PROVED POINT BY HOLY WRIT
Granddaughter of Gladstone Proved
She Had Not Read Scriptures
for Nothing.
Miss Dorothy Drew, who was pre
sented at court a few days ar.j. wns
the favorlto granddaughter of tho lato
W. B. Qladstono, and among tho
stories tohl ot her childhood days Is
tho following: Ono morning she re
fused to got up, and, all other things
falling, Mr. Qladstono was called to
her. "Why, don't you get up, my
child?" ho aslcod. "Why, grandpa,
didn't you toll mo to do what tho
Illblo says?" replied Dorothy. "Yes,
certainly." "Well, It disapproves of
'arly rising says It's a waste of
time," rejoined tho child. Mr. Glad,
stone was unablo to agree, hut Dor
othy wati suro of her ground. "You lis.
ten, then," alio said, In reply to his
exclamation of astonishment, nnd
taking up her Blblo she read Tsalm'
127:2, laying groat emphasis on tho
words: "It is vain for you to rise up
early." Tit-lilts.
SHE KNEW.
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The Masher Docs your suiter know
I am waiting out here for her?
The Boy Yob I Bhogavomoanlckol
to tell her when you had gone.
RASH ALL OVER BOY'S BODY.
Awful, Crusted, Weeping Eczema on
Little Sufferer A Score of Treat
ments Prove Dismal Failures.
Cure Achieved by Cutlcura.
"My little hoy had an awful rash all
over his body and tho doctor said it
was eczema. It was terrible, and used
to water awfully. Any place tho water
went It would form another soro and it
would become crusted. A score or
inoro physicians failed utterly and dis
mally in their efforts to remove, tho
trouble Then I was told to uso tho
Cutlcura Romodlcs. I got a cako of
Cutlcura Soap, a bor. of Cutlcura Oint
ment arid a bottlo of Cutlcura Re
solvent, and before wo had used halt
the Resolvent I could see a change in
lilm. In about two months ho wns en
tirely well. George R Lambert, 139
West Centro St., Mahanoy City, Pa,.
Sept. 20 nnd Nov. 4, 1907."
Potter Drug & Chcm. Corp., Solo l'rops., Doston.
A Frank Opinion.
Once a youth thought it Ills solemn
luty to learn somothlng about Henry
.lanicB. So, to the great admiration
of his frivolous friends, ho picked up
"The Wings of the Dove" and disap
peared into Its pages.
Two weeks later lie was thinner, but
still at it, when ono of tho afore-mer-Honed
frivolous frlend3 came Into tho
room, nnd, for the first time showed
Interest.
"Say," ho observed, "is 'Tho Whigs
of tho Dove' a collection uf short
stories or ono long story?"
The dolver into James glanced up'
from the pages.
"One darned long story," ho replied,
throwing bis whole soul into tho
words.
Judge Will Wait and See.
An earnest plea was made by Attor
ney Charles Pottljohn to Judge Prltch
aid of tho criminal court for lenloncy
to a client who had entered a plea ot
guilty to larceny. The burden of the
attorney's argument wns that his cli
ent was tho father of twins and was
tempted to theft in order to feed tho
mouths of tho Infunts.
"Your honor, I will sny frankly,"
snld Mr. Pottljohn in closing, "thnt If I
were tho father of twins and needed
food for my family, I would not hesi
tate to go out and steal It."
"Mr. Pottljohn, when you are flic
fnlhor of twins I will consider your
proposition," said Judge PrltebnnJ.
ludiannpolis News.
OLD SOAKERS
Get Saturated with Caffeine.
When a person has used coffee for a
number of years and gradually de
clined in health, It Is time tho coffee
should be left off in order to soo wheth
er or not that hns been tho cause ot
tho trouble.
A lady In lluntsville, Aln., says she
used coffco for about 40 years, and for
the past 20 years was troubled with
stomach trouble.
"I have boon treated by many physi
cians but nil in vain. Everything failed
to perfect a cure. I wns prostrated for
nunc time, and came near dying. When
l recovered sufficiently to partake of
food and drink I tried coffee again nnd
It soured my stomach.
"I linally concluded coffee was tho
cause of my troubles nnd stopped us
ing it. I tried tea and milk In its
pluco, but nolthor agreed with me, then
I commenced using Postum. I hnd It
properly mado and it was very pleas
ing to tho taste.
"I hnvo now used it four months, and
my health Is so greatly improved that
I can eat almost anything I want and
ran sleep well, whoreas, before, I Buf
fered for yoars with insomnln.
"I have found thq cause of my trou
bles and n way to get rid of them.
You can depend upon it I appreciate
Postum."
"There's a Reason." Read "Tho Rond
to Wellvlllo," in pkgs.
liver rcntl Hie iikuvo lellcrf A iipu
mie miponrM from 1 1 mi- to tlim. Tlu-y
tire Kemiinv, true, nnil full of liuiuau
tuterekt.
1 to I
MAG IN E a great, fat
II slimy something poked
I out of the wntcr into
I your fnco, quickly .fol
lowed by another slimy
Eomothlug and thqn
another and another;,
each endeavoring to
secure an option oh a
different portion of
your nnatomy, and you
have one ot the vari
ous Joys of IlBhlng for
tho devil llali.
Hut nlong tho Amer
ican coast of the Gulf
of Mexico there uro lots and lots of
men who eke out their livings doing
Just this tiling. For the mnn who
doesn't have to ilsh for tho dovll-llsh,
It's fun, but to tho man or crows of
men who do It for their dally bread;
well, thoy content themselves with n
single catch a day.
Arlstotlo of old Is recorded In his
tory as tho Ilrat writer on the sub
ject of devil-fishing, but ns he was
exceedingly fond or Mr. Arlstotlo's
health ho left lots unsaid because ho
didn't investigate.
Every Gulf of Mexico sailor who
fishes for this creature carries a
hatchet close by, for that is tho only
means of getting nway from tho llsh's
tentacles simply cutting thorn off as
they are about to grasp tho Intended
victim.
In tho gulf the dovll-llsh Is har
pooned nnd seldom aftor ono of these
great prongs has been Imbedded In
tho body of tho victim are the fisher
men able to land their qimrry within
two hours. Usually it takes from
three to four hours of good, hard muscle-grinding
work and then lots of
tiinos tho crow of tho hunting craft
must cut tho cable und lose tho har
poon simply because tho brute lights
too hard to allow the occupation to
bo carried on safely. It is little
wonder that ono fish n day of this
variety Is considered sufficient.
Many wild, weird tales are told ot
Iho devil-fish. Ono class of Btorles
leals with the creature's addiction to
towing ocean-going steamers out of
their courses. So strong is tho deep-
sea monster that cnptalns of vessels
have been known to wonder what
was carrying them to windward, and
MADE
upon Investigation find that a devil-fish or cuttle
fish was trying to blto off a corner of the rudder.
Numerous cases or the fish attempting und suc
ceeding in towing ten-ton sloops for miles hnvd
been recorded in the annuls of, tho Industry. The
devil-Ushers always arc compelled to put up a hot
tight against this nnltnnl of tho sea. Tho Intend
ed quarry will pull them far out or their course
after tho first hnrpoon hns clung his hide and
It takeB two and sometimes three or them be
fore tho catch can ho brought close enough to
the sloop to allow tho gunner to plnco a shot In a
vital spot.
Tho ilsh must, bo continually worried or it
will descend to the bottom to rest, In which caso
It usually takes the boat, crow and apparatus
with it.
A story is told or a boat crew which hnd not
had n devil-fish strike Tor two days until Dually
the harpoon expert on the bowsprit Imbedded
Jils Instrument of torture within the vitals of ono
of tho monsters. The creature, of course, went
through the formality ot, turning the water there
abouts Into n delicate black, this being ono of tho
traits of tho species when attacked. This done
the dovll-llsh started for home, which was the bot
tom of the gulf. Tho hurpoou expert hutcd to
let go, on account of strikes being few and the
hont. crew and harpoonlst also begun the descent
In Inky darkness. Tho craft being provided with
air tanks at each end, the harpooned had some
Job on his hands, and when down In tho sea
about 20 feet, as "near ns tho mariners could
figure, tho eight-armed namesake of the American
trust gingerly climbed into the boat with tho
men who wero seeking his life-blood. It being
dark tho llshernien did not perceive his presence-.
Once moro at the surface, however, and there
was a miniature tire panic. Regaining his pres
ence of mind, however, the hnrpoontst put an out
drop on his second throw and put an eud to the
pranks of . the ilsh. That tain has boon called
"Just a Ilsh story," but thoro are three deep sea
llshernien to-day who vouch for the truth of a
portion of It nnd they still ply thnt trade on the
const of tho gulf. Hut now when the devil-fish
starts for home, they let him go.
The manta, as the creature Is called by sci
ence, Is to bo found us far north on tho Atlantic
const as tho Carollnns und In those waters some
of the largest of this clnss ot son creatures have
been seen. Ono caught on tho Atlantic coast
several years ago required three yoke ot oxen to
drag It from tho sea and Its weight was estimated
at four tons.
Usually tho dovll-llsh measures from 20 to 2."
feot across its back when full grown and ono
marlnor on tho Pacific coast reported that ho laid
estimated ono to bo 40 feet, which eyo measure
ment, of course, Is within the realm of possibility.
The creature has two well defined plans of de
fense, and thus tho Al
mighty bus endowed tho
specjes with moro than
the ordinary powers, for
usually fish, beast or
bird of tho air has only
ono natural mode or pro
tection. The cuttlefish,
however, enn cast from
Its tissues an inky sub
stance known as "se
pia," which turns tho
water In Its vicinity an
Impenetrable black and
allows escape. Combined
with this thore Is tho sot of eight tentacles,
which posscbs grips of Iron nnd aro lined under
ncnth with "suckers," which, when in working
order, form a vacuum over tho object grasped
and thus insure a firm hold.
So firm is tills grasp that story tellers of sever
al decades ago wero fond of dropping tho treasure-hunting
hero Into the hold of tho sunken
galleon and there hump him up against the "tor
rlblo devil-fish which had thwarted all humnn
wiles and for umpty hundred years been tho
guardian or Iho don's loot." Tho hero always
won nnd captured the coin, being dragged to tho
surlaco unconscious.
There have been one or two enscs whero tho
ruttlelish has made its home within tho cabins
vt sunken ships. In ono enso in particular off
tho northern coast or South America it is told
that a devil-fish killed throe divers who descend
ed to lay plans for raising tho ship. As each
man was brought to tliu surface dead from a
eauso which none of his mates could guess, an
other was sent to take his place. Finally tho
troublo was suspected and the last man sent
down gave explicit Instructions about being
brought to tho surfneo upon tho fnlntest tug at
tho guide line. After numerous trips up and
back ho succeeded in dislodging the creature
by cutting off Its arms ono by one. Deprived of
Its arms, it fled and no further trouble was ex
perienced. Perhaps tho most uncanny sight which ever
befulls the devil-fish hunters Is when, on a clear
day, the denizens or the deep mny bo seen on the
bottom walking along with the aid or their
tentacles, which are used as root. On laud. It is
recorded, this Is a physical Impossibility, ror the
fish, but buoyed up by tho water of many fath
oms, H'b easy.
Though absolutely the most dangerous ot crea
tures of tho sea, It Is said the devil-fish displays
greater fear of human attack than any of the
other species. The first move when assailed, Is
to try to grab the hunters with two or more of
the long arms thnt stretch out as occasion de
mands. Falling in this tho fish will attempt to
got away under cover of the Inky "sopln," but
when caught with tho hnrpoon and It finds thero
Is no apparent escape tho real tug of war com
mences and tho struggles aro never ended until
tho quarry censes quivering In death. Then tho
cables which hold the harpoons uro lashed to tho
stem of tho craft and tho sailors turn the ves
sel's noso towards home, tho moat welcome part
ot tho voyago.
Study the habits and origin or tho cuttlefish
Is ono ot iho most Interesting which nny scien
tist over nttonipted. Tho fish are propagated
by means or eggs. The tiny creaturo at first has
only ono tontuclo, which, when it grows older,
gradually divides lino J wo and then Into four
and after a year or so into eight
small arms. These grow larger and
stronger as tho ago of tho ilsh In
creases. Some adult specimens have
been caught, tho tentacles of which
wero over 20 feet In length. Jots or
wntor nqulrtcd by means or fins con
stitute the method or locomotion or
tho cuttlefish.
Tho dovil-flsli's choicest occupation
is that or reeding upon shoals ot
smaller members of tho finny tribo
and when interrupted In thin pursuit
lie oITect Is tcrrirylng. The great
creature will toss several of ita ten
tacles to tho surface, Btlll continuing
to Teed with tho rest or them; and It
this bluff falls to senre tho Intruder
nway, the dovll-llsh will come to the
surfneo personnlly to see about It.
While next to human beings,
sharks aro the greatest enemies of
tho cuttlefish, the scavengers ot tho
Eon are Just about as frightened by
tho tenlaclcd monsters as tho latter
aro by tho oharks. Mariners havo
often told ot tho battles which they havo seen in
elenr water botweon these warriors or tho briny
deep, but accounts felling or the victors aro scarce.
Along tho const or the Gulf of Mexico tho sharks
show their delight at tho plight of tho devll-llsh
when caught by following In Ha bloody wako and
with wide-open Jaws, seoklng a bite hero or there
from the carcass. At night along tho coaBt thoy
fight In tho water for tho opportunity to consume
tho dead dovll-llsh after tho llshernien havo lln
ished with him.
All In all devil-fishing Is the most thrilling, moBt
hazardous, most entrancing method of angling
which has over been discovered, ror tho creaturo Is
doubtless the craftiest of tho inhabitants of tho
tropical waters. And the man who goes after tho
scalp of the devil-fish while ho is not armed with
modern accoutrements Is taking his own Hfo in
his hand. The plain hardware store hatchet with
the short bundle Is declared to bo tho host weapon
of dol'enso in closo quarters and dozens or lives
havo been saved simply becauso tho pnrties at
tacked wero equipped with hatchets and know
how, when and where to uso them upon tho an
atomy or tho dangerous ilsh.
UNCLE SAM SEEKS STAMP VENDER.
Will tlo time ever come when Undo Sam can
dlspenso with letter carriers? Tho Increasing uso
or the automobile, the pueuniatlc tubo and me
chanical devices In the postal service would Indi
cate that eventually some method or delivering
mall will be round which will, In a largo measure,
do away with tho present system of distribution.
Tho postofllce department has an annual appro
priation which is used to experiment with mechan
ical dovlcos, and every year the officials aro called
upon to investigate the practicability and utility
of inventions. Thero have been hundreds or differ
ent styles of mail boxes submitted, and thoro is
no end or devices designed ror picking up mall
hags by fast-moving express trains. Thero Is no
doubt, to experts say. that thu stamp-fixing ma
chine will come Info general use, and they aro
equally certain that tho government will ndopt
slot machines for the automatic sale of pontage
stamps, as Germany and numerous other foreign
countries have. Tho department bus mado an offi
cial trial of such mnchiucs,
A llttlo more than a yenr ago tho postmaster
general appointed a special committee of officials
to make a thorough Investigation of tho stamp
vending machines. Washington Is now having its
extended public demonstration ot theso machines,
and other cities also will have a nhanco to try
inein ior a long period under tno direct supervi
slon of the postolllce authorities,
When tho postmaster general decided to mako
experiments with stnmp-selllug machines, ho In
vlted all poisons with Inventive tendencies to Bub
mlt models. Ho did not conflno the Invitation to
America. Tho result was that some 7ii machines
wore offered ror experiment, and the postofllce
committee had a long and tedious tnsk In selecting
those that appeared to bo practical.
After much Investigation tho committee selected
a hnir-dozen machines for further test. To tho
owners or Inventors of these six makes was glvon
the opportunity to make public tests of the ven
dors under tho direction of tho dopnrtniont, but at
their own expense. Finally three different models
wore picked out lor an extended public tost at
government expense.
Two or those nmciilnes are foreign Inventions
ono a German machine and thu other thu Invention
of an Australian.
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PROOF POSITIVE.
"Do you really love me, George?"
"Didn't you give mo this tie, dear?"
"Yes, love. Why?"
"Woll, ain't I wearing It?"
Grievous Offcns;.
"No, sir," said Plodding Pete; "I
would not stop another nilnuto to talk
to dem folks. Doy passed mo out a
short an' ugly word."
"What was it?"
"Work."
A Rare Qootl Tiling.
"Am urliiK ALMSN'H KOOT-KA8E. nmt
can truly sny I would not Imvo been with
out It ho long, luul 1 Known tint mllef It
would kIvo my aching feet, 1 think It a
rare good thing for anyone having soru
or tired feot. Mn. Mntlldii lloltwnrt,
Providence, It. l." Bold by alt DrugslHtH,
2Bo. AhU to-day.
Mean Question.
Tho Lover I love tho tme, tho
good, tho beautiful.
Tho Cynic Thrco girls? Harpor'B
Haaur.
Asthmatlco, Read This.
If vou nrc ullllutcd with Asthma writo
mo lit onco and learn of Mjim-'thing for
which you will be grateful the rent of
your life. J. G. MoHnde. Stella. Ncbr.
When tho thief has no opportunity
to steal ho considers himself an hon
est man.
Lewis' Simile Hinder. Cigar. linn a rich
lnite. Your dealer or Lo lactory,
Peoria, Hi.
And they get '.ho biggest tips who
only stand and wait.
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