The Exeter Times, 1884-12-4, Page 2ENEUIES QIP TIIE' OYSTIPA
Howe the Starfish and other ]Pests
,'l estro ^ t c $iv Ten.
Two oyste*'anen :w were Mt* a on the
end of the wharf, at' ice flet ef S;pruca
street, around which were Anchored 4
dozen or more oyster bolts.
"Did you ever see a star tache an
oysterri asked the older man of am
yyotluger, who evidently didn't undoc
Staucj the question, fen, be replied:
" Yo, I can't say as I ever dill."
"Well..':then, . ygdve missed some-
thing. They're the most destructive
creatures you ever put eves en."
The reporter: who onln
y caught this
soran o: the conversation, paid a Tisft
to Thomas P. Covington, an old oys-
ter dealer, who explained fully the
wily, wicked ways of the *'star." '
Tho terua ''star" fa only one of the
nicknames given a kind of star flash,
one of the aster's most deadly enc
Mies, Mr. Covington furnished a des-
cription of the star fish.
From the, central disk of small di
mensions radiate fnve pointed arms,
very strong Sud tough, in the center.
a tate under side of the disk is the
Opening for the mouth, which Centaintf
noMeth, Ent is surrounded by an elas-
tic tube and guarded by the edges of
the armor plates which. Item it in.
From the center run Ave furrows. one
down each et the atruls, The stapgacht
which itself is not very large, lasts Ave
annexes or pouches extending, down
each amyl.
This large internal capacity explains
the gluttony of whielt the star ash is
capable on ooeasiens,. The destruct-
iveness of these voracious pests has
been long recognized alike by naturall
fists and fishermen,and Malty yearn
ago the English Admiralty Court laid
penalties on oyster fishers, who did not
destroy all the star fish they drew up,
"because that fish gets into the oysters
when they gap and sucks them out."
The idea that the *`star secures #ifs
meal of oysters by strategy still pre -
Tails atuong, these Qysteruren who have
little knowledge of natural history.
'Qne of these latter thus describes the
mode of the "star's" attack.
*"Crawling around on the bott m the
'star' accidentally gets fond of a bed of
oysters. He don't know what they are
=ebbe,1ayin' in their shells all a -gap-
ice open like oysters does. He pokes
about till be accidentally gets the end
of one of his arms into an open shell
and the oyster closes on hire. Ton see
be,ean't get away, but the oyster can't
livelong with his shell open, and in a
few hours be is dead. Them ho lets up
and the 'star' makes a square meal
often hint right on the spot—takes him
on tate half shell in his own gravy." p
A similar theory is useful rn attempt -1
into explain the numbers of "stars" I
found with an arm missiu ;. The star,
according to this theory, inserts a
tentacle into the open shell forthe pur-
Rrose of whipping out the oyatol:
sometimes he succeedson the first
WO. but sometimes the proverbially
dumb oyster is too quick for tint ''star'
and shuts down on hien. If the "star"
Is not foo hungry be waits until the
oyster relaxes. But all "stars" are
not so patient and prudent, tend very
often the luckless robber gets mad
and, tearing off the ituprisoned arm,
gains freedom at the cost of al:upute-
:ion.
Modern se::enee and observation have
proven, however, that the "star" is
not so ;rent a fool as his enemies
would make him ttppear to be. Tho
true version of the story says that
when the 'star" concludes to have
oysters, seollops, or ether mollusks
for dinner he goes about ;netting
themin a vary different way. Having
met bis destined victim, he treacher-
ously ten .'r:tees him, folding* all five
arms :brant rho ,unhappy victim of his
deadly cares -es. Protruding the
stroll ntustu:>ir sing alma the mouth
of the stomach through the mouth, he
seizes the newly grown edge of the
shell, called the "nib" or "bill," and
breaks it c;ff in Lits till an entrance is
made. The bur.;lnarious star forces
into the opening thus made the disten-
sible mouth of the stomach and seizes
upon the body of the oyster within,
which he at once begins to draw into
his stomach. As the process goes on
the star's stomach is pushed farther
andfarther into the shell of the oyster,
until, if the oyster is especially large,
the auxiliary pouches are brought into
requisition, and by the time the large
oyster is consumed, the star has prac.
tulip turned himself inside out.
These pests have been dredged un
while engaged at dinner, with the
stomach hanging out half the length oL
one of the arms. If put into a I5ucket
of salt water he will gradually resume
his normal condition, but if used with
any violence he will throw away his
dinner and draw in his stomach in-
stantly. An illustration of the destruct
tiwe powers of large numbers of "stars"
is given in an invasion of Providence
river, Rhode Island. in the latter part
of the summer of 1858.
They came in : great schools and to-
tally destroyed nearly all the beds of
the river, occasioning` a loss of nearly
*150,000 to the planters. They re-
mained until winter, when a heavy fall
of snow and ram so freshened the
water as to kill them all, but the beds
destroyed were net replanted for years
after this dire visitation. Another in-
sidious foe of the oyster is the "drill"
or "borer," a mollusk equipped with a
ribbon -shaped toque, which, is armed
with teeth. The borer drills a hole
through the shell of the oyster, and,
inserting his sticking tube, feeds upon
the oyster at leisure. The dram -fish,
another relentless foe, has what may
be termed a cobble -stone pavement in
. each jaw„ that being a fairly accurate
description of the way the teeth are set
in his mouth. They grow to brei, h 100
pounds, and with their rdable
' teeth can crush up. young ' pt an
alarming rate. The drum -fish visit:
the Chesapeake Bay, Staten Island and
Keypoq beds every summer, and de.
.,trete thousands upon thousands of ops -
Prominent Among th greatest medical dis
ovaries, by the many cures it,has affected,
ltiOartgor's Speedy go e.leads the yats, Sub.
sted to the IraitilAt t n tnical analysis, it
tOM The tan.tog, sheepshead, toadne et . ,those f n
Ashand the sting -ray, or "Stip,*,garee,'r ] loU g.ul$ e u�s n�a xitlt ; a _ *Ord];
are still other disturbers of the.00ster'S' '� 't tis %" , of 41d alto ublic..
peace end the destroyer* of his life., ,. el`y d aha. compsaestod. t sSfor .adapts -
Even these are not all the fatalities 'btasstben co vpou d d, andii itsss for- which _ g
has been compounded, and efficaoy is being
to which the oyster is subject. Before established by testimonials hourly • received;
he gets outof thq egg state it is esti- We are therefore. confident that we have a
mated that there is only one chance preperation which. we ean offer to the public
out of 1,145.000 that he will survive with the assurance thot it will be found riot i
anti bare a ela~an e, to . WI into the A'nbr a relief but an absolute cure for Dyspe+p.;
mouths of some of the rapacious foes , Fa, Layer tloiupla_ut. Indigestion, Constipat-
enumerated and described, or failing od,
ng ° ion and Impure Bloreg trial botales at
1 4.II
that, to reach a, salt old age of perhaps J. W- Browna's Dreg ore
20 years, when old oystermeii, believe
that death_ is finally caused by Contin,,.
ued growth of :shill, until it beeoulea
too heavy and thick for the venerable
inmate to handle properly, whereupon
he starves to death,
With all those chancesof dissolution
staring into what face the oyster has
(alas at matter of fact, nothing but
mouth), It will be seen that the oyster's.
lot is not an entirely happy one. —PAR,
adelplatt Zino,
Rbytitee act the Mails.
Some very clarions and funny letters
are received at the Dans-%'getter Office -
The outside of Some is More unique
thou the inside. The following are the
addresses Qtr the envelopes of sQveral
whielt have found their wayto the
Dead -Letter Qfilee, They sow the
poetical bent of the writers;
*"Fly time messentser, auto*, and straight,
To Unn*1 otdt County of Iowa 5taate;
,f“ TA; am; ;meg wIUiesro
For Mae auto Faber, 3'eu'll' fete her
;byre,"
Unfortunately there' was ne stamp en
itr and the matter-of-faet P. M. hustled
it off to the Dead -Letter 011ice.
A trusting parent writes ell the en-
velope of his letter;
"Please send tbia letter to my eon, who Young lady, de not despair. Dr. E. C.
drives a team or red ozon, and the railroad, West's Nerve and Brain Treatment will cure
ELMS through bis place.' and ail nervous troubles, Sold at
Another envelope has; 3. W. I3rown'ng's, Drug Store. fi
"Flumrner's letter, send it ahead, FLOID LIGHTNING,
Dead tareke and nary *red; Fluid litebtning not only Toothache instant-
Beatmaater, put this latter through, ly, but also Neuralgia. Headache, Earaeh.
And when l Ret paid I'ak lia7 yell; lib uulatisn, I umbago, and Sciatica. Paiu of
Another envelope has this addresst I any kind cannot remain one minute where it is
"James Irwin, Try all over the Stater" applied. Mee yen bear of Fluid i ightnius
Still another brief address is; )'Cu bear of one of the greatest marvels ever
known et the way of a wttlietne, as it never
fail to entre, and not in a week or a day, but
the instant it is applied to the affected part.
Sold at J, W. Browuing's Drug Stare. 5
R.ESZAINiDCA'1 FORT TO THESIIIMEZtIr p
`0Broirn'sHousehold Panacea" bag noegusI
forreliesingpain,botbinteruxland external It
ourespaiinin tho Side. book or bowels,sorethroat
Rheumatism, Touthacbe,Lulubbga and auy kind
of a valuer aches. "It will n oet surely quicken
the blood and heal. us its acting nowor is wonder,
fel. "9:frown's Rousehald Paatteea' beingack-
uowledged as the great Pain 13eltever,aud of den:
ble thestrengtb *rimy other Elixir ox Liniment
iuthe world,shouidbe in everyfamily ".candy for
use'wtien wanted,"'as itreaJly is the heat remedy
in the world ter Cramps fah the Stomaoh, and
t'ainQand Aches et all kinds."" and Istor sale by
all Druggists at2S cents a bottle.
$1000 Forfeit.
Having the utmost confidence in it super/..
ority giver all others, gad after thousands of
tests of the most complicatedand severest
cases we could find', we feel justified in offering
to forfeit One Thousand Dollars for any case
of coughs, colds, sore throat, haft aenza, hoarse=
►fess; bronchitis, consumption in its early
stages, whooping cough, and all diseases of
the throat and lungs, except Asthma, for which
we only claim relhef, .bat we can't cure with
West's Vough Syrup, when tai:en according to
directions. Sample bottles 25 and 50 cents,
large bottles one dollar , Genuine wrappers
only in blue. Sols by all druggists, or sent
by mail en reseiptsaf pr'ce, 601111 L1, WEST
CO., .$1 ek Ss King St. East, Teronto,Ont,
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Ask your druggist for it. Wholesale by all whole
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TIMES°uut l fist Jan y, 85, 20 eta.
•"HI'. 4. Kenyon, R
A wouldbe housekeeper puts on the
treelo e:
who was Fleas*
for is housekeeperyIn St. u
Touts last week; is o w dowcrwith two ;Alb;
Oren; don't know Ws name,'
This is no doubt an answer to an ad.
vertasoruent. It is a pity the widow
did not get It.
,Another envelope has:
"To General W. Knowles this letter to sent.
To the town of Brighton where the other
one went.
No matter who wrote it—a friend or a feo--
To the State of New 'Rork I hope ft will go."
But It wont to tho Dead -Letter Oitiee
instead.
Another envelope bas:
"Tong Uncle $nm: lame go in your malt,
e taken a notion to rids on a tall
444 To itlinota State. nude there totme stop,
And in Meiean Co. just plesso tet me drop;
In LeRoy P 0. there lot neo lay-,
d Until Reamer,. Gay takes me away."
t But the P. M.'s reply just below
,says—
"Played out, my deur boy.
There is no use in talking,
I t' you can't pay sour war
You'll have to try. winking."
One who was careful to pay postage
wrote—
";�ow baste with this /otter as fast as you
ean,
I've just paid your fere to good Uncle Sam;
The cnso is quite urgent, so don't atop to
think,
Don't tarry. for lunches or even a drink,
Lyman streotyou wilt very soon find,
where the people aro hoacst, good-natured
and kind,
Frank Taylor, the man to whom you must
Isla Lyman street, Cleveland, Ohio."
Washington Capital.
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"I am a base -ball player," said the tof t amod 'ofen a the
t ouucosimple knifecertainn d ef-
prisoner to the Judge. Ill tell you , tactual,bymeansofwhiehevarysufforer,luomat-
how it happened." "Go on, sir." "I ter whathisaonditioninaybe,may aurehimself
was at the bat. There were three men
chaaply,priyataivandradicalIy,
on halos, Y asked far a love ball and lecture should be intim handset every
youth and man in the land.
reached back to strike. but it wasn't address
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"Hold on, sir. Who do you allude to
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us this man?" "The corpse, of course.
Then this man shouted 'foul and out.'
Then I brained him." "Who did you
say ho was?" "He was the umpire."
"Oh, I beg your pardon. You are dis-
charged, sir. The Clerk will enter the
costs against the late umpire's estate."
The Court Had Informed Itself.
A Boston Judge upset a whole court-
room of lawyers the other day by an
unprecedented ruling. He was listen-
ing one morning for an unending time
to testimony, good, bad and unre=liable,.
in regard to the width of a certain
street. In the midst of the matter a
recess was taken, and the Judge dis-
appeared. When the court reopened
he took his seat and prepared to listen.
More witnesses were called to testify,
to the feet and inches; but the Judge
waved his hand. "You needn't say
anything more about the width of that
street. T know all about it, I've been
out the recess and measured it my-
self!" "There's another old Judge
over in East Boston who invariably
follows the same plan. "You needn't
tell me anything about East Boston,"
he said the other day. "I've lived here
all my life, and I know as much about
every ingl ;,of' it as anybody, I guess."
A traveler notes that Chicago ladies Owing to increasing business, Mr. Bell • ha
found it necelaaary to remove .to,;, more 4olu;
are proverbially pale; that the lake motions premises, and has added iiargely to=
winds do not produce a healthy color, his stock of Groceries, and will keep on: ,hand
but seem to blanch the complexion.. 'Sugars, Teas, Coffee, Syrup, ' and :evei'y?thing
There is more blooha even in the east usually found' in a first-class '.Grdeery Store.
nt Ofllee Box 450
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has been found at his post, ,during the past
eight years, ready to attend to the wants of
the Public.
CROoERiE:
' winds of Boston, he says,
A golden fish, ;purehar ed twenty-two
years ago by a lady o€ Frederick,
Maryland; died ' rehently. " ' it is said
that the old fish iutd .not grown a
particle during- the avidele period of its
captivity.
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