Show I I I MAGICIAN AMONG MONG FIShES It Is true that there areno aro are no mermaids In the sea and no Neptune Neptune Neptune Nep Nep- tune with crown arid antI flowing flowing- locks lacks but the species of ot life that do exist there are arc In many ways equally as In Interesting Interesting In- In a as ns the mythological folk toUt Tal Take e the thc little puffer fish Ish for tor example ox- ox ample has attracted the tho attention attention atten atten- tion of scientists from earliest times on account of ot Its shrewd habit of oC de defending tie tie- fending i itself b by inflation The moment moment moment mo mo- ment It scents dan danger er In the tho form Corm of or ofa ora a larger fish searching for tor a dinner It instantly distends itself with water it becomes almost spherical In shapo shap so 50 o that no ordinary fish could swallow It It I Director H H. C C. Townsend of or the Now ow York Aquarium placed a few ew good sized SiZel scup or in a tank lank which contained a dozen lozen young puffers about two Inches in length which the hungry hun hun- gry soup scup attacked at once ance Instantly tho the hab baby putters puffers inflated themselves e and became almost almast globular lobular In form so that the larger fish Ish were unable to todo todo do tIo more than titan knock knack them about like to toy balloons too large to be 10 swallowed red and antI on oi which they could get no hold holtI I Ino no matter how hard they tried I lop lop- II ul- ul ular r Science Monthly I Ir PUT TO u Till TIlE g TEST I r 1 heat hear Doctor has received a call to a large city church at a greatly great great- great I I ly increased salary alar Of f r course he will wUl accept 7 Well ho lie announced that he would retire to his StU study y and pray over the tho matter The neighbors say If Ir he doesn't accept Mrs Irs and the girls will never again aln havo have any faith In the efficacy of prayer |