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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09
NOVELTIES IN NAMES.
A Whole Family Might Be Supplied from
Any Common Name.

Whole Family Might Be Supplied from
Any Common Name.
"It is remarkable" said the patentee,
laying down his cigar, "how little in
vention people display in selecting
names. A hundred generations of Johns
serve only to increase the number of
him in each new freshet of human
beings.
"Novelists struggle to give their
characters new names unheard of be-
fore. Occasionally one hits the popular
fancy and becomes the heritage of our
race. Now, nothing could be easier
than diversity in names and entirely
new ones at that.
''By change in syllables or letters
any common name becomes mine
from which new names are easily coined.
A whole family might be named from
Edgar, and nicely named too.
'Thus Edgar becomes Cared, Erdag,
Ergad, Degre, which would mark the
boys indelible, and Gerda, Regda, Redga
would label the girls for all time.
'If the mothers name were Edna, a
slight change in the order of letters and
her sons become Dane, Dean, Ande,
<hohO, iSiiiu anu iioi uduShUcIo,
Aned, Made, Media Different vowel
sounds give wide opportunities for taste
in pronunciation.
''There is mine of wealth in names
for a novelist in the one name Edwin
for the hero. His successful brother
and rival becomes Wined. With the aid
of the astrologer, Wendi, and the verbose
lawyer, Winde, he might ALLEVIATE and
divorce his successful brothers wife En-
wild, and marrying the fair divorcee,
could name two of his heirs very appro-
priately Wodin and Inwed. A poor re-
lation could pose as Newdi, while Nedwi,
Denwi, Diwen and host more derived
from Edwin could furnish the half tints
Of the tale.
1.-TWO thousand years of solid James
has only developed Jamie, Jimmy, Jim
and Jeems, while the vast category of
possibles has been overlooked. Just
look at Jasem, Jesam, Jemas, Semja,
Semai Sajem, Samie, Mesai, Mejsa,
! Masej, Majes, Amjes Ajsem, Amsej,
Emjas, Esjam, Ejsam and see If any one
! branded with either could escaps the
| fields of fate.
"Why," said the inventor, growing en-.
thusiastic, as he scrawled away with
pencil, "Ellen, Lenle, Lenel, Mary.
Myra, Rynia. Raney, Henry, Hyrno,
Hynre, Henry, Hyner, Hyren, Renhy.
| Ryhen. Why, as an invention it is inn
mense."
"How would you ring the chimes on
John? queried the reporter.
you've put nickel in the slot that
busts the combination" said the in.
ventor, as he pocketed his pencil ana
picked up his cigar. Free Prsss,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09
SEARCHING FOR PEARLS.
How Illinois Streams Are Dragged for
Gems of Great Price.

How Illinois Streams Are Dragged for
Gems of Great Price.
Some time during the first part of last
June small boy who had been padding
in the Pecatonica river, near Darling
ton, Lafayette County, Southern Wis
consin, brought to the surface what ap-
peared to be common fresh water
clam, like those which abound along the
shores of the Upper Mississippi and
and other streams throughout the North
west Upon prying the shell open the
lad found sticking to the inner surface
large pear-shaped substance, which on
being detached was found to be of a
lustrous hue when exposed to the light,
and was white in color, with a smooth,
polished surface. 1t was at once shown
to jeweler, who pronounced it pearl
of the purest quality and purchased the
gem, paying for it tho sum 500. The
jeweler, to make sure that he was cor
rect in his judgment, took tho specimen
to Chicago, where it was carefully ex-
amined by an expert, whose decision
corresponded with his own regarding
the nature of the gem, and who fixed a
price upon it double that which was
paid by the Monroe jeweler.
The news of the find spread through
out that section and few curious one
began an immediate search for shells, in
both the Pectatonica and Plum rivers,
and were rewarded by unearthing large
numbers of them, many of which, on be-
ing opened, were found to contain pearls
of various sizes, from a quarter of a
carat to three carats in weight. BY this
time tho excitement became intense,
and scores of people, old and young, in
Guiding both sexes, laid aside their
legitimate avocations and floc.;ed to the
aforementioned streams and eagerly
began the search for shells, using all
sorts of utensils for the purpose, the
rake being the most favored.
The streams being shallow their beds
were easily explored, and hundreds OF
baskets and bags of the shells wer
raked out and taken to the homes of tn
finders, where they were CAREFUL
opened. Many of them contained tn
coveted gems; some being of greater and
some of less value.
The most successful huntors were the
Swedes and Scandinayians. who knew
Just where to look for the shells. EXor'
bitant prices were demanded for the
gems by most hunters and as o result
hundreds of them are still in the hands
of the finders, who refuse to part with
them for any thing like thcir real value
--Galena llll.) Cor. Chicago Tribune,
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FROM EVERY CLINE.
Some of the Attractions of a Nat
ural History Museum.
The Collection of Material n Slow Proc
ess-A Notable New York Institution
and Its Showlng-How tho Depart
ments Arc Arranged.

The renowned British museum, an
Immense store house of about every
thing under the sun, was organized In
1858, so that its development has been
truly at snail's pace. In this country,
says tho st. Louis Globe Democrat,
there are several similar institutions
that carry the honor of age without hav-
ing yet reached, by a good deal, the
limit of their capabilities. The Philo-
sophical Society, of Philadelphia, pub
lished its Introductory volume in 1850,
the Academy of Natural Science, in the
same city, was organized in 1912, and
the Lyceum of Natural History, of New
York, had an organization in 1917. In
Boston there is the Academy of Arts
and Sciences, that has been in exist
ance over century, but neither this
or the others mentioned fill the place of
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09
TO BAR THEM OUT.

| 4 Bill to Prohibit Chinese Immigration
| Reported TO ths House of Heprosentnt
tives With Favorable Recommends.
tion.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Tho House
Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday
reported to the House with favorable
recommendation substitute for the
bills recently introduced to prohibit
Chinese immigration. The substitute
is accompanied by report prepared by
Mr.. Morrow, Of California. Mr.. Hit, OF
Illinois, the chairman of the committee,
was the only member who dissented
from the committee's action.
A large portion of the report submit
ted by Mr.. Morrow is devoted to re-
view of the anti-Chinese legislation and
the fragrant evasions that have been
carried on by means of technicalities in
the laws and through other means. Mr..
Morrow says that the reasons for exclu-
sion are many and far reaching. lie
then quotes criminal statistics showing
the great number of arrests of China
men in San Francisco for offenses
against State and municipal laws and
adds: "These facts, which find corrob-
Nii~SS
people arc domiciled, disprove the as
sertion that they are inoffensive and
law-abiding class"
Further on the report says: "'he
fact that the acts of 1882 and 1884 expire
by limitation at the end of ten years
from their respective dates, and that
any interregnum between their eXpira-
tion and proper legislation in pursuance
of the existing policy would be availed
of by hosts of incoming Chinese, and
! that the whole work of the preceding
decade would be practically undone,
makes it necessary that Congress should
proceed at once to supply some effective
and permanent measure of protection to
take the place of the expiring statutes. "
"The purpose of the bill now under
consideration" the report says, sis to
carry into execution the policy of the
Government in Excluding Chinese immi-
grafton. 1t proposes to make the term
| of exclusion indefinite and therefore
practically permanent"
The bill excludes all Chinese from
landing in the United States, except
| those persons duly accredited to the
United States as ministers plenipoten-
tiary or other diplomatic representa-
tives, consuls general, consular and COM
mercial agents, including other officers
of the Chinese or other governments
travelling upon the business of that gov
ernment, with their servants. The Wis
iting of Chinese immigrants, whether
for the purpose of transit or otherwise,
is absolutely prohibited.
Section 10 directs that hereafter no
State or United States court shall admit
Chinese to citizenship and repeals all
laws conflicting with the act Chinese
now in the United States and who may
at any time hereafter depart from the
United States, as we'll as all who are
now i'll the United States, are to be SUBJ
iect to all tho provisions, conditions,
prohibitions and penalties of the act.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09

been extinct HEAD OF A BELL BIRD.
nearly fifty years, and the few specimens
now in possession of museums are re-
garded as extremely valuable. The
price paid for this specimen in 1868 was
S625. The species was abundant in the
waters of the northeastern coast as far
south as Nahant, and on Audubon's bay
was remembered as not at all rare.
Forty specimens only are known to sci
ence, four of them being in museums in
this country. Several young marine
birds are here represented, such as the
Mother Carey's chicken.
The birds of South America are next
arranged, where will be seen the same
classification, the thrushes of that coun.
try leading. 1t will prove instructive to
compare the family group of individual
species with those of other countries.
Although the birds of South America
are the more brilliant in color, other
countries show varieties quite as inter
esting in other respects. The bell.
bird utters notes that clearly simulate
the tones of convent bell heard at a
distance. The elongated waffle on its
beak is hollow, and connected with the
nostrils, and is thought to be instrument
tai in the production of the strange
notes.
The great goatsucker is allied to the
whip-poor-will of this country's woods,
and, like it, has O mouth of enormous
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09
HE WAS AN EXPERT.


A Famous Postal Cierk Skips Out with
Registered Packages Containing Large
Sum of Money.
CHICAGO, Aug. Q. 6.-Post-ofiice inspec-
tors all over the United States are look
ing for George w. Harris, for long
time regarded as the most expert and
careful railway postal clerk in the serv-
ice. Harris is being looked for high and
low on account of a heavy robbery of
the mails intrusted to his care, either in
st. Louis or at some point between this
city and st. Louis, on the Chicago &5
Alton railroad. On the trip west last
Saturday night, while the other clerks
were asleep, Harris rihed one of the
registered pouches, taking seventeen
registered packages, the value of their
contents being estimated at IS. 900.
When the train reached st. Louis Har-
ris left the car and has not been seen
since, ..
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DUCK accompaniment is
aiding the students. There are over
eight hundred specimens of North
American birds arranged Systematically.
1t has been decided that the thrushes
carry the typical form rather than the
birds of prey, as commonly believed,
and show the highest ideal of bird
organization. The place of honor is
given to the wood thrush, the delightful
songster of the woodland, and one OF
the most common birds in this region
during the warmer months. He has
the reputation Of being only heard, not
often seen, but visitors at Forest Park
and Tower Grove Park can frequently
catch sight of them from quiet seat in
shady corner.
Among the crows is tho great Ameri'
can raven. 1t Is found in small num-
bers in some parts OF Maine, but lives
principally in the Northwest Califor'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09

HEAD OF SAlGA. aSaSparroW, Wltn
extraordinary bealls, long and curved;
and others are metallic-lustered NOR
eels, marvclously diminutive, suggest
ing Mercutio's "team of little atomies,"
and his "wagoner, small, gray-coated
gnat"-they are so very small, and one
now and then very sober in color. With
the exception of three or four that visit
the States as high as New England, the
800 different species are natives of Cen
tral and South America-not single
species being native to the Old World.
In the collection of birds of Europe
and Asia is the little Japanese duck, or
mandarin, that spectators naturally COM
pare with the wood-duck of American
waters. A wonderfully fine group OF
pheasants is also arranged hero. The
Argus-eyed must be seen to gain an ade'
quate idea of its beauty. Coming to the
smaller birds OF Europe, there are two
OF the robin-redbreasts classified among
the warblers, and not among the thrush
es. Tho bird Americans call robin Is
really thrush. 1t is not at all like the
English robin in size, but from Sigh;
resemblance in color was given the name
by early English settlers
The black cocSatoo OF tho Pacific
islands, with red and yellow tail feath.
ers, is not familiar in this country, and
his stuffed semblance is much ad'
mired. The bird list is ended with the
birds of paradise, that are beautiful be-
vond words.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09

Causes Disastrous Wreck on the Della
ware & Hudson Road - Trainmen In
iured.
PLATTsBURG, N. Y, Aug. Ga seri-
Gus accident occurred Monday on the
Delaware & Hudson railroad, four miles
west of Port Kent. Two extra freight
trains in charge of conductors Long and
Connors left here and when one milo
south of Port Kent Longs train broke
in two. Connors was closely following
and in rounding curve some miles
farther on crashed into the rear por-
tion of the head train. The engine Of
Connors' train was completely demol-
ished and seven cars derailed and badly
damaged Engineer King received
severe bruises and Fireman Whitehead
was so badly hurt that he may die. The
cause of the accident is said to have
been the failure of the fiagman to go
out and stop the second train.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09

whales, dolphins, porpolses and such,
and where it has not, as yet, been possi-
BILE to secure a complete skeleton or
skin, some portion of the anatomy fills
the place. The narwhal, a small whale
like form, having long tusk,
which has earned for it the of sea
unicorn, is, perhaps, one of the most in
teresting examples; its skull, with the
single long tusk, is in the collection.
Through some freak of nature, one tusk
of the narwhal is arrested in growth,
while the other becomes so bulky that
there appears to be but one and cen.
tral organ. The rudiment of the other
tooth remains undeveloped. Instances
are given attesting the enormous power
of the creature; the planking of vessels
is shown, having the tusk Of the mar
whal projecting half its length on the
inner side.
The Bos family, according to late
classification, embraces great numbers
of familiar and strange forms. The col
lection of antelopes claims more time
than can be given in one visit. The
saiga, or Siberian antelope, is remark
able. both for the extreme beauty of its
lyre-shaped horns and for being the only
antelope found in the cold regions. II
also differs from all others in having
flexible snout, which gives it o
strange aspect in profiles.
One entire floor is given to birds, and
they are mounted naturally on perches,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09
SHOT TO KILL,
A Woman and Her Son MortalIy Wounded
by n Divorced Husband-Suicide of the
Murderer.

by Divorced Husband-Suicide of the
Murderer.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. Ga series of bloody
tragedies, in which divorced husband,
desperate son and disreputable
woman figured, was enacted Monday
night at 724 Clark avenue. The woman is
Justiana Burkhardt, and she was living
with her divorced husband, Fritz Korlep-
pie. Her legal husband is in Milwaukee.
She is professional bondswoman for
dissolUte women and was quite wealthy.
While at supper Korlepple objected to
she soup and quarrel ensued, which
terminated by the man drawing a re-
volver and shooting Mrs. Burkhardt,
her son, Richard Hook, and then put
ting bullet through his own head. The
boy was shot through the head. The
woman received two wounds and will
die. The murderer died instantly.
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the lion at it's
head. The eX-
cellence of this
specimen, as q
work of art, is
such that q gold
m G d a | of the
Paris EXPOSE
ton of 1867 was
a w ar d e d i t.
Th @ cetaceans
are represented
b y di fl g re n t
8 D @ C j e s of
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09

'oArsUckER. some of the ma
tive tribes of New Zealand, with large
collection of skulls from most of the
chronological regions. A whole family
of full-grown male and female orang-
outang and others of different ages,
come next. AS the scale goes down
ward there are apes and monkeys.
There are so many species that the nat
ural affinity between the three-orangs,
apes and monkeys-can be distinctly
traced without difficulty. Bats and
lemurs are the lowest forms of the
mammals. The succeeding grade in
the descending scale reveals the insect
ivore in moles, hedgehogs and other
creatures. Although so small and hum
BILE the mole has brain as big as bat.
The large family of carniverous ami
mails is arranged next in order, with
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09

width to take in
the great moths
that fit in the
twilight.
The visitor is
likely to make
a stand at the
case of humming
birds. There are
800 of those little
birds, gorgeous
in plumage and
equally strange
in decoration and
comparative size.
Some are yery
nearly as large
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09
MoRMoNs KNOCKED OUT.
Election In Salt Lake City Results In n
Had Defeat for the Saints.

Bad DeIeht Tor the SAINTS.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug 6.-The
election Monday resulted in the Liber-
ais electing their entire ticket by ma
jorities ranging from 300 to 600. The
fight was bitter one and all parties
worked hard. Meetings had been held
in tho twenty-five wards of the city
nightly. The Liberals expended money
freely, az did their opponents. The
city gives 995 Liberal majority over tho
combined Mormon and Labor tickets.
The Mormons are broken up, as the re-
body,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09

every thing has
so combined in
its favor that
the material al
ready gathered
is extensive and
valuable. L h Q
highest typo of
life, as repre-
sented in man,
is in the first
d G p a r t m Q n t.
His lowest es-
tate is shown in
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MIA has a curious and unfamiliar run.

MIA has curious and unfamiliar run.
ming cuckoo, and two species of parrots
from Texas are tho only representatives
OF the family found north of the tropics.
The gerfalcon, of Greenland, a largo
white bird slashed with black, is an.
other bird rarely met with except in its
foreign home, The collection of eagles
is fine. The vultures of North America
are represented by the turkey-buzzard
and California vulture, the latter OF
comparatively recent discovery. The
great whooper is notable among the
cranes. 1t has windpipe that runs up
and down, with over foot OF extra
length, thus giving it its wonderful
powers in a musical way. There is one
species of swan that has the same ar.
rangement. There are handsome
species of the Labrador duck, once
plenty, but now supposed extinct. The
spectacled elder is curious bird.
Tie museum possesses fine ex'
amples of the bison, male, female and
calf; of the wapiti, two fine adults, and
also of the moose, now fast disappear.
ing from the country. Tho Rocky
Mountain sheep and the Rocky Mount
ain goat, unfamiliar animals, from the
fact that they inhabit the most inacces.
sible peaks of great range of the Pa.
cific slope, are here represented by ex.
cellent specimens. The latter is re.
garded as quite closely allied to the
chamois of the Alps.
Throughout the collection are skele.
tons, glance at which shows, in con.
nection with the exterior developments,
the reason why the animals are so ar.
ranged. No one, by this aid, could fail
to recognize variety of the cat family,
nor would affinities of the wolf or foz
with the dog be questioned. The col
lection of marsupials is especially fine,
there being twelve specimens of the
kangaroo. The skeletons of fishes are
among the gems of the museum, in the
sense of mechanism as well as scientific
value. They are split, and one-half is
wired on board, each bone independ'
emily, and so adjusted that it can be re-
moved
Well-nigh at the foot of the list, in
the natural classification, we meet the
great aux, we'll shown in the accompany
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the old style &C.
Acessories of tree
limbs and green
moss being done
away with. The
birds Of eac b
country are in
distinct groups,
making a pleas
ing effect. Draw.
ngs,descriptions
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09

A DISCOVERY of large deposit OF
magnetic OF fine quality has been made
on the Antler river, about one hundred
miles northwest Of Port Arthur.
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ing illustration.
II b is bird is
closely allied to
t h o penguins,
and, though they
do not have the
fn-like append
ages correspond
ing to wings, yet
those members
are not far re-
m we'd from
them in struct-
ure, being use
full only as SWIM
m / n G organs.
Th is bird has
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A FLAGMAN'S sLUNDER

Causes a Disastrous Wreck on the Della
ware s. Hudson Road - Trainmen In
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-17
Original]
LONGING HEARTS.

o could fly to yon clouds afar.
And see our loved ones, through the gates ajar!
could fly to yon mountain peak.
Love and Freedom there to seek;
O could 1 sail on crested waves of the deep,
And wake the dead from their silent sleep!
o could proclaim victory!
would then know had gained LIBERTY
1 could then burst the iron bars asunder,
And set the longing hearts to wander
Through Freedoms cline, where souls are at rest
And the light of Love fills each aching breast;
could then proclaim victry,
And know had gained liberty! blessed liberty!
MAY BURST.