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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-12-02

Census returns for the states Of north
and south Dakota this year Indicate the
population Of the states as being nearly
equal. Since the admission into the
union South Dakota it appears has not
kept pace in the increase of population
with her sister state on the north. Since
1890 the population of North Dakota has
increased 10000, while South Dakota's
increase has been but about $4,000
Doubtless one reason for this more rapid
growth in North Dakota has been the re-
suit OF two transcontinental lines across
the state, and another reason is the pur-
suing of a more liberal policy toward adj
yer lsing, both 10y the state and the rail-
roads interested. In the next few years
with two roads, and in all probabilities
three, crossing this state from east to
west, there is no question but what a
much more rapid growth in population
will result. Belle tourche Bee.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-12-02
Verdlct OF Coroner,s Jury.

Following is the verdict rendered by
the coroner's jury sitting at an inquest
into the death of August d. Fisher, who
was killed at the Ideal Mining com,
pany's property at sheep Mountain on
the 22nd ult.
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA / ss
County OF CUSTER, o.
An inquisitlon held at the Court
House in Custer City, Custer County,
South Dakota, on Saturday November
25, 1905, and there completed, following
the viewing of the body Of August Fish
er, on Thursday night, November 23rd,
1905, at X. p. Hall in Custer City. South
Dakota, there lying dead. The jurors
whose names are hereto subscribed, up
on their oaths as such Coroner's jury, do
say, that on the 22nd day of November.
1905, at about the hour of 5:l5 p. IN.
O'Clock, of said day, on what Is known
as the Bessie No. 10 lode Mining Claim,
belonging to the Ideal Mining company,
situate on Sheep Mountain, about IA
miles northeast from Custer City, in
Custer County, State Of South Dakota, in
an open cut working on said mining
claim, by an explosion of powder in said
cnt from second hole which had been
drilled loaded, and exploded by said
deceased August d. Fisher, that the said
explosion was the result of belief on
the part af the deceased that the fuse
in said second hole had not taken fire,
and that the deceased was in the act of
again splitting fuse when the charge ex-
ploded and caused the death OF said
August d. Fisher, then and there.
We the jury find further that no
blame attaches to any person, or to the
Company owning said mining property.
In testimony whereof the said jurors
hereunto have signed this, the 25th day
of November, 1905.
NJ. A. WILLIS.
f. V. GARLoCK,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-12-02
Doctors Could not Help her.

"I had kidney trouble for years"
writes Mrs. Raymond Connor of Shell
ton, Wash, "and the doctors could not
help me. tried Foley's Kidney Cure,
and the very first dose gave me relief
and l am now cured. | cannot say too
much for Foley's Kidney Cure" 1t
makes the diseased kidneys sound so
they will eliminate the poisons from the
blood. Unless they do this, good health
is impossible Sold by all druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-12-02

Custer was not the only place in the
United states where the weather was
crisp and stormy for several days the
past week. Teegraphic reports state
that 4 storm was raging on the Great
Lakes and throughout the northern and
western states.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-12-02

Fridays Pioneer Times says: Con-
gresham +. w. Martin returned over
Yesterdays Northwestern from two.
weeks "Trip over the southeastern part
of the state. Mr. Martin spoke par
ticulsrly Of the prosperous conditions Of
the state as he saw it. He lays great
stress on the keen interest being taken
by all the inhabitants OF the other side
OF the river in the Black diils. Every
one, he says, is eagerly looking forward
to the day in the near future when
the railroads vii cross the state to the
Black Hills, and many of them expect TO
come here TO locate. The railroads will
bring in an unusually large number Of
people to this section, he declares. Pol
i,iCally the situation is excellent. and
everything appears to be running
smoothly,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-12-02
Cured Paralysis.

w. F. Baily, p. o. True, Texas,
writes "My wife had been suffering
five years with paralysis in her arm,
when | was persuaded to use Ballard's
Snow Liniment, which cured her all
right. have also used it for old sores,
frostbites and skin eruptions. 1t does
the work" Sold by all druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-12-02

State Senator o. l. Bronson of Nit.
chell has announced himself as candi.
date for congress.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-12-02

Last summer Insurance Commissioner
Perkins discovered that the hail depart.
ment Of the st. Paul Fire and Marine
insurance company had never paid any
taxes in the state on that class of busi-
ness. He called the matter to the atten-
ton of the company and presented them
with bill for SS,GO099, as the amount
due from the company from the date of
statehood TO the close of business for
last year The officers of the company
at first took the position that they were
only liable for taxes for the last year, as
no demand had ever been made upon
them for prior taxes. The commission
er could not see the matter in that light,
and carried the whole case to Attorney
General Hall. The legal officers of the
company were then put upon the case
by the company, resulting in their ad-
mitting the claim, and Saturday even
ing the insurance department received
draft from the company for the full
amount, which has been turned into the
state treasury. is safe to say they will
pay their taxes each year from this time
on instead of allowing them to run for
another period of time. Commissioner
Perkins is attending strictly to The busi-
ness of the department, and will proba-
bly, at an early date show further re-
suits of his manner of conducting the
department
st. Petersburg dispatches state that the
Car by imperial manifesto has made
extensive land grants to the Russian
peasants, and that taxes have been re-
duced one half with the promise of total
abolition in the near future. The Gar
has probably learned what the peasant
proprietors Of France are the men who
have made France wealthy and the men
who have paid the cost Of all Of her wars
tsince the Revolution.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1905-04-15
0crihtet.

Goteron II, RS, IA. 9[pril. =
Ger ais Moroer iiberfiiDrte gteocr
artbur 2oiter mo Soiepb Wilcr er-
litten beilte I'M bieiigen Gountps@e.
fGngniB ben 500 am @olgen. 2altcr
eritoB I'M Iebten Sum- Mar @caen-
burg bel einem &eriufe, oeiicn Ga
ben in bieiiger Staot 5i b~erouban.
Wfiaer botte Srou GeIion Steipnrt,
cine Negerin, in ser Had,t bonn 30.
September b. s. in ibrer @o5nung
5n Wfiopale p%ergeualtiet ulto Damn
NIT einem GolirmeIier %ernlor0ct. Die
Sinridtl1ngen perliefen reid II. obne
Storune. Batter mar binlcl, otpolf
Winuten cine 2eide, nno 20 Winit.
fen ip6ter muroe alld) Iiler &c.
bangt.
gnl lebten Sonntag bate 2oitcr
nod einen beiperaten 5ludtperiub
gemodt, uno 5lpei @Gdter, nadoern
er eiuem oerielben Den Renulber ent.
riiien, ourf Sdiiiie periuunoet. er
puroe iiberiu1ltiet ulo ergob Ii6
ieitoem in iein S6idIol.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1905-04-15
@bite's 9efnd bel SAB.

Nernt bel 8enua, Ia. Ipril.
Der 8eiunbbeits5uitano oes &c.
fretars Sop beiiert iif bon Gag 81
Gag. Gin geiltd. Den ibm Der auf
Der Geiie nod Nom befinolife Dot
ihafter @bite geltern obItattete, lpar
ibm bodIt ipiafommen. SefretGr
San beiprud NIT linn Die Sauptfra-
gen, Die Stalien unb gmerifo interei-
iiren, ipie Sluswonoerunes : Ineele-
genbeiten uno 9onie 8iftor Gina.
nuel's goridlag, Die grrihtung Ell
ner internationolen Iferboufommer
betreffeno, unb CAB Dem gotidafter
@bite miinoli1e Snitruftionen. Ger
2ebtgenonnte geoenft am Samlta9
8ormittag in Tom ein5utreffen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1905-04-15
epebea eriaisu bel G. eiesisa. Sresbeu:
Astekemblmmte,'
pum Grnit Henriti,

pum Grnft Henritt,
eine 9ihtuua bon orientaIif1er Eradt ino
eeutfher @emiitbstiefe. Die 0tdtiilg Inladt In
nnb III bns eiaennrtiaife gSerf hes @ultin,orer
Sitters. Die -aeiammfe sRritif 'aat i~iberei,'
itiinnieio, bic 9idtune iuirfeu oernidEeii fusei;
Ieie, bieIme6r unmioeritebIin iuIirier uieber bon
tbnI drpe3ogen piirbe.
Sorriibta. 5iim greife bon SO gtHts ODER.
bon So Gents Ia Der Office hes
.1enttdfH Gprrefpeueentenss
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1905-04-15
Carrie Station ,uieber cinmaI pcrSons
merit.

8idita, SIS, IA. @pril.-Garrie
Nation, Wpra MeSenrp ilno Srnu
SucD 8itfoit mitrben beute I'M ii.
ltriftsgerift Der 3erltorung bon Gi'
gef1tbum idllloig b~efunoen ino nera
ilrtbeilt, Carrie 5u bier Monaten @e-
tangniB nno. elmer @eloltrafe BON
$3.50. Wpra 81 5pei Wonaten !Saft
uno $3.50 GelobuBe, 2iicp 81 25 Co
gen Saft uno $3.50 @elobuBe. Gle
urtbeile mnrben ieood negen ocS
9uten Vetrogens Der 6rauen iiispeit-
Dirt. Die aetteren batten i'm Sep
TENDER porisen Sobres Die Senlter
elmer Notwithstanding bemo-
Iirt.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1905-04-15

iuor @erfoIicr me6rerer tednologi.
ider 9ii6er ltno beiltdte ofterS Oic
Ser. Gtooten. Gum eriten Wtale
uuroe er bon Der ruiiii6en Gegie.
rung in 1856 oabin 81 Dem 3lpede
gcionOt, Inn ocn Ban einerD ompfer.
1rcgotte 81 iiberluoden.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1905-04-15

~eHt @SpullehfCHl W ItLllCl OlS
0odri6t 3ugegonget ouB bos
S6lodtidiff n@isconiin" unO Die
EorpeOoboote Decatur" Sale, 10.
mie 08oinbrioge" bon SongGong oie
6abrt nod Gapite angetreten 6ubcn.
EoftIoiigfeit zines am c.
rifanii6en &onulur.
8eamten.
8 obinqton, o. g., IA. Npri(.
- Der omerifanii6e &anoelsoqent
6idoro Z. @reener IN 8looipoItof
bat BORT Dor mebreren Monuten ourb
einen NiBgriff Die omerifanii6e &e.
gierung in Gerlegenbeit gcbro6t, 10
oaB Staots = SefretGr Sop ii6 Der.
onIoBt Job, cine offi5ieIle Note an oie
Eegierlng bon Sopan 5t ienOen, mo-
rim er letn 8eoouern iiber ben &ors
foQ ouSipridt. @reener bette, obne
Den ameritoniiden 8otidofter inG2.
~terSburg ooer Ionit Semanoen 81
frogen, oas unter ieiner Obbut itc-
benoe iaponii6e 9oniulots : 9iireo.t
in Tlooiooltot Dem ruiiii6en Aomi-
rol oeS SofelS ii6ergeben, meld' 2eb.
terer oaS Mo6ilior ans Dem 9iireau
entternte un0 0oS @ebGu0e fir 3rpe.
de Der Seieai6aft pom &ot6enGrels
perlpenoet. Spdter gob Sopon feline
3uItimmung 81 0ieier &crmenOunq
0eS @e6Guoes.
8enerol 9orrp ge6t mad
Der Wano 6urei.
@oibin9ton, 9. s., IA. Gpril.
- an Die ruiiiihe Hegierlng 1T oaS
Gril6et geriftet tuor0en, 5l 0eItut.
ten, ooB Die beioen omerifoniidpen
Sfii5iere, Die ocn G%Saponeru bel Muf.
ben in Die SGnoe gefolen iino, eriebt
iperben. Ger Brigade @enerolG 10.
mas $. 8orrD ioa ii6 Der ruiiii6cn
Nrnee in Der Wan6i6urei anidlic,
ben, nno in Der on &llBlono geridtc-
ten Note miro nm Die @rlaubniB, 0oB
Elm I%oiutont u1o Elm @r5t sen @enc.
raj 9arrD be9leiten oiirfen, eriu6t.
9euti6er 9ompfer fret.
gegeben.
Singupore, IA. Npril. - Ger
bon Den bieli9en Sofenbeb0rOen at.
riidgebaltene oeutide 0ampfery sin.
on" nit elmer 2ooung BON 1900
Sonnen Cardiff > aobler, I mel6en
man alorirungspopiere no6 Soi.
gon beripeigert batte, menn er Ii6
nidt oerpfli6te, Dos Sarge olr6 Sen
bortigen britii6en &oniul o6liefern
81 loiien, Dur0e beute mieoer freige-
geben, nad)0em Der Captain Die &C.
Iteate 9eoingungen eingegangen
mar.
2eiiar'S angebli6e Soroe.
rung anG CHINA.
PETERSBURG, IA. april, -Go3
Iusmartige amt felt enti6ieoen in
Ibreoe, Dob Sr. Ball 2eilar, ser mi.
iilde @eianbte in SEEING, je an Obi.
nn0oS Iniu6en geIteQt babe, einen
Sofen an Der 6ineiii6en Giiite ais
9aiiS fir Oas ruiiii6e @ei6mooer
inter gomiral 3oi6oeitpenSfp al
GltBlano ab5utreten.
as 8 efteoarier-@ ei6Gft"
Berlin ID. @pril. - Ger Orc
mel Qlopo bat iih nit Dem Goof'-
iden &eiiebiireou uno Dem 9erIillcr
Geiiebiireau Courier" unter oen Gin.
ben nit elmer @riinOnng bon nelll
9ilreouS perbunoen. Director @ilt-
idef bes bieiigen Bureaus lit nit eli.
mem 8%ebniGbrigen Gontroft an 0ia
Spite oeS neuen ltnternebmenS Qes
treten, fpeld)es ii6 .@eltcourier.@e.
i6Gft" nennt. Die Gereinigung Die.
fer Heiiebiirealls lit crit geitern 81
Stanoe gefommen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1905-04-15

Petersburg, IA. april. z
@roBfiirit Meris, SbersaomiraI Der
ruiiiihen SIotte, bot einen gefebl err
Iaiien, ipelfer oen Gapitdn Glooo,
friiberen gbef.Toftifer am Sfabe
bes 8ice-MomiroIs H%oieitpensfn,
iforf wegen ieiner 4ritif Der 2titllng
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1905-04-15

iullllIu1lC SuStuiilSt ipAptN'O N''N
perratbene Srou feline @ere6tigfeit
finoen fonrte uno aus Gram uno
Ser5eleio IN @obnlinn nerfiel. So
horotp milroe ipeeen oieier Sfanoal.
geihihte, mo nidt etiua pegen ieiner
SGbigfeit ms Selo seihidt, no alt.
ropatfin ielbit einen Selogeiitliden
peranlaBte, ben Stabs6ef Sodorom
nit Der @eliebten i'm Sel9e 81 trulIen.
Wetropolit Intpnius inIetersburg
muBte oarum uno foroerte Die Tl1ne
Saharoip's.
.8aIeisb" oui ser 8 d +.
8aibtngton 9. g., IA. Mpril.
= 9as 5lotten : 0epartement bat
Die 0afriht erbalten, oab Der areil.
ger gTaleigb" BON ieinem 9eobad).
tunespoiten bel 2abuan an oerNorb.
fiiIte bon 9ritiiG . 9orneo, mobin es
BON benz aomiral Grain 9ebufs 9e-
obadtung Der 8eipegungen Der feinb.
Iihen Slotten %geianot ipar, nod Gi-
20 in ben Ibilippinett, etlpa 400 Biz
500 Meilen norooitlib, 5ipiiden Den
Snleln Halamap unb Tanop, obge.
fobren lit. gs beiBt bob Der Cont
manoant oes r8aleigb" @adridten
iiber Den geplanten 8urs Der feino.
lihen 6lotten erbalten uno oemge.
maB ieinen aurs gednoert babe. Bon
2obuan nod Gupo lit cine Jabrt BON
! ungef1br sipei Tagen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
NOT JUSTIFIED.

President Roosevelt went aboard
the submarine torpedo boat Plunger
last week and made a decent beneath
the water which lasted City minutes.
During that time the boat went
through all the evolutions Of which
these remarkable craft are capable,
running along close to the bottom,
rising and diving like porpoise and
moving just far enough below the
surface 10 conceal everything except
the coming tower, which is no big
ger than bushel basket.
He probably made this trip with
out any apprehension and possibly
subiscted himself TO no very great
danger, and yet the country il likely
TO be nervous over the disappearsnce
Of is president under the surface Of
the ocean in . submarine boat. In
the popular mind. a least, sailing
on craft Of that kind Il attended
with peculiar danger. and Che presi-
dent certainly i nos justifed in TAX.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
WORK.

The work which presents no dinicui-
ties to be overcome soon grows unin-
teresting.
There are some workers 20 anxious
to catch time BY the forelock that they
almost tear the forelock OF.
II II Is true that good work implies
that the workman knows himself It IL
equally true that the best work shows
that he has forgotten himself.
There n only one right way to work,
and It b neither In doing things before
they are started nor In doing them all
over again altar they ara finished.
Ths world n altogether too restricted
b its use Of the word sart" Work Of
any kind done superlatively well ID art
--dusting pictures a. well Al painting
them.
A good worker b pretty much like q
norse. after all. Whsn it's uphill going
dont worry him; when It's downhill
going don't hurry him, and be sure to
take good care Of him once he's In the
barn. Success.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31

ing any risks. His life is not like
that Of an ordinary man, 1t is of
value not alone to himself but to the
public. When he gels through
being president if he wants to risk
his neck, that is his affair, but while
he is entrusted with the duties of his
Office his life belongs to tne public
and he is bound to take sxtraordi-
nary precautions to avoid exposure
to danger and is under some obi
CATION to regard popular feeling and
avoid creating apprehension with
regard to his safety.
just now, as will occur to the
readers, there are peculiar reasons
why Theodore Roosevels should
take no risks of this kind He is
today the most conspicuous figure
in the world. He is mainly respon-
sible for the fact that a peace CON
ference is being held in this, country
which affects the lives of hundreds
of thousands of men and has bear
ing upon the interests of every civil
lized nation. Its successful issue
depends largely upon him. If he
had not come up again last week,
the confusion and disaster which
would have followed would have
been mdescribeable.
While from one stand point one is
bound to ADMIRE his willingness to
take the same risks which he asks
the men who sail ON these. boats to
take, and while his conduct in this
particular Will doubtless encourage
men who are needed for that service
to devote themselves to it with
greater enthusiasm, the advantage
gained in this particular is not to be
considered in comparison. with the
risk undertaken for the sake of it
Minneapolis Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31

Twenty-four orphans were made by
accidents which occurred in Yankton
the past week. Ole Torgeson, farmer
was thrown from his rig and killed,
leaving wife and eight children. J.
p. Nelson, who was killed accidently
last week, left eight children, as did
William Seheel who accidently shss
himself.
Miss Palma Anderson, of Canton, is
engaged 10 act as assistant director of
music at Stanley Hall, enc of the most
fashionable and well known musical
Conservatives in the west and located
at Minneapolis. The position carries
with it large salary and means that
Miss Palma's superior talents and lain
ing are appreciated by those who are
judges of music.
George E. McEtbron, one Of the best
known breeders of Hereford cattle in
the northwest, has sold his ranch OF
2. 600 acres, north of Huron 10 colony
Of Mennonites, who will soon take pos
session. The price was SIS per acre.
The ranch is one Of the largest and best
in this part of South Dakota, and was
disposed Of because Mr.. McEathron
desires to give his attention TO other
business. He win dispose of his fine
herd Of hereford cattle later in the sea.
son.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
FEaTs or THESE RECKLESS PACIFIC
OCEAN ISLANDERS.

Ts~y Are About the Most Dar4n@ Of
All Underwater Workers farnfy-
sis, Sharks and sting Ray Are
Amons the Dangers They Br@ve.
Three native divers famous for their
deep water feats came out In a pearl
ing sloop with Us one afternoon and
gave a fine exhibition. says a writer
In the London. Graphic. The bed over
which we halted was about ninety feet
under the surface. Our three divers
stripped to a ''pareo" apiece, and then,
squatting down on the gunwale Of the
boat, with their hands hanging over
their knees, appeared to mediate.
They were taking their Wind the
white steersman informed mn
After about five minutes of perfect
stiffness they suddenly got up, and
dived of tie thwart. The rest OF US
idgeted up and down the tiny deck,
talked, specialized and passed away
the time for what seemed an extraor-
dinarily long period. No one, unfor-
tunately, had brought watch, bat the
traders and schooner captains all agree
In saying that the Penrhyn diver can
stay under water for full three. min
utes. At last, one after another. the
dark heads popped up again, and the
divers, each carrying shell or two,
swan back to the boat, got ON board
and presented their catch to me with
the ease, grace and high bred courtesy
that are the birthright of all Pacific Is
landers.
As general rule, the divers carry
baskets and fir them before coming
up. Each man opens his own catch at
o1ce and hunts through the shells for
pearls. Usually he does not find any.
Now and then he gets small gray
pearl or decent white one or a big.
irregular "baroque" pearl OF the new
art" variety, and once in q month Of
Sundays he Is rewarded by a large.
cleaning gem worth several hundred
pounds, for which he will probably
get EGO or EDO.
| Diving dresses are sometimes used
In Penrhyn, but In such an Irregular
and risky manner that they are really
more dangerous than the ordinary
method. The suit Ii nothing but I
helmet and jumper. No boots are
worn. no clothing whatever ON the
legs. and there are no weights TO pre-
serve the divers balance. It some
times happens. though wonderfully
seldom, that the diver trips, falls and
turns upside down, the hsavy helmet
keeping him head downward until the
air all PUSHES out under the jumper.
and he 10 missrably suffocated. The
air pump above II oftsn carelessly
worked. In any case, and there ID no
recognized system Of signals except
the Jerks that mean Pull up.-
They're the most reckless devils on
the face Of the earth" said q local
trader. "once let man strike GOOD
bed Of shell and he won't leave II
Hen stick down there all day, grab
bing away In twenty fathoms or more
I'll he feels paralysis coming on''--
-ParaiyslsT"
~Yes-they get II, lots Of 'em. II
Jon was to 60 down In twenty. faith
cms-they can do dve and twenty. but
anything over u touch and ro-and
stay ali the day. you'd come up 'owE
Ing Ike anything and not able to move
That's the way II catches them ana
then they must ut some one - coma
and rub them with sea water al niaft
lQnk and maxas they diea, and maybe
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31

they're all right by morning. So then
down they goes again, just the same
as ever. Sometimes man'll be pulled
up dead at the end of the day. How
does that hnppenf Well allow it's
because he's been working at O big
depth all day and feels all right, and
then, do you see, he'll find something
q BIT extra below of him, In a boiler
like, and down he'll go after IL, and
the extra fathom or two does the trick.
Sharks? Well, I've seen you pop
Duchess. so you know as well as do
how many there are. Didn't 1t them
even when the fin was up? That's
because you 'aven't creased your bull
let l suppose. You want to, IL the
water isn't to- turn 1t aside. But about
the divers? Oh, they don't mind
sharks, none of them, when they've got
the dress on Sharks Is easy scared.
You've only got to pull up your jump
ers bit, and the air bubbles out and
frightens them to fits. If you meet
big sting ray it'll run its spine into
you and spoil the dress, SOS the water
comes in, aud maybe it'll stick the
diver too. And the big devilfish Is
nasty. He'll hold you down on rock,
but you can use your knife on him.
The kara mauaa Is the worst. The
divers don't like him. He's not as
big as shark, but he's downright
wicked, ana he's mouth on him as
big as 'alf bis boiy. III an onoo comes
along ELL bite ali arm at leg OF the
man anyway and eat Inn outright II 'e's
Big enough to do It. Swordfishi Well
they don't often come into the lagoon;
IT'S the fishing canoes outside they'll
90 for. Yes, they'll run canoe and
man through at blow easy enough,
but they don't often do It,
about the diving7 Well, 1 think the
naked diving is very near as safe as the
machine, taking all things. Worst Of 1t
is, II kara mauaa or an onoo comes
along, the diver can't wait his time
till 1t goes. No, he doesn't stab it
not inside the lagoon-because there's
too many of them there, and the blood
would bring whole pack about. He
gets under a ledge of rock and hopes
fl go away before his wind gives
out II he don't, he gets eat"