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Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
STRANGE MARINE MONSTER,
Ualifornia FisheYman Catches Cpss- GUS Fish weighing 125 Pounds
 with Rod and Reel,

Edward Llewellyn, a cornet soloist of he Catalina Island band, is a most en. thusiastic and picturesque angler.
 Recently he made the record Jewfish catch, one weighing 426 pounds; the oth- 1T morning he though he would inscribe shs tuna record also on his diadem, and taking the Catalina hiked out after the biggest specimens of the tiger-fish to be taken. He had uncorked but small DOT tion of his stock of patience when his reel began to whizz.
 And then 1t whizzed. By consummats skill Llewellyn prevented the fish from getting away fin the first grand rushss, and then he began on the aggressive. For m hour and N minutes a fierce fight lasted. It was a aformidable-lool1ing crea- ture that was at length brought alongside the boat, and there was debate, aitsv 2 was saffed, as to whether 1t would Do welcome addition to the crew.
 Hung up on the rack here, the creature began to excite comment. To tho casual observer it was but moon-fsh, a rather unusual catch, but occasionally caught and brought in by being entangied In tho dshermen's nets. This, however, was caught with a hook and rod and resl, something unknown to fishermen hith- srto. A glance at the fsh also showed radical difference between this and the sword-fsh.
 Its sword is not so long as tha& of tho genuine sword-flsh of this length; tho lower Jaw is undulv elonrated if has otn It's back a collapsible fin, which, when extended, stands up 16 inches above tho dsh, but folds down into a grove, until It is unnoticeable: the tail is like the screw of a propeller, and very similar In appearance to that of the tuna.
 The fish sharps are all guessing. Tho hRe of this has not been seen here before, nor can any enlightenment be had from any books on the subject to be had here.
 The strange creature Is nine feet long and weighs 125 pounds. The sword Is "A inches long and the tail k 39 across.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
NEARLY WEDS BRIDESMAID.
When Bride, Reala.ing situ- ation, Calls . Halt.

But fer sudden protest by the bride the bridegroom at wedding in St. Mary's church, New Britain, Conn.,, would have been married to the brides- maid the other day. Peter Wood and Miss Rosa Strader, the principals, en- tered the church with Stephen Ferry and Miss Edwina Softleigh. the best man and bridesmaid. When the party cached the altar the bridesmaid, in- stead of retiring in favor of the bride. remained at the bridegroom's side.
 Rev. J. T. Winters began the cere- mony, but just as he had reached the fateful part Miss Strader jumped up and asked Father Winters to stop.
 An explanation followed, the young women exchanged places, and the ceremony went on. The bridesmaid had never attended wedding before
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
Drudgery And Worry Sap Wom- ans Nervous
 Vitality.

There Is nothing more nerve wrecking than household duties and the care of children. The drudgery, worry and pet ty annoyance of the day, and broken rest at night soon exhausts her vitality and she becomes nervous, irritable and restless. If allowed to continue. it ends in Sick, Nervous Headaches, Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles, and those terrible Periodical Bearing down pains, which come from nervous exhaustion.
 Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine is failing remedy for such cases. It builds up and soothes the nerves, and brings the sweet, restful sleep, so much need,d.
 No other medicine is so pleasant or so curative in every case of female weakness nervousness or general wornJ out condition.
 Try it at our risk.
 Cost refunded if first bottle fails to benefit you.
 'I had been sick several years with Indigestion and nervous prostration, which kept me almost constantly under treated by four doctors, l received only temporary relief. l. was very weak and helpless, and unable to attend to my household duties. After reading about Dr. Miles Nervine, l concluded to give it a trial. The first few. doses brought restful sleep, at. night, and an appetite for food Continuing, the treatment, ! and able to do all my york;
 MRS. M. J. OLDS, Charleston, Mich.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
ONLY A RIVER WHITEFlsH.
Story of Man Who Knew Fish When He Saw Them, Also a Rail-
 road ''Ad."

William c. Harris, angling ed itor of Outing, and rightly called the Izaak Walton of America, is a man who can come pretty near to telling exactly what fish you will find in Blank brook, in Blank township of Blank county, Idaho, Texas or Rhode Island. New fish es and new facts about them, he loves as a miser loves gold, only he does not hoard them, but gath CTS them to give out again.
 One day Harris chanced to be in St. Paul. He was talking with General Passenger Agent Charley Fee, who said Harris should go to Montana to catch grayling fin a stream at that time much adver' tised.
 Harris said there were no gray ling in the stream. The railroad man laughed at him as a New Yorker who pretended to know more about a certain Montana river than man who had flshed it.
 The dispute waxed warm. liar. ris was due in New York on a certain day, and by taking the first train west he cOuld have six hours onthe stream and still keep his en- gagement. In 36 hours he was on the stream with a local represen- tative of the railroad. He waded in, made one cast, and was fast to a silvery thing that tore about nightly like that of a grayling. It came to the net, and the local representative of the railroad fairly shouted:
 ''There, there; it's a grayling"
 "Pack this carefully in moss," said Harris. "Send it to your gen. eral passenger agent" Then he walked to the telegraph office and wired that official:
 "Am sending one of your gray ling. It's an internal old river whitefish."
 Then he took the train for New York and kept his engagement.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
MOVE MILLIONS AS RAGS.
Unbonded Government Clerk Carries Money from Washington to New
 York in . Suit Case.

Col Edwards, chief of the division of 1nsular affairs, recently told the story of bureau clerks remarkable trip a few days ago with $3.0o0, 900 of government cash. The clerk Is Marion ID. Beall. whose home is in Fort Wayne, Ind. For fear of robbery the officials kept the trip secret until after the clerk had delivered his precious burden in New York.
 Under the direction of the insular department the hints and the bureau of printing and engraving have been making money for use in the Philip pines. To. MT. Beall was assigned the duty of overseeing the shipment of the money to the island possessions. The bureau of printing and engraving turned out S3.o00.000 in 31,0o0 bills. The insular department wanted to get the money to New York. Beall went around to see the express companies about the cost of transporting tho treasure. Flight hundred dollars" said each of the companies.
 "That's too much," said Col. Ed wards when Beall reported. Whats tho matter with you putting the money in a suit case and taking it up yourself!"
 "Why, sure, I can take 1t if you arc willing to trust me with it," said Beall.
 The money was put in . suit case and Beall, although not even under bond. carried 1t from this city to New York. whence 1t was shipped.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
This was the menu:
Total e,

The food value of the things con. sumed amounted to 6,491 calories. This made the average amount consumed 1,081.8 calories. Ac- cording to the textbook prepared by Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, of the Boston Science school, only 956.3 calories are necessary to sustain men and women working moder- ttely hard.
 Miss M. B. Vail, instructor in do- mestic science at Teachers col lege, who had charge of the lunch con, says that p cents would be fair average for all meals, so that persons who pay more than $24O.90 a year are doing injustice to themselves and their pockt. books.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
SCIENTIFIC BILL OF FARE.
A Good, Wholesome Meal Need Osst No More Than 22 Cents
 An Experiment.

To live luxuriously on 66 cents a day has been made easy by the department of domestic science at Teachers college, Columbia uni versity. Meals at p cents apiece have been prepared, and, what is more to the point, eaten with ap- parent relish by unbiased per sons, says the New York Sun.
 In addition, the chemical constit. uents in the food have been care. fully weighed and measured, and it has been discovered that enough proteids, fats and carbo. hydrates exist in the 22-cent meal to support men working with tho customary expenditure of force. At least, the textbooks say that the quantities are all right.
 The manner in which the discov. cry was made is somewhat as fol. lows: Dean Russell planned a luncheon to some friends, and thought it would be a clever idea to have the meal prepared by the department of domestic science. The teachers laid out the plan of battle and the students did the cooking.
 The luncheon was served to six persons. The total cost of materi. als was $2.02, from which was de- ducted the value of the food not actually consumed. This brought the total cost down to SIPS for the six persons.
 This was the menu:
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
Famous old Clock Stops.

Thousands of Parisians who are in the habit daily of setting their watch es by the famous clock on the bourse were filled with dismay the other week when the famous timspiece was seen to lose several hours in the course of a day and then stop alto gether. For many years the bourse clock has been considered one of the infallible chronometers of the city. Apparently the recent additions and improvements of the old bourse have been too much for it's delicate mech- aniSm.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
THROUGH TOURIST CAR SER
 VICE TO CALEDONIA.

Commencing Saturday Septem- Der 17th, the Iron Mountain Route will inaugurate through car service to Los Angeles, Cali fornia. This is the True South ern Route" via Texarkana and Fl Paso. Special low rate colo nists' tickets to California points will be on sale September 10th to October 18th, via Iron Mountain Route. For tickets and reserva- tion apply tollocal agent.
 HI c. TOWNSEND,
 G. P. & T. A.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
THE COASTER SUBSlDED.
Drummer Dragged of Getting a Biz Order, Then Was cleverly Ex-
 posed by Joker.

The habitues of certain sub. urban hostelry had long been weary of the boastful chatter of an intermittent guest of the com. mercial fraternity, and it was with rare satisfaction that they recently saw him annihilated, so to speak, says the New York Times.
 "Had a splendid day." he opened up as usual; "spent an hour in old Simons' store over in Rye and came out with a $2,O0O order"
 He produced a notebook in sub, stantiation, as Old Simons" atti, tude toward gentlemen of his ilk was we'll known, and the incredul- ity of his audience was not masked. The notebook was hand ed around for inspection and halt. ed with a gray-haired stranger over in the corner.
 "Oh, yet-the entry's all right enough" he said, mildly, "but- it's very strange"
 "What's strangew demanded the commercial man of might.
 "Why, how it got there. l have no recollection of giving any such order, and if you will kindly tell me which of my employees author ized it you will be conferring ia. vor upon me. You evidently don't recognize me as MT. Simons, of the Rye firm, but"
 But the erstwhile boaster had wilted out of sight. His quondam victims roared with delight.
 q say, that's richw exclaimed one of them; tits worth $50 to see you take him down like that, MT, Simons"
 q didn't say I was MT. simons, sir" returned the meek-looking stranger; "in fact, I don't know the gentleman-any more than the young man himself did"
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
A MAN AND HIS SHOES.
The Thicker the Soles He Wears tha Larger the City from Which
 He Halls.

"You can almost tell from what country a man comes by the weight of his shoes," said J. W. Davy, of Chicago, who represents a shoe company, to a Milwaukee Sentinel reporter. "You might not believe it," he continued, "but the thicker the soles of his shoes the larger the city from which he comes. In New York it is almost a fad, and the soles of the shoes there are exceedingly heavy. They are almost as heavy in Chica. go. Men there wear shoes to pro- tect their feet. They have not time enough, it seems, to bother with rubbers. So they make one pair of shoes do the work for all kinds of weather. Here in Mil. waukee and in other cities of this size, I notice, the men wear light shoes and rubbers. I suppose they have time enough to wear the overshoes. Up in the country l find that in many places leather boots are not worn at all for sav. eral of the winter months.. They wear heavy socks and then put rubber overshoes over these."
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
German Sunday Schools"

In. England the term Sunday school" has a definite meaning, and is exclusively used to denote a place of religious teaching In Germany, however, the race for commercial supremacy has led ts the establishment of Sunday schools at which mechanics are given practical instruction iR their trades. There is, for exam pie, school for masons, at which the students, many of them me chanics who work during the week, spend several hours on Sun. day morning in learning the high. CT branches of their craft. Sim ilarly there are Sunday schools for tailors, ironmongers, bookbind
 CTS, and followers of other trades even barbers and blacksmiths.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
Gold in New South Wales,

Preliminary returns issued by the department of mines, New South Wales, show big increase in the gold production of that state for 1903, as compared with the output for 1902. The yield for 1903 is valued at il 1,O8O, ,O29, which represents an increase of 1895, ,059 over the total of the previous year.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
ONE-WAY RATES.

Every day from September 18th to October 18th, 1904, inclu- sive, the Union Pacific will sell one-way tickets from Missouri River Terminals { Council Bluffs to Kansas City, inclusive) as follows
 $2O.OO to Ogden and Salt Lake City.
 $2O.00 to Helena and Butte, Montana.
 $22.50 to Spokane and Wen atchee, Washington.
 $22.50 to Huntington and Nampa, Idaho.
 $25.00 to Portland, Tacoma and Seattle.
 $25.O0 to Vancouver and Vic- toria.
 $25.OO to Ashland and Astoria, Oregon, via Portland.
 $25.00 to San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.
 Correspondingly low rates to many other California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Utah, and Idaho points.
 Through Tourist cars run every day on Union Pacific between Missouri River and Pacific Coast: double berth S5.7 For full in- formation call on or address,
 J. H. LOTHROP,
 9O3 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. 18tilOct. 10.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
Lynchburx Gets a Reputation.

Lynchburg, Tenn, has won fame aa the first southern town to indict . white man for lynching a negro. Evil dently, remarks the Chicago Daily News, Lynchburg aspires to civic reputation far above what its curious ly suggestive name would imply.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
The Adjutant.

The adjutant, or marabout, is a tall bird of India, about six feet high. The wings expanded meas are about 15 feet from tip to tip. It readily swallows a cat or haze WholA
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
No Immediate Danger.

Prof. Small. of the University of Chicago. says war between Germany and tho United States is inevitable There is no immediate reason, how- ever. says the Chicago Record Herald. for the psopls of Boston to crawl a. ds9 their bsAA
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22

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Newport daily independent., 1904-09-22
Wise Men and Fools.

AS the wise man knows he is a fool he is miserable; the fool imag. ines he is wise and is happy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
"settIes the servant Question:"

Christaine Terhune Herrick's book on The Expert Maid Servant is said by the Cincinnati Times-Star to settle the servant question" The writer in the Times-Star proceeds to say: If maids and housewives could be persua- ded to act according to the precepts herein contained domestic life would be an etherealIzed Elysla." Mrs. Her rick wrote this book from long practi- cal experiences, and she considers 1t possible for housewives and maids to live by its precepts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

One of the stories told of the late Lafcadio Hearn goes back to the days of his newspaper work in Cincinnati. A steeple Jack who was going to climb to the top of a high church steepie to repair it boasted that he ould will ingly carry up man on his back. The city editor refused Hearn the assign ment, which the latter eagerly be- sought, but finally allowed him to- go, and Hoarn clasped his arm around the steeple Jacks neck and was landed on the top of the steeple amid the cheers of the observing thousands After a while he descended and wrote three column article of vivid. slowing de- scription of tiIe city as seen from that point of view. The article was litera- ture, and was recognized as such by every one who read it, One little cir cumstance that his readers did not know was that Hearn could see about fifty feet and no more from the end of his nose, and that the description of the city was pure imagination
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
How st. Mark Became Patron Saint of
 Venice.

Rustico of Torcello. Buono of Mala- mocco and Stauracio, merchants who had gone to Alexandria on Venetian ship. had a great desire to carry the body of St. Mark back to Venice. Ac- cordingly they won over the guardian of his sepulchre. took the body, and put 1t in a basket. which they covered with cabbages and pork, and then hur- ried to their ship. And because they doubted the pagans." says the chroni- cler Da Canale, they laid the holy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

''oh," responded the Yankee, with the utmost nonchalance. T suppose I got careless and looked back."-Har- per's Weekly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.

Will Harben and the Russian Tailor.
 Will N. Harben found such an tn- teresting character in a humble Rus sian tailor on one of the side streets in New York that he often dropped into the mans shop and talked with him. The acquaintance had gone on for several weeks before the tailor was told by a customer, who had seen Mir. Harben going out that the visitor was a novelist. The Russian refused to be- lieve 1t, and to prove his statement true the customer showed him a copy of Harper's Bazar. in which was an adver- tisement of MT. Harben's new novel. The Georgians. The advertisement contained a good portrait of the author, and the tailor was convinced. A few days later Mir. Harben came into the fellows shop and was greeted with most cordial smile.
 T have jhust found you oudt," said the tailor. T have your book bought. an when I have more dose English studied will him read"
 Thereupon he went to drawer and got out a copy of the October Harper's Bazar and began to turn the pages.
 ''To tell you de trude. MT. Harben," he went on, q no understand your book at all. Now"-he was holding the magazine open at a double-page fash ion plate-'will you please tell me what you got all desc womens in here for?" A Rebuke to George Meredith.
 Dr. c. W. saleeby. author of The Cycle of Life, administers in the Acade- my a stinging rebuke to George Mere dith, the novelist. for his recent advo- cacy of limited marriages. Dr. Salee- by handles the matter without gloves NO counsel which proposes, as this does," says Dr. Saleeby, ''to abolish marriage. the family, and the state, and all that hangs upon them, has any chance of more than an ephemeral suc- cess. The time will come when it will be granted that, as Spencer said, The supreme end of the legislator is char acter- making" and proposals to injure human character. and to aid in the pro- pagation of children by the least devel- oped, morally. will be treated with the contempt they deserve. If evolution teaches us anything, it is that, in Mat they Aruolds worlds, there is a power that makes for righteousness.''
 Careless.
 Among the many good stories told by Senator Daniel of Virginia is the following:
 A gentleman in the South was one day in conversation with a Yankee who had brought letters of introduction from a friend in the North, when 1t transpired that the Northerner was a veteran of the Civil War.
 "Yes," said the Yankee, 'I was par ticipant in the late unpleasantness. You see this7' he added. pointing to a scar in his face--'T got that at the second battle Of Bull Run"
 How in the world didt you get hit in the face at the battle of Bull RunT' rnigchievously asked the Southern.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

Lovers of Thackeray are anticipating eagerly book publication of "Thack- eray's Letters to an American Family" letters which have been jealously guar ded from publication until their appear of The Century Magazine. These let ters were ali written to the different members of the family of Mir. George Baxter of New York City, a homo which Thackeray visited often and loved much during his featuring tours in this countrv. Introduction and notes by Miss Lucy W. Bxaetr add to the interest of the book: and there are reproductions of many drawings. odd little bits scribbled by the great novel; list on his pages.
 Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady has wrft- ton to the publisher of Order No. Il" an enthusiastic letter in regard to that book. He says; Tt strikes a note that differs from the conventional story. The action takes place In a part of the country in which the eff fects of thewar ere most bitterly felt. but which has not heretofore been discussed in fiction. knew some of lthe characters mentioned and can testi- fly to the truth and accuracy of the story. Its hurnor is eaualed by its pathos."
 This Is one of the four successful novels which The Century Co. has iss- ued during the past summer. Two of the others, "A Rose of Old St. Louis" and Four Roads to Paradise" have just passed into their fifth edition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

A second large edition of Dr. Weir Mitchelrs 'The Youth of Washington" was needed to supply the demand be- fore issue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
Irving BacheIIer to Winter Abroad.

Arvtng bacneueP to winter Abr0aa.
 Irving Bacheller's novel Vergilius has just made its appearance in an English edition. having been published In Lon- don on October IS by Harper & Broth CTS. Mir. Bacheller is now at his home in Sound Beach, Connecticut. He and Mrs. Bacheller will spend the winter in Italy, where he will devote himself to some important literary work which he now has in hand. It is his intention to select permanent headquarters, and thence make pilgrimages to various parts of the country.