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the fishes of the high seas and might very easily
make transoceanic trip In onethrd the time
OF our fastest steamships.
Three species OF fishes OF the sea bass family
known as jew-hshes rang among the largest OF
the spiny-finned fishes. They inhabt tropical
American waters and range far north the
California and South Atlantic coasts. The spotted
Jewish (Promcrops itaiara) is common in the
West Indies and reaches a weight Of 600 pounds.
The black jewish (Garrupa nigria), found from
South Carolina TO Brazil, weighs 500 pounds The
California Jewish (Stereolepsis gigas), usually
called sea bass, sometimes attans weight of 600
pounds and is one of the really great game fishes
OF the country, being much sought 10y anglers in
southern California An experienced angler has
written my largest fish weighed 276 pounds. and
was repeatedly almost jerked overheard by the
struggles of the bass. | have seen a 2O0-pound
fish snap the largest shark line like a thread. and
large specimens straighten out iron shark
hook; yet the skilled wielders of the rod catch
these giants of the tribe with a line that is not
much larger than some eye-glass cords"
Among the rays are several members which
reach colossal proportions. The largest and best
known of these Is the so-caled "devhsh" MAN
Ia vampyrus) OF our South Atlantic coast and the
tropical waters OF America, which occasionally
strays as far as Cape May and Is comomn south
OF Cape Hatteras. 1t is shaped like a butterfly or
bat, and has been called the ocean vampire"
Projecting from either side of the head is horn
like appendage, which in reality is detached
part OF the pectoral fin or wing" These horns,
to which the name "devil-flsh" owes Its origin,
sometimes three feet long and are freely mov-
able, being used for bringing food to the mouth.
The mouth is peculiar in having teeth in the
upper jaw. while the lower jaw has about hun.
dred rows of small paved teeth Many years ago
the pursuit Of the fish favorte pastlme of
the Carolina planters, and William Elliott, in his
Carolina Sports by Land and Water" said: I'm
agine a monster from 16 to 20 feet across the
back. full feet in depth. possessed of powerful
HnN hln AAn ui,tY aNyifh lfgh hn hRt
himself furiousy in the water or vaults high in
the air" There wellauthenticated instances
of this fish entaging its horns in the anchor ropes
or chains of small vessels and towing them rap
idly for long distances to the mystihcaton of the
people on board.
The expanse of hody in this species Is greater
than in any other known animal Examples 16
feet wide common, and those 20 feet
and over feet thick are not rare. The
maximum width Is stated by authors to be 20 or
80 feet. One specimen. of which the writer had
a photograph caught in Lapaz Bay Mexico. many
years ago by the crew Of the U. s. s. Narragan-
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KING PETER SILENT
Servian Ruler the Loneliest Po-
tentate on European Throne.
Lives MoodlIy and ModestIy, 10 caiIous
to Criticism and Is Figurehead
In Council-Crime shad.
ows His Reign.

Belgrade.-They call him "the silent
king" in Belgrade and the king who
doesn't care" He is the loneliest
monarch in Europe. this King Peter of
Servia-this man without friends or
amusements, whom other monarchs
will not know and whose personality
and very thoughts are impenetrable.
Peter Karageorgevitch Is an unhap-
py man because his occupation Is
gone. All his life he has plotted and
intrigued to gain the Sorvian throne.
Tho years he spent in his little villa
at Geneva were devoted to negotia.
tions with conspirators. Conspiracies
were meat and drink to him. He
thought of nothing but his cipher cor.
respondence with tho Karageorge par
ty In Belgrade and the clandestine
meetings with his supporters In Switz.
erland.
Having walked to the throne over
the bodies OF an assassinated king and
queen. he has no further need for con-
spiracles. His future Is fairly assured.
1t would be kindness to Peter Kara
beoi beNiNSh IL NO iOSt MS CfOWu anu
were sent back TO Geneva to resume
his intrigues by post
He lives In n small, twostoryied.
cream-colored palace fronting on Bel
grades principal street. II is mod.
est royal residence. with French win
dows. and n lawn separated from tho
public pavement by an equally mod.
est iron fence.
There was once another palace. It
adjolned the present excessively new
looking structure. But, after king
and queen were murdered there one
June morning nearly seven years ago.
and their mutilated bodies thrown into
the forecourt. the building was razed
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u -. .s':ss :s:. -.:.i s..i Thsmpssn's Eye Water
Merely n Prevsrlcator,

A doctor relates the following story:
Il had n patient who was very III and
who ought to have gone to warmer
climate, 40 resolved to try what hyp-
notism would do for him. | had
large sun painted on the ceiling OF his
room and by suggestion induced him
to think It was the sun which would
cure him. The ruse succeeded and
he was getting better rapidly when
one day on my arrival found he was
dead"
Did It fail, after all. then7" asked
one OF tho doctors hearers.
NO" replied the doctor. he died
of sunstroke."
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fits It so admirably appears to have developed its
body at the expense Of its BRAIN for is sluggish,
stupid glutton. about six times as long as an aver
age man At home in the arctic regions. 1t some
times makes visits far south Cape Cod. the
British Isles. and oregon.
One of the most prodgious and perhaps the
most formidable OF sharks is the "man-oater" Gar
charodon carcharias). II roams through all ten.
perate and tropical seas and everywhere is an
object of dread. Its maximum length is 40 feet
and its teeth are 3 inches long. While there are
few authentic instances OF sharks attacking human
beings, there have undoubtedly been many cases
where sharks simply swallowed people who had
fallen overheard, Just as they would swallow any
other food. How easy It would be for a man-eat.
er to devour n person whole may be judged from
the finding Of entire hundred. pound sea-lion In
the stomach OF a 3O-foot shark on tho California
coast.
The largest of all fishes the largest OF all cold
blooded animals and the largest OF all existing AMI.
mails with the exception OF few species OF whales,
Is the whale shark (Rhineodon typicus), originally
described from Cape OF Good Hope. but now known
from India, Japan, South America. Panama. Cali
forna and various other places, a small specimen
having been obtained the Florida coast a few
years ,ago This shark has a very broad and OBJ.
tuse snout and exceedingly wide mouth armed
with numerous minute teeth; the dark coored body
Is marked with many small whitish spots. The spe-
cies is stated to attain a length OF 20 feet and Is
known to exceed so feet. Notwithstanding its i'm
mense size, however, II Is harmless to man unless
attacked, and feeds on the small creatures for
which its teeth adapted, Its huge bulk makes
It dangerous In the same way that whale is dan
gerOus.
The ribbon-fshes constitute group chiefly note
worthy for their shape and the circumstances un
der which they have been met with, although some
OF them among the most eongate OF fishes
Imagine a creature foot high, three or four
inches thick and more than 20 feet long with the
consistency of a wet towel and you will have some
idea of q ribbon-fish.
Our knowledge of these fishes is due to no
ivty on the part of biologists in finding their habi
tat and collecting them therein but TO the cir
cumstance that when they die or lose their equi-
librium they fall upward and float on the surface,
whence they are picked up or drift ashore Nearly
all the specimens known have been found dead or
dying and few, II any, have been secured In deep
sea collecting apparatus. This suggests how frag.
mentary must be knowledge of the larger ami
mails of the oceanic abyss and how possible 1t might
be for unknown monsters to exist there In album
dance.
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serpent class, although some deserve TO De con-
sidered as giants among cells. If any known fishes
may be suspected of aspiring TO be sea.serpcnts,
surely they are the morays. although a sea-ser'
pent only 80 feet long would hardly satisfy pres
ent-day requirements. and morays have yet
been recorded which half long. They
have, however, been known to exceed ten feet
in length, and they are among the most dreaded
OF fishes having formidable teeth and showing
disposition to attack men
fish of such peculiar form that the Italians
call It moa, n milestone, and the Spaniards pez
luna, moonfsh. Is known to Americans and Eng
lish as the sun-fsh. for 1t appears at the surface
OF the ocean on bright days and spends many
hours baskng listessly In the sun. sometimes ly
ing fat with one side just out of the water. some
times with the back fin projecting like buoy
above the surface. II is diskshaped, its height
nearly equaling its length. and 1t has long,
row fin on Its upper and lower edges posteriorly,
and a short, broad flap representing the caudal
fin; its eyes are large and its mouth small and
taken altogether II is one of the most grotesque
OF fishes. being apparently all head. OF almost
worldwide distribution, Its Is particularly abun-
dant the southeastern coast of the United
States and on the California coast. It swims but
little, being usually content to be drifted along
by the ocean currents The Gulf Stream watts
many a sunfish northward each summer so that
the species Is not a rarity Off southern New Eng
land and have seen number OF specimens that
had become stranded on the coast Of Norway.
and listless, and Is such conspicuous object at
sea, that it is easily approached and harpooned.
That the sunish deserves place in the list
OF giant fishes may be judged from the fact that
examples Weighing 200 to 500 pounds are not rare,
and that much larger ones are occasionally met
with. The largest known specimen, harpooned In
1898 az Redondo Beach, California weighed 500
pounds. on such a monster lying On side,
there would be room for 80 men to stand. The
strong teeth, shaped like turtles beak suggest
that hard-shelled animals constitute its food, but
as far as known iellyfsh its chief diet The
extremely tough, Abrous skin. several inches
thick, and the general coarseness of structure
seem inconsistent with such delicate food.
The valuable mackercl family has one mem.
Der which easily ranks first in size among the
bony Ashes, as distinguished from the sharks.
rays, u!geons, etc, with gristy skeletons This
IS the horse mSckere or great funny (Thunnus
thynE ., whose range encrces the globe and
which Is an object of fisheries in many countries,
notaGy southern Europe Built on the compact
aud graceful lines of our common mackerel, It is
The apothess OF speed. alertuess and vigor among
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21ls Second St., North, Minneapolis,
MINI.
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serve TO be regarded as monsterS
and may be the basis of some of tn,
world has been regaled for centuries.
Among the serpentiform fishes there
is none of such exceptionally large
eIze as properly TO belCng In the sea.
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caused u Weaknebs
and broken down
condition Of the
system. ] read 50
much hofwhatLydia
+. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women ]
felt sure It would
help me, and / must
say 1t did help me
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ing inherently improbable in its being a giant
fsh.
Who knows that primitive man may not have
been coeval with some formidable marine crea.
lures now extinct the tradition OF which has
come down through the ages and left its impress
on the mind of the present generation? The avid.
tty and credulity with which the general public
year after year receives newspaper accounts.
which are purely fictitious hang slender
threads OF fact, portraying the capture sight.
Ing Of creatures OF impossible form. show how
firmly established and deep-seated is the convic.
uon that the sea contains leviathans not yet
known to science. Every season yields a fresh
crop OF sea-serpent stories and n new series OF
grotcsque pictures OF creatures which, II they real.
ly existed. would revolutonlze our ideas of the
animal kingdom The writer has personally fol.
lowed to their lairs two three of the most hor-
tible monsters conceived by the vivid imagina-
dion Of the newspaper man, and found them to be
well.known animals with little to suggest the sea.
serpent.
AS to whether there really exists in the sea
today strange monsters scientists are not wholly
In accord. although a negative view is held by
most OF them The very circumstantial account OF
the sighting Of q "sea.serpent" on the Asiatic
coast by the French gunboat Decidee few years
ago, as published in the journals at the time. will
perhaps weaken the belief of some intelligent
persons who have heretofore denied the possibil.
ity Of the existence at this day OF ma
rine monsters comparable to those OF
geological times. Il
Whatever may be the truth as to m
the existence of such creatures, there mr.
are wellknown members of the fish M
class which are so large that they de
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sett OF which George Dewey was cap.
tain, was II feet wide and weighed
nearly two tons. fish Of the lsrg'
est size mentioned would weigh not
less than six tons.
In the lagoons. sounds. and bayous
OF the West Indies and our southern
coast there exists an abundant fish
of great length. intermediate In struc-
ture between the sharks and the rays,
and at once recognizable by the elon-
cation OF the snout into wide. fiat
blade in the edges OF which are large.
sharp teeth fitting in sockets and di-
rected horizontally. The teeth are in
25 TO 30 pairs, separated by wide in.
tervals. and give to the saw.ilsh its
name. The species is well-known to
those who reside In or visit the South
Atlantic or Gulf seaboards. and the
saws are familiar objects in curio
stores all over the country.
When giant fishes are mentioned
most people will at once think OF the
sharks. among which. indeed, are
found the largest fishes now existing.
OF the many species OF sharks note
worthy on account Of their size. there
are about half dozen which are pre-
eminent. These differ much in their
disposition. some being harmless as
doves and others the incarnation OF
ferocity
The sleeper shark (Somniosus mi
croceDhalusl whose scientinc name
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Some Giant ngsy e.! E||iIIEE|!| ss'!1r IT,
Fishes of heSeds

ELIEF in the existence OF sea.
serpents and other marine mon
sters goes back to very remote
antiquity and may be as old
as man himself. That great He
brew poem which we call the
Book of Job has much to say
about the "leviathan." This
creature has been the subject of
much speculation and may have
b,,p n ,,,,.tt 1,,,t th,r, T. moth
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HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

Minneapolis, Mimi was q great
sufferer from female troubles which
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Qualified.

A prominent western attorney tells
Of boy who once applied at his OF.
fee for work.
This boy was bright looking and I
rather took to him.
Now. my son. said. II you come
to work for me you will occasionally
have to write kilograms and take
down telephone messages. Hence
pretty high degree OF schooling is es-
sential. Are you fairly well educatedr
"The boy smiled confidently.
~ be- he id."-Independent.
Tho Real Thing.
You say your husband was cut
by his neighbors at the party7"
''Yassah. dat's 80. sab"
did they cut him with malice pre-
pense?"
mo, sab; wiv a razah. sah."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-19

Melton and kersey overcoats warmly
lined, silk velvet collars, many styles,
lengths, regular price $l2, sale price
S4.95
The best SIC overcoat values in Amer.
lea, heavy vicuna cloth, genuine chew
lot, fancy or plain, an excellent sty-
lishly appointed overcoat, regular
price Sl6, sale price 1896
We're anyone to tell you that at only
~. 80 you can buy a genuine st. An
drew Kersey or Pool Beaver overcoat
you might well doubt it. The wonder
OF it all is that we have hundreds of
them in all styles, regular $9c and s22
values at S9.98
Handsome patent Beaver and Kersey
overcoats, hand tailored and lined with
choicest materials, the kind of gar
ments worn by the best dressers this
season. Regular price S25 Sale price
SLIGO
No matter what your means or vocation,
an English Kersey overcoat will be.
come you handsomely. Hundreds of
these stylish coats made by palnstaking
experts regular price $50, all go
at sale price $13.9S
No millionaire can dress better or more
stylishly than in one of these $35 black
cloth overcoats, made of imported cloth,
hand.tailored and silk lined, regular
price $35, sale price $1.75
Mems Smoking Jackets and Bath Robes.
Only few Of them left after Xmas and they go in
this sale. 81 90 ana S. 90 coats go in sale at S29S
All "a 90 and IS 90 Bath Robes go In sale at 29S
Silk Muf1ers worth 81 25, sale price 79c
silk Muflers worth 81 so and 81 90. sale price 1.l9
Rubber Collars l9c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-19
Coat Sweaters,
Ways Mufhers.

And Sweaterettes go in this sale now just at
the season YOU need them.
$3.50, 81 90 and $500 coat sweaters 60 in
this sale at $24S
$500 and $500 quality sale price las
Boys coat sweaters, S1.25 and 1.5O
quality, sale price CSC
Children's 75c coat sweaters, 4Sc
All the SOC and 75c Ways Muff1ers go in
sale at 19c
Sweaterettes, sale price 39c
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-19
Mems Flannel Shirts

Fine ST.. so quality in blue, red and
green. all sizes, sale price 79c
Mems S1.75 and $500 shirts of finer
flannel, sale price S1.4S
Mems finest $3.50 flannel shirts, sale
price $1.79
Boys Jersey Shirts sale price 29c
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-19
SUITS

Buchamore cheviots and fancy
worsteds suits.
Like you have paid $12, SIS and $lS
for. Handsome patterns but only one
of kind left, 60 in this money raising
sale at the stupendous sacrifice 1898
Mems suits, highgrade dark silk mixed
cheviots, dependably lined, splendidly
tailored, best for business wear, reg
ular price $500, sale price 1896
Not what we sayaa' here, but the values
themselves, will shout the loudest for
this sale, values like these $1S pure
silk and worsted suits, hundreds of
them included and money back for any
garment returned, regularly slS, sale
price SS. As
Handsome black .thibets and unfinished
worsted suits also Richfeld. brown and
brown stripes, suits that sell a,ssevery-
where at 500, sale price SO. 90
Particularly in this, gradess..of..s.suits1 we
have the greatest surplus. Here we
have prepared line of which we are
truly prond Picture to yourself
handsome serge.lined worsted or silk
mixed suit perfectly tailored. 1t seems
a pity to sell them so low, but necessity
knows monterey. Regular price $25,
sale price $l2 9o
Black suits for best dress wear, and
those fashionable diagonal gray effects
with long lapel, finest hand tailoring
throughout You might go to every
store in Pennsylvania trying in vain to
duplicate them under $50, sale price
$14.95
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-19
Men and Boys Hats and Caps.

All the 25c and 35c.caps go in this 1OC
sale at
Mems and boys SOC and 75c caps SOC
go in this sale at
Mems finest caps 79c
Hats. All the S1.O0 and $1.25 grades
go in this sale at 79c
All the 81 so and S1.75 grades of fine
new stiff hats go in this sale at S1.29
So 90 and So 25 hats 149
So so and $2.75 hats 1.9S
All the finest hats in the land worth
$500 and So so goes at PIG
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-19
Mems and Boys Pants

Lot Boys knee pants worth SOC, 6Oc -
and 75c, sale price 80 cents
Lot Boys knee pants worth S1.00 at 79c
Mems waterproof Wellington pants
worth 81 so, sale price 89c
Mems pure worsted pants in narrow gray
stripes and plain shades for dress wear,
regular price $500 and $3.50, sale price,
$1.95
Mems finest quality trousers in handsome
new stripes and checks, guaranteed to keep
perfect shape, worth $3.50, sale price $3.19
Trunks, suit cases and travelling bags all
reduced for this sale 25 to 33 1-3 per cent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-19
Mems and Boys Raincoats.

Boys $500 and $50 guaranteed water
coats 1919
Boys 81 and 500 goods 5.4S
Mems 1900 and 1880 raincoats 7.9S
Mems $500 and 1000 coats 10.4S
Mems fine $500 quality 124S
Mems finest raincoats made by celebrated
manufacturers, for the finest trade 144S
Mems and Boys Jersey Gloves, Of the
famous PERRY make-sa1e price
80 cents.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-19
Mems Furnishing Goods.

Mems furnishing UOOdS.
Fleecedgu underwear 39c
Mems wool underwear worth ZOO
sale price 79c
Mems black hose worth 15c. sale price &c
Mems heavy wool hose worth 35c
sale price 19e
Mems hemsttched kerchefs worth 10c
sale price &c
Mems silk embroidered suspenders 19c
Canvas gloves worth 1Oc and 15c,
sale price &c
100 dozen neckties worth SOC and 75c,
sale price BIC
20 dozen garters sale price 19e
Best wool shirts on earth worth 75c,
sale price 39c
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-19
OVERCOATS

Melton and kersey overcoats warmly
lined, silk velvet collars, many styles,
lengths, regular price $12, sale price
Sd OK
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14

c. D. Gabrielson, the Salem insur-
ance man, left for the far eastern part
oe the state last evening after hav-
ing been in Pendleton for several days
for the transaction of business.
Mrs. S. A Lowell returned last eve
ming from Forest Grove where she
had been for three weeks, the guest
of her daughter, Miss Margaret Low
ell, a student at the Pacific Univer-
sity.
c. R. Smith. night ticket clerk at
the o. r. & n. passenger depot has
been at White Salmon, Washington,
for a couple of days to transact bus
mess in connection with his fruit
ranch.
Colonel ]. H. Raley returned this
morning from Hermisron, where he
had spent Sunday as the guest of
President Holland of the Hermiston
Gun club. He brought back the
ducks.
Rev. H. S. Shangle, presiding eld-
er of this district of the Southern
Methodist church, is in Pendleton to-
day. having arrived this morning from
Butter creek where he had been to
hold services yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
ARCHDUKE'S AUTO HALTED.
All Cars Looked Alike to Trolean
Officer

Vienna.-Archduke Ludwig Victor,
brother of the Austrian emperor, has
had an unpleasant experience while
attempting to ascend the Kazer lake
from Bozen, in the Tyrol, via Eggen-
thai, in his powerful automobile. At
the village OF Walschenoffen the bur-
gomaster and all the villagers turned
out armed with scythes and pitch
forks to stop the car.
This narrow, dangerous route Is
prohibited to motor cars, and the
archduke gave no notice of his ascent
on the burgomaster being informed of
the identity of the traveller, he re-
piled, at is all the same to me who
the traveller is, and even an archduke
must respect the law"
The archduke's aide de camp tele-
phoned to the governor at Bozen,
who offered the car to be passed, and
the archduke, amid insults, continued
his journey.