eaj a-- v ubk-- at amount of fallcu accumulate aeh year.- - fit |