Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-06-23

Cssssasssssial 4seFy as4 nisp1ay-
- . sesvesis Of sss evees.
THE sI,ssd attained By scnth Allan
tic sharks In their efforts 10 arrive II
desired points within the least possible
space u time. said No. ~. who nsed
so liz In the navy and il now clerk In
che navy department. addressing thu
last meeting VI the Washington Liars
club has long been \ snbtect OF ecsen.
tinc investigation. ] don't know the
exact nnmh~r ri knots they hsve been
found 70 make within the space of an
ordinary four houy watch. but n .
snuth Atlantic shark cart beat an alba
tsoss when II ccmes % spsed I'll eat my
hsg sud hammock and ditty boz.
''Now, there are some sharks down u
the smith Atlantic that don't like 10
and themselves ton near the equatorial
waters. and yet they want to have plen-
~ of room 10 psowl They've got the
bast figured ont 10 nicely. and they
know that on the other side II tho cqna
torial limo there's just m good water.
and water Of tho same degree Of TEN
rrratnSe. M that In which they'r food
ibx sround when they get 10 thinking
ON this subject
"Weli. what do they do when they
eet 10 worrying over tbs cramIed space
In which they ind themselves on one
side ~ the line or tho other. Why.
they inst make dash scross tho line
That's all They know that the equa-
torial line IL trochs III water that's =
heap too hot for their constitutions and
that they cnn stand munkcying around
In the water ON that line too long. and
~ they inst hop over u. lickctty cut. 40
fast that you csa't see their hns for
dust
II reSs~mb~s once. when ! was I'm
che old Tico1deroga. thing happened
that gave us line on the speed of
sharks when they taks Il into their
heads to get speedy W. got into ths
port III Aontevideo Gnr morning at 10
o'clock II was on \ Monday. April i2.
Muntavidso harhor l. full Ct sharks. and
the men forward got ~ fishing over ths
side tor them In order to get their spines
a. MAX. walking sticks II them. One
huge man eater was landed after great
difficulty with the combined strength OF
the whnia watch on deck. aud hs had 10
bs dubbed with Delaying pins and cap.
stan bars for an hour before no gave up
sud eashed In
.well va cut him open. and. gentle
men. what do yoa suppose we found
inside ~ himY Why. M fino n gold
watch and chain NJ you ever saw In
yoar iifei Not an ordinary minute and
second hand watch. hut ono of those
watches that give the date. the day Of
the week. the phases 81 the moon and
thr whole thing, Well. airs. yon can
imagine ear establishment when we
snapped the case VI this watch opep
and found that II had stopped at exact
" ~ p m. April II. tho day before wa
got into Montevid.o
'''Ihc skipper u our ship reported
1his fact 10 tho townspeople u Monte.
vsdeo when ho went ashore. feeling con.
hdent that some prominent citizen NJ
that town had inadvertently permitted
himself 10 he made meal IL by an
spieussan shark. Hc naturally conclnd.
ri that The victim must have bccp \
prominsnt citizen ~ pack such swel
tiiu.picc. around with him Nobody
was missing out u tho population II
Montevidco. and tho thing looked nj.
mighty mysterious
'Well. We remained In tho harbor II
Nontcvideo for six weeks making 70.
pairs snd IN thai time the shark and
watek iuesdent was practically tosgot.
teal W. were just upon the point u
paiisng out for northern waters when
III. british ship Cardiff. from Pernam.
bueo. lsfasil. put into Montovidco, The
Cardsns ma,r was la command. and
he bad queer story Ia tell vi how ths
command had failrs H. him II seums
that On April II the skipper. returning
IL the ship frop Pcfnambuco iu his
long boat had slipped In stepping op-
~ the tiaas leadin. H. the ships gang
way aud fallen into the water Befoss
shv h,as's crew had chance 20 pull
him back into the sl.rn .ha~<s shsr.
WAS a swl ia and the skipper was being
packed III Ia tho jaws of u gigantic
shark
You u remember that this hsppenes
ON the afternoon u April H. Well.
there wouldn't have bevn any thins ~
hsrkabis about this u ID. mate In cosp
mand ~ tbs tArsiih hadn't happ~prd Il
Menssua that the skipper bad vain
able watch On bis person when III,
shark ~, HIN. oas commanding ofsicsl
heard stoat THU. aud he lookel up IN,
aat. ssd ASKED him what Kind IL ,
watch II waA The mate exactly dc
srlora ths watch that wc bad take,
cat ~ the SHARK. stomach IN Monte
vsdeo ea the iaosninx Il April ~. an.
when .ar skipper shaved l: 10 him b.
INSTANTLY Identified u
Now. all thai anybody who doubt
this has got 10 do IN order 10 and on
how many Thousand miiss fsrasmbac,
u frasa M.e,syliee |. io measure tn
prsis On tho atlas VI Soash An.esirs
Thss shsra only h,t the hixh pise-s Il
tnnriux fsom !ssnau,baeo IA Monte