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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-14

Who weeps with YOU when you are
sad. and laughs when you are glad
and smiles at you when you are mad
the editor. Who has to be both klnd
and wise and never (hardly ever lies,
and when he does creates surprise
the editor. Who owns a heart as well
as cheek, possessed of spirit proud
vet meek. and lives on forty cents a
veek-the editor.-Duncan Eagle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-14
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.


The old republican elephant is traV-
cling a road so rough and rocky that
a good many underfed adherents are
falling off their perch. Those VINO
have stood both feet in the trough
still have the strength to hang on for
awbile.--Henryetta Standard.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-14

Were all medicines as meritorious
as Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy the world would
be much better off and the percentage
of suffering greatly decreased writes
Lindsay Scott, of Temple, Ind, For
sale by all dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-14

Dispatches give details of another
hank robbery in oklahoma, conclud-
ing with the statement that the rob-
bers escaped. That was altogether un-
necessary; of course they escaped
If they had sold a pint of liquor III
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-14

Perhaps you have noticed that the
old fashioned brown sugar, like our
mothers used to cook with, has prac-
tically disappeared from the market
There is a reason. This reason con-
sists of a Joker" In the Payne AID
rich tariff law, in the form of coloi
test known as Dutch Standard NO.
10" When this test was fixed 1t
meant the barring out of the old
fashioned brown sugar, cheap ana
good, and that is why this brand OF
sugar has disappeared from the mar
ket. Whenever a tariff bill is in the
making the agents of the sugar trust
are on hand to see that the 'Dutch
Standard" is maintained, and they
had no difficulty in getting the max
ers of the Payne Aldrich law to nc
cede TO their wishes, CONSTITUTION.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-14

Here is a list of questions for the
wide-awake boys. Can You answer all
of them? You can any day see
white horse, why do you never see
Il white colt? How many dlferem
kinds OF trees grow in your neigh
borhood. and what are they good for?
Why does horse eat grass backward
and a COW forward? Why does hop
vine always wind one way. and bean
vine another? Where should the in
side of a chimney be the bigger al
the top or bottom, and why? Can you
tell why morse, when tethered with
a rope. unIavels il, while a COW al
WAYS twists ii into kinky knots? why
do leaves turn upside down ilst be-
fore A rain? What is the length OF a
horses heads it as long as flour
barrel? What animals have no upper
teeth in front and why?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-14

that commonwealth, though, they
wouldn't have gotten away benson
Herald
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-14

A vapor bath prepares the skin
to perform its functions OF heaih
Al the Palace Barber Shop.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-14

Vapor baths prepare the road to
health. At the Palace Barber Shop.
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-14

Judge James Ellison of the Kansas
City court of appeals, handed down
the following. decision in the case OF
O. ID. Austin of the Butler (Mo) Rec
ord by Burse, other members CONCUR
ring, and published in l@7 S. W, Re-
ports. 6lS.
The preparation and publication OF
a newspaper involves much mental
and physical labor as well as an ont
Law of money. One who accepts the
paper by continually taking i from
the postoffice receives benefit a.is-
ing from such labor and expenditures
as fully as if ne had appropriated
any other product OF another Ia
Dor. and by such act must be held IL
able for the subscription price.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-14

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Minnesotské noviny., 1912-07-04

ROH SEDME A BROADWAY.
RyvfZ, velmi nfZka cena.

Ryvfz, velmi nfzlxa cena.
3 velke krabice ...................2 .25c
16-krabicOva bedna .............. 1.25
Angrest, krabice. .25c
16 velkych krabic " bedne. ...... 1.25
BOrivky, zvl., krabice. ce.............. .1Oc
MIKE CENY JAHOD.
16-krab1cova bedna .$1.5O
Velka krabice NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .1Oc
Alton cervene maliny, krabice. .127@c
LemOny, tucet NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. zoe
Prodej tresn1 preservovanf.
Royal Ann, 10-lb. bedna. ...........9 .9Sc
ZELINARsKE ZVLASTNOsTI.
BrambOry, busl .$1.OO
Telephone hrasek, peck. 35c
Domacf luskove fazole, lib. .10c
Spargl, svazku. .25c
Pekny billy kvetak, hlavka. ........ .15c
Move zel1, hlavka. ka.................. &c
S objednavkou "a hotove "a 81 vyse.
S objednavkou "a hotove "a SO a vyse.
objed. "a $5 neb vyse jineho zboz1.
Koupe mouky Sc pri. cukru nepocfta.
ZDRAVOTNf MASNY KRAM.
ZDARMA-Dve hlavky zelf objednav-
kou nakladaneho masa "a Csc neb vyse.
Nakladane hovezf, lb. .........:.... &c
Telec1 k dusen1, lb. b................. SC
SkOpOve k duSenf, lb. b............... &c
HOveZf k varen1, lb. b................ &c
Cerstva veprova zeb1rka, lb. ..10c
Cerstve jehnecf k dusenf, lb. ..10c
Telecf hrudf k nad1van1, lb. ........ .10c
Bologna salamy, Id. .................1O .1Oc
Jaternice, Id. b................... .10c
Sulc (rosoD .... .1Oc
hrVaVy Salam ............ .IVc
Minnesotské noviny., 1912-07-04
&c Zpravy re St. Paul. &c

- AVlasCnl zaJem jew Sc TO,
ably narodn1 konvence progresivnich
republikanG byla svolana do st.
Paul ku navrzen1 Roosevelta "a pre-
sidenta.
V patek o pill II hod. noci
doSlo ma jezefe mezi Wildwood a
White Bear k srazce mezi gasolino-
YOU lodkou,. v n1z nal6zali Sc dr.. G..
Geist z Minneapolis a jeho bratr
VIM. Geist, obchodnik Sc zlatni-
ckym zbozim st. Paul, a jinou
motorovou lodkou, nalezejici Eug.
Ramaleyovi, niz sed6lo deset o.
sob, jez ocitly Sc nebezpe6l zivo-
ia, kdyz po srazce pocala Sc lodka
mimi potap6ti. Rychlym pfisp6n1m
bratrG Geistovych bylo Sest muz6
ctyfi zeny S tonouci lodky pfeloze-
no do jejich lodky a dopraveno ku
bfehu asi ctvrt mile vzdalen6mu.
Porouchana lodka byla pozdeji do
tazena takt6z ku bfehdm. Bratfi
Geistovi udavaji, ze lodka Rama
leye nem6la vfstrazna sv6tla a ze
plula velikou rychlosti, kdyz il zpo-
zorovali ma blizku.
az State Savings Bank (Statnl
spofiteln1 banla) v elsie SO vychod-
nj ctvrta ulice. Vklady ucin6n6
pred 5. cervencem ponesou drok po
6 mesicG do /. ledna 1913. Spofi-
teln1 d6et " teto >banee zajisstt1uje ne
jen 1aaprostou bezpecnost, ale zaro-
ven pobada k setrnosti a ukladan1
malych obnosG kdykoli jest tax moz-
no. Banka jest otevfena behem OBJ
vyklych bankovn1ch hodin a pom
deli vecer cd 6 do 8 hodin. Urok
z vklad6 3 a pill procent. Celkov6
vklady $4,750,000.00.
- Vazna nehoda potkala patek
odpoledne strazn1ka Geo. Boernera
a serzanta Thos. Twoeye, zastavaji-
ci sluzbu ma Prior policejni stani-
ci. Jeli v lehk6m povoze "a pflci-
nou n6jak6 vytrznosti udavsi Sc ma
Smelling a University ave. stale
Sc, ze XIII poGal Sc cestou desiti ne.
ceho V kfovi pod6l cesty nedaje
l
Sc ovladati, pfeYrhl povoz a obs
straznici byli vyhozeni ma dlazbu
kde ztstali lezeti v bezv6dom1. TO
wey, jenz prvn6 pfiSel Ease k sobe
podal O nehod6 zpravu jednon
dome, kan jen st1zi Sc dostal pr
velikou ztratu krve. Stav Boerne
ra vzbuzoval prvu vazn6 obavy
nebof mimo zranen1 ma hlave pfi
Sci k pochrouman1 zadech. OBJ
Sc vsak pozdravuj1.
- Samuel Gottfried poslan by
ma 80 dni do robotarny "a to- Z
Sc vydaval "a hluchonem&ho ze
| bral.
+ - Pravnik Thos. V. NovotnJ
pfedvolany minulyy patek> pred nej
vySsi statnl soud, aby podal pf1ci
ny, proc nemel by byti zbaven pra
va provozovati pravnickou praxj
pfedlozil soudu odpoved ma petic
zadanou proti nemu Jas. b. Jenk
sem, clenem statn1 zkusebni rady,
niz poplra, ze by Sc byl dopusti
pfechmat6, nichz je obvinovar
ZvySen1 ceku ma hospodskeho VIM
Mataka els. 839 Rice ul. 25 ctt
ma $25:25 vysvetlpje tim, ze sam j
majitelem hospody sice pod jm@
mem "Victor Novotny" a ze zpdso
podepisovani ".6ekd byl *FVictor Nc
votny'' by Thomas " Novotny a
neb by William Matak, ze tudl
jedna Sc 0 zvysenl jeho vlastn1h
Geku. Dalsl jednanf bude veden
Minnesotské noviny., 1912-07-04

zadane protl Novotnemu budou
pfedlozeny.
- Lekarnik J. P. Jelinek ne
hodla Sc, jak Sc proslycha, uchazeti
O znovuzvolen1 "a poslance do stat
nj zakonodarny letosnich volbach.
Pan Jellnek udava, ze trad poslan-
ce vyzaduje mnoho drahocenn6ho
casu ma dkor jeho stale vzrGstajici-
no obchodu, jemuz hodla v6novati
veskerou svoji pozornost. Casio sly
Slime, ze ten neb omen Glov9k z po-
litiky zbohatl, avsak pravdou je, ze
ten, kdo slouzi politice lidu po-
ctive, spise sam sob6 Skodi, nebot
die dosavadnlho zpdsobu volebnich
Rampant, nevystacuje plat mno-
ha pf1padech ma pfedbezne pfedvo-
lebni vydani.
'a1 Nam v prodeji n6kolik domG
a lot6 ma zapadn1 z. ul. mesta. Hla-
ste Sc u F. B. Matlacha, v pokoji els.
289, Endicott Bldg, st. Paul. If
- Joseph Schroeder, 217 Bates
ul., zadal zalobu proti obchodniku
S obuvi Soren r. Sorensonovi ma
hradu $4,000, udavaje v zalob6, ze
koupil Cd Sorensona boty V Gene
$25 Sc zarucenim, ze nepfipusti do
sebe vodu, cemz vsak byl velice
sklaman. Pfi jedn6 vychazce ma
low natekla mu voda do bot do te
miry, ze Sc nastudii1 vaznee rome
mohl, talk ze Sc musil podrobiti> l6-
kafsk6mu lecenl a mnoho vytrp6l.
- Pres 400 povoleni k snatkdm
vydano bylo uplynul6m m6sici ma
okresni radnici. Cerven je m9sic
rdzi rdjem Amorovym.
- V clsle 497 Marshall ave. ze-
mfela PAM Antonio Hajek staff
S. rokG.
- Hammova pivovarn1 spolec-
most pronajala ma dobu SO rokG rob,
ma nemz nal6za Sc Plymouth od9vni
obchod Robert r. ul. Jmenovana
spolecnost vlastni budovu Empori-
um departmentnlho obchodu, KITE
ryzto obchod bude zauj1mati jak Sc
pravl dobou casu cely biloxi cd Ro-
bert ku Jackson ul. a mezi =. ul
a 8. ul.
- Kapitan Martin Flanagan u
stanoven byl policejni radou "a W.
pomocneho nacelnfka policie a O.
sv6dc1-li Sc v tomto trade, bude po.
zd6ji povysen ma nacelnika. Fla
nagan naleza Sc policejnl sluzb{
Is .rokd a "a mayora Ke]lera rychle
postupoval.
- Mattel Jansky nucen byl ode
brati Sc do m6stsk6 nemocnice, aby
| Sc podrobil lecen1 zaludku.
- V nedeli k veceru snesla Sc ,
okol1 McCarron jezera blize mests
prudka boufe provazena silnym We
trem, podobajlcim Sc tornadu, je;
natropila znacn6 skody ma osenl
Mnoho stromd bylo spferazeno I
jednoho domu wal v1tr pavlac. NJ
jezefe pfevracena byla .zcefenym
vlnami lodka tfemi rybafi, ktef
stizl dop]avali ku bfeh6m. TAX
vice jinych osob, nal6zajiclch Sc )
lodkach ma jezefe octlo Sc nebez
Ipec1.
% PojiStenf proti ohni u nejlep
S1ch spole6nostf opravnenych k OBJ
chodovan1 We statu yam obstara do
bfe a spolehlive F. B.; Matlach, po
|jistuj1c1 jednatel, pokoji els. 289
; Endicott Bldg, ST. Paul. t.
~ Udelejte radost SWIM pfateldn
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-02

A scientific person visiting in Ha.
wall had himself lowered into the
crater Of the big volcano there in or
der to study the boiling lava and the
squirting steam a shade or two nearer
than anyone else has dared to ap-
proach. He was drawn back before
the gases oYercame Kim. At Vesuvius
another scientist, this time accom-
panied by a cinemetograph operator,
went deep into the crater where little
puffs Of dust are thrown out, geysers
shoot forth and the floor has a habit
of rising and blowing itself into
smithereens. The rewards Of the ven
ture are a set of moving picture films,
The worlds fund of valuable lore will
not be swelled appreciably by the in
formation gathered by these men who
walked or swung over the pulse Of the
volcanoes. But the standing of sci
ence as an institution without fear
has again been paraded. The two ad-
venturers have proved themselves Of
the same company as the polar ex
plorers, the students Of explosives and
the experimentalists who let infected
insects bite them in order to test the
ories as to the dissemination of typhus
and yellow fevers.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-02
Incident That Almost Caused Half.
Breed to Doubt His Companions
VeraeIty.

1t doesn't pay to leave New York
unless you're prepared to assume fa-
military with the town, according to
]. B. Kerfoot, the author says the
New York correspondent Of the Gin
cinnatl Times-Star. You're sure to
run into some wise reuben who has
been reading the news and is wait
ing to trip you up. And If you miss
him there is always the man who
visualizes New York as a whistling
post and thinks It consists Of de
pot, with a telegrapher and ticketsell-
or in one end, three saloons and a
church.
Il recently visited the Canadian
woods" said Mr.. Kerfoot," on a fish,
ing trip. After two or three days In
company my half breed guide warm.
ed up. told him that lived In New
York.
"wat Bats Michel doin' nowY'
h0 asked.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-02

If the charge made is true that
modern college education is making
the American girl mannish, and de-
priving her of the gentleness and love
ableness which makes the influence
Of womsnliness so strong upon life, it
demands serious attention. There is
nothing in the higher education itself
which demands the sacrifice of wom-
anly attributes, and if college girls
really think It necessary to initiate
their brothers in rough,and-ready man
ners and in the sacrifice Of essential
feminine qualities, they are getting
totally erroneous idea Of the standard
expected of them, and should be dis
abused of such false ideas and i'm
pressed with the harm such notions
are doing to the cause Of genuine edu-
cation and equality of educational OPP
portunities.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-02

you'd ever want to see. But l fin
ished him all right and sent him up
| just to show the boys what he looked
like. That night some of the boys
had him for supper, but l never did
like eels so let them have 1t all.
'As for sharks, well, / suppose they
would attack a man If he worried
them, but the worst sea creatures are
seals. l remember once l was work
ing down near Halifax; working on a
wreck, and there was a school Of
! about 100 seals around. / cautioned
everyone about throwing anything at
them and went on down. 1t wasn't
very deep, not more than so or go
feet, and every now and then a seal
would come along kind Of nose me
over and then go on.
Now, you wouldn't think cat fish
would trouble you much, would you?
Well, they will, and what is more,
they bite hard,
There's another queer thing about
fish. If you are wearing gloves that
are split and your knuckles or flesh
shows through, the fish viii worry
you by biting at the exposed parts.
You can hardly drive them away, but
the moment you take off your gloves
and expose your whole hand they
won't trouble you at all"
While there has been but little i'm
provement in divers equipment, the
rubber suit helmet or the pumps that
send down the air and the outfit Of
a decade ago is as up-to-date as the
one made yesterday, yet the modern
diver has a number of advantages
over his contemporary of even few
years ago. The use Of the telephone
has been one OF the improvements
that comes in handy, but the greatest
of all is the pneumatic tool.
BY means of compressed air tools
a diver can now do more in one hour
than he could in FIVE with handpower-
ed tools, because his diving suit so
hampers the freedom Of his arms.
With a pneumatic tool all he has to
do is to hold the machine still and the
air does the rest. He can carry a
pneumatic tool wherever he can go
for the hose that feeds it is no larger
than his air hose, and, besides, the
pressure Of the water greatly reduces
the weight of the tool, so much so
that in deep water it is necessary to
weight it down so the diver can con-
troll it.
These pneumatic tools will do any
thing that can be done by hand. They
will operate augers OF drills and will
also hammer. They are the greatest
aid to the diver In all kinds of con-
struction wurk.
While diving as a trade is followed
by few, the United States navy has
a school for divers and encourages
young men Of exceptional physical
stamina to take up the work. At this
school the young men are taught how
to take care of themselves in emer-
gencies, and before they are gradual
ed they have been through many
rough experiences, even though these
experiences are carefully planned and
executed.
Every naval ship of any size carries
two or more divers, and there is all
ways, use for them. They. are sent
over tho side to inspect the bottoms.
scrape barnacles off to adjust outboard
connections or to make new ones, for
a ship, like a house. can always be
improved a little by the addition OF
something new.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-02

ly. there have been 10 many Dime
parties and teas. Jerry, dear" jan
looked appealingly at him. 1T seem
dreadful TO drag you out the first nigh
you are here, but just had 10 accep
a dinner engagement for you. DO yol
mind very much2"
Il am ready for anything from I
pink tea 10 a Dutch supper" he told
her.
II was too late In the day to do any
thing in the business line. 30 Robin
son jumped into a taxi and went q
the Southern Express.
Some greater force than his OWE
desire seemed TO be directing his
movements. He felt intuitlvely that
he would see the girl OF the postal
card
He went into the big lounge where
30 many American travellers meet, and
took chair by one OF the desks
There. with pen In hand. he tried to
compose letter 10 Wilhelmina
Wicks. Try as he might, he could not
write a satisfactory message to the
girl whom he did not know.
Then. because he was sitting close
to the mail windows. he heard hei
voice.
'Is there any mail for Miss Wicksi
! want some," she said, and Robinson
knew that a smile was sent TO the
man behind the window. "Threei Oh,
thank you"
She turned and II seemed to Robin
son as II she had known he was there
and that her eyes half smiled. After
that she sat down in a chair facing
him and read her letters.
Robinson sitting quietly opposite
could only gaze with fascinated eyes
at the girl whose picture he even
then wore next his heart. That he
might not speak to her was certain,
How then could he let her go and per
haps not see her again2
While he was thinking of ways and
means and glowering at her with
gloomy admiration she arose and went
out.
A taxi must surely have been walt
ing at the curb with open doors to
swallow her. When Robinson reached
the pavement there were taxls in
every direction and the girl in one OF
them. He turned toward the Piccadil
ly tube and home to Jane with lower
ing brows.
You seem to have acquired beau.
tiful Crouch" Jane told him.
He laughed in spite of himself. "A
cold bath will chase it," he said. But
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-02

The discoveries at Pompeii con.
unue. Prof. Spinazzola says a fresco
has been discovered on the front wall
Of a house on the street of abundance
which is the most important from an
artistic standpoint of any that has
ever been uncovered. 1t is unique and
is undoubtedly a masterpiece, as has
been proved by the precaution to in
sure its safety. 1t is in an admirable
state Of preservation so far as the
freshness of It's colors is concerned.
Prof. spinazzola will not attempt to
Getach 1t from it's glass covers, but
will allow It to remain where it was
uncovered. The fresco represents
Venus as a divinity of Pompeii. The
goddess is seated in a chariot drawn
by elephants. 1t is the first represen-
tation Of this kind ever discovered at
Pompeii.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-02
A WINNING START
A Perfectly DIgested Breakfast MakeO
Nerve Force for the Day.

Everything goes wrong II the break
fast lies in your stomach like a mud
pie. What you eat does harm If you
can't digest tit turns to poison.
A bright lady teacher found this to
be true, even of an ordinary light
breakfast Of eggs and toast. sho
says:
Two years agoI contracted q very
annoying form of Indigestion. My stom-
ach was in such condition that sim
pie breakfast OF fruit, toast and egg
gave me great distress.
x was slow to believe that trouble
could come from such simple diet,
but finally had to give It up, and found
q great change upon a cup OF hot
Postum and Grape-Nuts with cream,
for my morning meal. For more than
a year / have held to this course and
have not suffered except when injudt'
ciously varying my diet
Il have been a teacher for several
years and fnd that my easily digest.
cd breakfast means saving Of nerV.
GUS force for the entire day. My gain
Of ten pounds in weight also causes
me to want to testify to the value OF
Grape-Nuts.
"Grape-Nuts holds flrst ra-k at our
table,"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's reason" Read she little
book. "The Road to WellvIlle." In pkEs.
Ever read the above Ietters A new
ine appears from time 20 time. They
sre Eenuines trnes and auAl og hnmnm
mteTaWGs
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-02

he asked as soon as his head was
free.
His helper, pale and trembling al
over, could scarcely tell him, but he
finally managed to describe what he
and the other workmen had thought.
"Humph!" replied Donovan. Tell
those fellows to be just a little more
careful Now put on that helmet and
I'll go get that hammer"
In a few minutes he had a line fast
to the hammer and 1t was hauled up.
Donovan doesn't take much stock in
reports of diving deeper than $50 feet;
that is, for practical purposes. He
declares that a man cannot stand such
a depth for more than an hour, or pos
sibly an hour and half, and that aft
er he comes up he must rest for at
least 12 hours before going down
again.
Where 1t catches one is in the
abdomen" he said THE upper part
of the body is protected by the ribs,
the arms and limbs are comparatively
solid, but the abdomen has no bones
at all, and there is where it hurts.
heard of man who got $4,000 for go
ing down 2O4 feet. but he only lived
seven days after The strain rup-
tured his intestines. In deep water
70 feet to 100 feet, that is our great
est danger. The only way to over
come 1t Is by wearing heavy weights
and taking plenty of air. The air Off
sets the pressure Of the water and
the weights hold us down. If by
chance The air pressure should lessen,
even a few pounds, our situation is
critical
I'm the water it is pretty much like
it is on land" he continued. TT
man is hunting for trouble he's pretty
apt to find 1t. l have been diving for
IS years and I've been all along the
coast, from Halifax to Florida, and l
have never been attacked by anything
except a conger eel. He was a big
fellow, too; six or seven feet long and
as big around as my thigh.
1T has been my experience that If
man keeps busy nothing will disturb
him. The fish are afraid Of him;
sharks are, anyhow, and he has no
trouble. With this eel, however, it
was different. He came at me with
out my doing a thing to him. l was
so scared that I could not even find
my spear, which generally carry,
and he stuck his ugly head right up
to the glass in my helmet. Ugh! I
could almost hear his teeth snap.
was that scared. stuck my hands
under my belt to protect them and
stood still 1 don't know how long,
about two minutes, I guess, and then
l gave the signal to go up.
"'What did you come up forT asked
my helper when he had taken off the
helmet.
"Came up for something to eat
replied.
az reckon you did, he replied.
why man, you're pale as a ghost
81 didn't let on just what had hap
pened, and after getting bite and
taking a smoke, went down again.
This time l went after my spear and
found it. Then let everything else
90 while l looked for Mr.. Eel. soon
found him, for he evidently was wait
ing for me. He was lying on a little
ledge or rock, but before he knew Just
what was what had that spear into
him. Twist? Well, you have no idea
how that fellow squirmed. 1t was all
1 could do to hold him down and We
had as lively ten-minute tussle aa