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TO RAISE MORE TERRAPIN, PLANfl POR INCREASINO THB BUPPLI uF THK CHBRI8HED DIAMOND BACK TURTLB. CriafleM, Md., Feb. 10. This llttle to4vn. huilt on oyi ler ahella, ib the Beat of tbe terraptn trad.; of tbe Cheaapeake and the home of Btate Fish Commiaaloner Jamsa C. Tawea, who la prapar Ing to pul ir operatioa a plan for reatoring the gupply of tbe toothsome dlamond-back. Ha B eonfldent that the terraptn ean bi propagated wlth eaae and aurprialng cheapnesa, and that with tbe nd of the Btate the aupply may eaally be n .. ? luac of tbe rapid dei llne ln th- ijiiantity of crrapln la conaldered by tba aatlvea to be due to the deatructlon of th* ter rapin eggi Theae are laid la blgh, aandy placea, and acorea of people patrol tbe aandj Lx daii> ln Ibe aeaaon in aearch of them. They carry them ofl te be eaten aa taWe luxuriea, luat as ii-iis' egga are. They ar* very rich and de Ucioufl Captaln Tawea propoeea, If bc recelvea a BUffli ienl approprlatlon to Juatlf) it. to Im toe* a number of femalea ta a Btate pound or pounda, an<! to hatch "tn young onea from th* egga 1'.:.- ipin begin laying aboul tbe middle of May, and the i.fi:.i hatch In aboni thlrty amyn. Tb* female terrapln a ratchea a hole ln tbe aand, depo Ita her egga from tblrteen to nlneteen, m lt, and then oovera them ap and allowa the beat of the aun on the aand t<> hatch them. They ;ire not much biggei wh.n hatched than a n.aii's thumbnalt, and ar- as aofl aa dougb They crawl around ln a llvely way and begln to hunt for th.ir food, wblch conatata .d amall Bah, craba, etc Ia th. first aummer they an quite amall, and aboul November 1 they go Into tiieir wlnter quartera. Theae conatst ofaofi mud h<.i-s in th.- marsh, or on the bottom of aome Btn am, Here :h. y aleep umii ab..ut the middle of April or later, and When tii-y cune out th.-y an aboul four Im bea ta breadtb The neal year th.y have Increaaed te bIi Inchea, and the thlrd to seven inchea Mr. Tawc* thlnha thal there are aeveral varietlea oa th.- coaat, bul tbal ta aome of tbe Bouthern Btatea they hav.- preclaelj th. aame variety .u. in Marylaod, the only dlf ference belng that in this Btate the period of hlheraatlag B longer than lt i.? further Bouth. THK TBRRAPIN BLSEPfl WITH PROPIT It ls andouhtedly whlle tbe terrapln alambera ln tiie mud that h- BCOjUlrM the pei ullar quall tie? for wblch be i.? loved by tba eplcure Tha terraptn rieepa nlghi and djfy for six to aeven mentha of the year, and tahlea his alghl aapa regularly during the r. st ..f the time. Commlaatoner Tawea la of th.- opinkm that be could make a declded Impresaloa upon tbe ler rapin BUppI) in a short Um* He WOUld do this. nut becauae the terraptn ;s a luaury, bul be eauaa it ueed t.. be and can agaln become a gource of greal profli to tboae who catch tt apon the greal marahea of the Cheaapeake Ba] an.i Ita tributariea a. T. Lavallette, of this place, has an Immenae terrapln pound, whlch Ib aecurely fenced In, ao a.s i" prevenl ibe eacape of the higfa priced ln matea He baa al pi enl about ten tbouaand terrapln, moat of nhich, howevea, are noa ln the a Inti r*a al, ? p, not In the [...und. bul In 6 blg cellar. Thla la kepi dark and abovc the freealng-potat, but not too warm The dealera hen I ?- id< ? rra; in ln u aah tagtoi re, Ph idelj ila ind Nea V'.rk. Thi ? n ? ; ne order for ?-'?'; 0 10 worth ol tei rapln on l h n of tii- i iaii ol Li-Hung Chani '. 4.,,- .!,,,) ti,,.., s,,|,,,;;,.,) ,(,,. ;,.r. rapln for tbe Bradl ) Marttn balL They alao make I tl ? Tbe terrapln ahippera are opposed lo the blll now pendlng In tbe Legialature By Ita pro vision.s tb* catching of diamond-bach terrapln betwei ii April I and N ??? ?? r 1 la prohibited, uni'i a penaltj of |10 f"r every terrapln arugbt, trapped or killed Al no tlme ahall the terrarln ? mghl meaaure leaa than flve inchea on the under ahell. .%'.. peraon ahall hav- ln hla poaaeaaion, expoae for aale or buy any of the afor- aald dah during th- cl I a aaon CRITICI81I OF THi; 1:11.1. Oeorge Rlggln another large dealer who haa a pound containlng between eighl tbouaand aad ter ti' U-. H'i i.i rapln, aaj - "Th.- blll will have the tendency todeetroj our bualneaa and throa the tradi "i llaryland deal? era mi" tbe handa uf Vlrginiana whlle at the aame tlme II \4iii reti rd Inati id of promotlng th. jT.|,....:. :i of terrapln, The terrapina will be caughl Jual tne aame and Inatead ot belng gold to legitimate dealera, 44 bo arould place tbem ln i.ound- where thej migbl groa and fatten, they 44iii 1.. kepi ta barrela and bozea until th* a?a--"ii "i-iis. 44I1-11 they wlll be placed upon the markel In .1 bad condltton If tne catchera do nol dealre t.. bold ih.-in On tbe '.4m:.-r. they hav* onlj i" croaa the llm Into Vlrginla, where tbere are two dealera ori Deep Creek, Accomac County, read) lo purchasi all tbe terrapln the) can get. Il would be neceasary to ii.4- iii- same la.4 1.1 ?-?'! bj tbe I.' i- laturea of Vlrginla and Ntrih .'..!?: na In order lo do Juatlce to the deal< 1 a ln M u '? land. "Th're is a great mlaapprebenalon among the 11... ? ;?? ? ple a- i" the actual age of a ter rap a whl h ?? ? ai urei elghl .1 chi ; "ii the under iheii Our flrm waa greatly mtataken ta tii lan ? fa when we atarted to raiae terrapina fi;-. \\- hav- reacbed tbe concluaion from actual eaperlence thal an elght-lnch ter rai ' b- aboul flfty yeara old if terrapln wi; 'i , aboul an ln< h evei y > "ar, tbere would be a fortunc ta raleing them. Th.ir groa lli for th* flral three or four yeara is rapid, bul ifter lhal it B almoal Imperceptlble fr-.m year lo >.ai. We bave bv.n al a _r. at d?al of BELUBUOYS IN WINTER QUARTERS AT TOMPKINSVILLE, STATEN [SLAXP. oxpcnse In fitting up our pound, and have en deavored fo develop tba terrapln baduatry. Tha law alao providea that the defltnactfon of dbv mond-ba.-k terrapln egga is abaolutely problb lt.'d. th<- penalty for vlolatlng this provtolon b"ing not l.-s-s than $'_'?" n"r inor>- than *rl|MI for aach offence, lt eeema fo us that the beal way to prohlbll tbe deatructlofl of terrapln egga is fnr the Btal ? to offer a good price for th.-m and lel ihem be hatched oul in th-- batcheriea of the Btate After tt." young terrapln have reached a certaln age they can be llberated withoul danger of thelr being deetroyed. Thera would b. n. Inducemenl tn catchen to uee tho egga f.-r food if ih'-y w.-r. aaaured of a good price from the Ftob Commiaaionera." il RL\ III WEU ii HOR*. From The New-Orleani Tlmea-Democrat it is n"t general!) known thal tbere is a well defined prejudiri igainal urly balred men when it ("iii' s tO ? hojOBing a iur\ '," !r> rnrnltial i uei Th<- prejudlce, when .' la manlfeated, eome* from tii" d-f'-i. . When .i-sk.-d t" .-xp.ain the objection t" urly-haired men, a pi practitioner ytaterda) aald "When 1 waa lual Btartlng m) legal men tor incul ted that idea ;,, .,,, He -.? i tbai curly-hi aui l n.-n .a.l rii"st Invariahl) been the pampered darllni thelr parente and In thelr youth had .n -? naed t" havlng thelr own way thai they had eome tn bellevi thal everybod) in earth waa wrong exi epl then lelve*. ln this wa) the of oppoaition ??-'? aown, and when they grew older th-: mad< II ?< polnl t" disa^:? with everybod) nd everythlng If everyb I) elai ,,n the Jur; ? acqulttal, they vote for eonvktlon, a a ? ter of courxe They llve oi combflt, and ? Ul BtUbborn as tba da>s ar. long. A riirly-haired man never r*-\? on the Jury when i am defendtag a man if l can aee Mm ln tlme." _ HIRFD WFRs'TFR FOR A WEF.K. From The BOBtOB Herald df courae BTehatar wac in demaad hy those wl.Mild afford lo pay f'-r nis servw-.-s. A aharp Nantucket man La said to have got tne better of th- greal defender of fn- Conatltutlon in an amualng way. however. He had a smaii caae rhlch waa to t>.- trled at Kantucket, one week in June, and be poeted to apeberer'a offlce in great tlBBtC It was a COnteal Wlth a r.eih'h i?,r over a matter "f conalderable local Inteteat, ai.d his pride as a IttlgBBl waa at .-take. He told W-bstei tbe partlculara, and ta*k*d vvha: be would charge l.ndu<' the caae. ?wiiv'' said WebBter, "yoo ean't afford t<. blre me I ahould have to atay dowa there the \4hole 4v ? k. and my fee WOUld b* more than tbe whole caae i-* worth I couldn t go down there for less than Sl ihhi I could try every raa* on the dockel as ?.-.i aa one, and it wouldn't coal an) more, for one -as- wa.uld take my tlme 'or the entire week, anya ty." -All right, Mr Webater, qulckl) i-.-i"iil'd the Nantucketer "Here'a rour $1,4)00 fou c.me down and 111 fix i< so you can try .very CBM " v.. . ;..r h .- bo ar.iuaed uver this propoaltion thal he k-i-t his woi l He epent the entire weeh ,r, Nnntucket, ard appeared on one alde ..r tne other in >-4-i ? ?>- lhal came up f->r beariag. ? ??. shrewd Naiitu k-t-r h.i-d Danlel oul to all .,,,1^ who w ? r ? In llttgatlon, and reclved 1 in return aboul $1,500, ao that h- u-"t Web ?,,.,?< Krvlcea for nothitiK'. and i.ia i- a go"d proflt 10 boot if that man was allvi in theae daya >f trusts u,,l ayndlcatea le would probabl) be at the hee i ?f b legal trust controlling the _ervl?es of all the btg law>-rs of the -oun.iy. THB NEW I.HaiTNlNQ LEJN8 LIUUT AT TOMPKIlUsTIIXE. LOOKING OUT FOR JAfR. UNCLF. SAM'S CABE OF THE BUOTB Aal HARBOR UOHTB, THE OIANT UM T" M PUI IB f **TaflB 4| NAVKSINK l.MHl.AN'I'S BCOTfl BAOLflg out roa un urfoi at ~ ajp kinsv:i.i-i-". The baoyfl that ri.ark thfl I BBIUIfl BBflf Bflataj New-Tork Harbor and thoai I IflfllfcfB harbor b mark the Bncborag* grnunds ' Bfl sels that ar.- in tbfl harbor aeem I tflfl BMBIfll peraon ta ba araall affairs ai: that a paaBBMB on thede-k of a veeael aaaa k the I -i tfflaeiJ :hes, bU Tfl b ?bl -ng up and * Wfl Wkh tht t* He probably doefl BOt rualtofl thal they art U aweau ataa. or that thay aavi i ;-;'; eared f-r With thfl utnms. l I u Jhiaaa. agelandsmans".s'h"bu"vsai. bored flt flflB ,-anous stat. ,. ardasarul-r bfl. th. bflflM. Ita, that ' ? B? ' <" -T^ ^r puvced. rematfl In tl ' P "?ttoni r r "*?" * ?rtotttothegener. le, fthellgh. ?aflflb lUbmeni ai Tompklnavtlle. Btateij -- ? ** be a ravelatton to the averflga; *****J* has seen tbe buoya ai tha, ??? "? . wee, fotlowed up tlteir htotorj or .- i - - ? The atatlor flt Torapkln.1 Lto boi rtf B ? baadhjamrter 4 th< Inapacl r of t 'b.rd *4? house Dlatrl t, but 18 ilao the aupi . lUtioaBi mU tho other diatrlcta Here th pabi? ^?on all the buoya. and J" kept for tb rarl u ih I - coaat The Thlrd Dtou ' ^ Commander vv M Folger It i ?* taM Dtaha Ledga, B ffiw P ' ' ? ??? l-? polnt on thfl coaal '?>''?- ?' Bhrewsbury R rcke, and Ind *V *** th.- rockfl II ? ra ea all ? I ' : : the coaata of Rh de lalaad C ? '? Befl> Vork and New-Jereey b rtkwa - ? the ^'o:s, oppoatU Bhrewabury Roeka i - '? I - ; and I.ak-s I'hampiair. and V- U | The tocaVl w-rk of th- UaB[N I ' '; :: Maw-Tork Harbor aod its appi ?'?i outside flf th.- num-r afltfl ' ' v* ?t:"i "''''' houses. >v.-r tw< bundred bu yi ? rhlch BBflBB wat.-h.-d Btoat carefully. Th. reeuli fth ing of theae buoya may prove dtoaeti aa to U* vess.-is comfog in or leaving ? - port V* Bugrhteat chaagfl m thfl ? idioi Bfl on* d the two bundred buoya mai - ? '? ******* inconvenioru-e tb ahlpplng ll ?**? wU Bhown In fl Biarked waj wbeo thi Bl ******* u Bratagne and Katoer Wllheim ii weal -" ?* racently in Oedney Cbannel .- b i rall fltafl Bhifting ot the buoya I U I i Jhh b!b> ing was th. reault of tha II a of lee d ai bb Hudaon, which dtaabled tha buoyi I - 1? r;*' ai.l.T'-.i th" greateat enemj tl ?? UlWaflflB Departmenl haa to dea! arlth Veaa - BgaMi ln eotltolon with the buoy? and dtiflN boi th***'. but this fact is at onca eotnn .?? : ' the ie partnu-nt at Tompkinavllh i I : .y ifl flOflB plaeed in Its ortglnaJ p-sitir. bUl * bflfl M comes d ?wn and gatben aroun I II aa^m ^ only on--. bnl many, aro dta* iced * fortua* awaits tha p'-rs. n wko eaa bivenl ifl kafl bwl that will r.-inain la poMtaOfl ai. 1 I BflflaTflafl Bl atta,-ks of tha Ica. Beveral expei meatt bbM been n.a.l-. but flll have prov.d ffll IWfl The only thing tha U'-partm.-i.t na I B B take up each winter th.- Iroa I i - that tt* plaoad Ib Bew-Tork Harbor Md :ute?P?-' or wo.xb-n braoya This is done arerj s.asooa thla distiiot aad as a reault tl dtafl ? Taanpk navtlto aow pr. sa-n's a oi . in ifl* "'*??"? with th.- ir-'ii baaya acattered ab il tha y*^* The ball, can, mm, wbtotltog and ?> i vs *'" ?towed sid" t>y sid". Some ar" ofl Uafl .'turt others ln tho yard. and fltUI Oth - BU ?'? tM vari.'U* sii.-ps b.-ing flvarbauti i readj to ta placed ln poMtiOB a* flaoai ai> a.. I l ? ;:< to over. Tbe plant wliere Un-se BflaOyi ITfl H eiodes. in additun to the BaaaflMUU '.* and flaaaflaaaj B Colia^lolv! flflaMflalBfl Bafll B, ? '?'1*yC^