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Dresden Star from Dresden, Kansas • 6

Dresden Star du lieu suivant : Dresden, Kansas • 6

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Dresden Stari
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Dresden, Kansas
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1" 1 THE DRESDEN REPORTER i )Uxf Hot Weather Meats Veal Loaf, to serve cold: Cooked Corned Beef, select and sppctizinjj. Chicken Loaf, Ham- Loaf and Veal Loaf, delicately seasoned. Vienna Sausage, Genuine Deviled Ham and Wafer Sliced Dried Beef for sandwiches and dainty luncheons, A "Lmm 1 i -1" 5 I II ill III IJ.II 1 1. JyT 'f J'' V- 't Hll'' Russell J.Coles tells -(Pi i how he killed one of 1 the largest sea crea- tares after a dan- vr grotw fight with mad mating couple jSh, Libby, McNeill Libby, Chicago PROUD OF HIS BIRTHRIGHT FTER several days of Another Sherlock Holmes. "IU bet money that, woman Is the wife of a golf plnyer." "What makes you think bo?" "She looks so sad and lonely." Turkish Parents Would Have No Mis windy weather, which understanding as to Nativity of.

Their Offspring. had made successful Manta hunting Impossible, the morning of April 11, opened calm and hot To kill a Manta, which Is the 'scientific name for devilfish, perfect handling of the boat Is necessary and a proper crew Is PREPAREDNESS. Prepare for next washday by taking home Red Cross Ball Blue. Ask any good grocer. Red Cross Ball Blue imparts a clear white; makes you smile when yon see the basket of beautiful, snowy white clothes.

Red Cross, the blue that's true blue. Adv. Why Travel? "Going to the seashore this summer?" "What's the use? A breezy day on Broadway is Just as interesting." the first consideration in equipping an expedition. In my 20 years experience of fishing off the coast of North Carolina, I have always made up my crew from the native market fishermen. In preference" to the guides and boat men, usually employed by sportsmen.

On this occasion. In addition to Capt i Charlie Willis, I was fortunate In se A thick-set man of oriental aspect walked into the babies' clinic of a New York hospital accompanied by his wife, who carried a mite of humanity whose large, dark eyes looked this way and that with curious interest For a while father, mother and child waited silently while a brisk young physician was busy with other patients, and then their turn came. The doctor stepped up to them with a merry glint in his eyes and proceeded to ask questions, of the parents--who they were, where they lived, where they were born, and so on, quickly Jotting down, the answers. He found that the father was born In Turkey and the mother also. Then he held out his hands and sold, good-naturedly: "Now, then, let's see the "young Turk lw Instantly the young mother drew back a step and the father's face grew red.

He swallowed once or twice before pointing to his child. "No, sir he explained. In broken English. "Him not young Turk bltn young American And this time it was the doctor whose face grew red. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy tor Infants and children, and see that it curing tne services or uapujonn aic- Cann of Punta Gorda, beyond question the best-known and most effi ward show either of fear or excitement, for I had a crew composed of men who-show, at their best only In time of danger.

"Scarcely a word, was spoken until. In the midst of a wild upheaval of the two madly frightened cient fisherman on the Florida coast, and he selected the three other mem Manta beneath us, the boat was flung bers of the crew all young men, trained, active, and without fear. Captain McCann also furnished the boat, which was a small 6-foot, open boat from their backs and was turning over, Signature of In Use for Over SO Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria "I hear you've bought a summer bungalow. Where Is it on the seashore?" "Yes; that is to say, It's on shore at low tide, When the tide Is In the bungalow is off shore." when I shouted, "High side which order was Instantly obeyed, two of the with an eight-horse power gasoline en men, except for an arm and a leg.

gine. The construction, however, of this little boat was extra strong, or It would have been wrecked by the terri throwing themselves entirely out of the boat. fatal spot was missed by a few Inches. However, the force of the blow, which was delivered with both hands without releasing the handle, was so great, that It depressed the creature's head, and the head-on collision did not crash In the side of the boat as it probably would have done otherwise. The top: of the head struck the bottom the boat, breaking the lance handle short off against the side, and I was confronted with a very serious defect id my equipment I had by years of work with the lance, such confidence in my ability to place It Where 1 desired that I had not thought It necessary to provide more than one spade lance; but now my fish was very much alive and fighting mad and I was without a spade lance.

The water was so thick that the Manta could not be seen until very near the surface, but Charlie kept the slack 'of his harpoon hauled in and the line showed the direction in which the fish was traveling under water. Cap fic pounding It received. The boat struck bead first and shipped a lot of water over her bow, but we were now clear 6f the two Man The men were nearly perfect for the positions which they were to fill, know ta, who raced together on the surface ing what to do no matter condi for a 6hort. distance. tion might arise; therefore not much ITCHING, BURNING SCALPS Crusted With Dandruff Yield Readily to Cuticura.

Trial Free. These two Manta appeared to have Claimed His Right Long had he worshiped her at a distance, but his shyness prevented Mm from proposing. time was required In training the crew. lost all fear of the boat and its occu On such an expedition it is necessary pants we were many times in touch for every man to move Instantly when Then, one evening, for the sweet ing distance of them and they both the word Is given, like part of a per sake of charity, a theatrical perform passed under the several times. fect machine, for I cannot turn my ance took place, in which the charmer head when the fight is on.

was leading, lady, and more adorable than ever. Afterward the shy admirer When the boat passed out through The first was a female, well above 15 feet in and I was about to attack it, when I saw, nearly a mile away, the largest Manta. that I have Captive Inlet into the Gulf of Mexico, drew near, his love made valiant by Cuticura Soap to cleanse the scalp of dandruff crustings and scalings, and Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal Itchlngs and irritations. Nothing better, surer or more economical than these super-creamy emollients for hair and scalp troubles of young or old. Free sample each by mall with Book.

Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept the water was so thick that a Manta the sight of her beauty. tain Jack steered the boat which was would have had to rise to the surface Tou are the -star of the evening," kept running, and that'll was welt ever seen. It was on the surface so I ran the boat down to and never have I wanted to kill any one thing to be seen, and I posted three men to keep close watch, one on each side of quite as badly as I wanted to kill that he said, as they i stood alone in corner. "You are the first to tell me said the damsel, with a happy blush. handled Is shown by the fact that not once in more than a dozen rushes did the devilfish reach the surface without finding our boat on her Each uum, uuu uue uwimu us, nuuo a Boston.

Sold everywhere. Adv. great fish, for it was fully 24 feet in width and must have weighed not less "Then, he retorted promptly, "may We had run down the full length of time I drove the lance through her than 12,000. pounds. I was uncertain Might Have Prevented Secession.

"Yes," replied the philosophic mon fhe coast of Captive Island and were however, as t0 gender, and a fe- I claim my reward as an astronomer? The lady looked puzzled. reward?" she asked. ubopt a mile off the shore of Sanlbel key, after the Darwinian theory had male was absolutely necessary. Tslnnd and In print nf Rlind Pflsa. She was now swimming on or near the" right to give my name to iswhen there came, suddenly and with been considered In all its bearings "if our ancestors had only been gifted with "more diplomatic foresight, and m.

i 1. heart or brain one or more times, and after the fight she showed 23 such wounds. Through all this fight there was one uncertain and disturbing factor that we were not In. a position to guard against namely, that the great male mate of the wounded Manta kept near the star I have discovered 1" said the the surface with mate following," almost touching her all the time, and, mil wuriuug, iuusi lerriuu buucil, which threw the four of us who were young man, speaking boldly at last had had the power to enforce their with all ready, we moved to the attack. As she was passing, quartering across policies, the monkey' tribe would today be the leading race In the world." standing to bur hands and knees for a fraction of a The boat, which woa mnnlni, nf -rnll snAart itkA mot 1ia our bow, I gave the word.

Charlie and "Ah," Inquired another monkey; drove our harpoons deep into her broad back then, with a great splash head of a Manta, rising to the surface "what policy do you think our ances and coming toward us at moderate tors should have adopted?" "We sleep under double: blankets every night out where I live." -It must' be delightfully "cool out there." "Cool? Who said anything about It being cool? It's hotter than, blazes; but we need the blankets to keep the mosquitoes out" of her fins, she plunged below and ahead. As the drogue was snatched "The policy, of 'once a monkey, al speed. "The shock of the collision was so great -that Jt almost stopped the us until the fight was over and three times nearly capsized us by pushing the -boat from the back of the female. Once, Just after we had been nearly capsized by a heavy blow from the head of the male, and when the female was fighting most violently, "when we were all covered with the blood of our victim and the boat almost filled ways a monkey. 1 headway of the boat, and its bow was under, it threw water high in the air and the shock was so great vihat It brought the great ray "to the surface lifted aiore than a foot out of the-wa- Society has got to be such an ex pensive game it breaks a fellow te ter but our speed carried the boat up over the high part of the back of the In awkward, wheeling, edgewise leap that Manta make, after the man play it.

Manta just as the two great black fins Every time a girl is introduced to an eligible young man a fresh of hope springs up In her heart yy 1 ner of a wheel turning over. Before its tall had reached the perpendicular, were flung madly into-the air, almost What costs nothing Is worth nothing. meeting over our heads and deluging us with many gallons of water. Then the two fins crashed down on the sur I and all of my crew saw an embryo, folded In cylindrical form, thrown high In the air, and I heard Captain Jack exclaim, "Did you see that? The young one has a tall longer than the old one with water, the youngest member of the crew (Luther Dixon), thinking that the end for all of us was near, tried to force a harpoon Into my hand as he screamed, "Iron the big bull and let's all go to" In tow of a team of devils I quote this to show the temper of the men, for while Luther, and probably others of the crew, thought this our last fight neither he nor any other man showed even a trace of fear. face of the sea with a noise that could have been heard for miles, and the Manta Instantly repeated the perform Oood Psrkoto Hifjh Prices Prizes Awarded to VfustarnCsxssZa fsi VJSsatt Cats, mm The embryo quickly unfolded its fins and, catching the air horizontally, its descent was retarded until after the mice as I yelled to the engineer, "Keep her going." Just as the boat was slid ing from the back oil the creature, nn- mother fish had disappeared beneath other huge Manta rushed up from be the surface.

mm. When I had hurled my harpoon and low, striking full on our port bow with sufficient force to spin the boat around until Its direction was almost reversed. reached behind me, the spade lance At nne time all four of the ercat blnclr The winnings cf Western Canada at the Soil Products Exposition at Denver were easily made. Ths list comprised Wheat Oats, Barley and Grasses, the most important being the prizes for Wheat and Oats sweep stake on Alfalfa. Ho less important titan the splendid quality of Western Canada's wheat and other grains, is the excellence of the cattle fed and fattened on the grasses of that country.

A recent shipment cf cattle to Chicago topped the market ia that city for quality and price, Caaah vtaZmal i 1515 aM.f'.TrJ rwI Then the dying Manta raised her head against the side of the boat and gave a loud harsh bark or cough, and as I exclaimed, "Watch her -eyes looking two ways at once the stricken creature slowly rolled one of her eyes, until with that one only, she seemed to look at all of us behind her in the boat Before striking the Manta had pectoral fins were towering above us. had been Instantly placed in my band, but as I saw this embryo feebly flapping on the surface, I passed back the spade lance and yelled "Give 'me an iron, quick (the harpoon Js always and large quantities of water were flung into the boat First the head and then the stern of tho boat was highest an It was pitched from side to sldd, and called an iron) and while not five sec onds were taken In the exchange, that looked at my watch and called out the time, and as the big fish died, again M3tf UwleJ -Ststea, was too long, for as I threw back my then I heacd the chug, chng, chug of. the racing propeller blades as they hand to strike, the male swept the em pulled it out and asked, "How long?" pshed the tip. of the pectoral fin of fy Canada ia proportion to population L23 a greater exportable surplus of wheat this year than any Not one of the crew placed of bryo beneath the surface with one of its fins. the first Manta.

The engineer kept the engine going at full speed, but the pro vvunay in tne woria, ana at present vo I passed back the harpoon and seized the fight at less than two hours and when I told them that It had taken only 22 minutes, they wanted to see If 1,1111 l.el-J MUl LUC Av.if tii" peller blades were not catching the wa the spade lance, as I saw the wounded in western Canada yoy vill f.ni female, now on the surface, charging ter now, and for a. short distance we were carried upon the broad backs of the watch had not stopped. The fight aown on us at highest speed. 1 was was now over, ihe great female Manta the two monster devils of the sea." tionsl social cond.tloww el -rts3 end olLer frest ntjattns. 4 censcrSptlon.

forced to strike instantly and there was not sufficient time to clear up the line attached to the lance handle, so that we had come for was dead but there was still a man-sized Job In front of-us and we at onc made tho fish fast to our stern and headed for Blind Pass, more than a mile away. I fully realized the did every one of the men with me in that little boat, but every man filled fcls perfectly and there was no oat- the point of the spade lance was slightly deflected, with the result that tJr.

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