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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
Navigation In Winter.

Captain 1nman of Duluth is now
engaged in maturing plans which if
successfully carried out would prove
a novel innovation in the matter of
lake navigation, and a very import
ant factor in the transportation
problem. This project is, to render
feasible navigation in winter along
the entire chain of the great lakes
between the head of Lake Superior
and Buffalo navigation during the
winter months, thus withdrawing
all interruption to lake traffic here
tofore caused by the low tempera-
ture which gets in its work between
the middle Of November and May.
The scheme involves building
the necessary number of vessels de-
signed especially for ice-breakers,
and to be used exclusively for the
purpose of clearing the way through
ice for boats laden with coal, grain
and merchandise.
Captain Inman expresses the
utmost confidence in the practical
bility of his project, and should it
be successfully carried out the
winter tariff on railroads will have
no greater terrors for shippers than
will the summer schedule of freight
rates. Water transportation twelve
months in the year will tend to
preserve an equilibrium in railway
transportation charges that will
gladden. the hearts of Il ose who
have freight bills TO pay upon goods
and produce carried between this
portion of the great northwest and
the Atlantic seaboard If the icy
letters which have heretofore bound
navigation from five to six months
in the year can be broken, all
territory tributary to the head of
Lake Superior will be greatly
benefited thereby.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
For Sale Cheap.

The two farms known as the Loring
Farm (4sO acres and the Tubbs Farm
900 acres, both near River Falls.
Also several other pieces Of land in st.
Croix Co.
Terms easy and interest low.
Apply to
r. q. JEFFERSON,
St. Paul, Mi6s
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
GERTRUDE.

G. f. Hanson returned from a visit
in Chicago and the southern part Of
the state Monday.
Miss Clara Rockstad has been visit
ing in Viking.
The Ladies' Aid of the Norwegian
Lutheran church met with Mrs. S.
HalvOrson April 9th.
Geo. Ellison lost a COW recently.
Mrs. Hyerdahl of River Falls who
has been visiting her parents returned
March p.
Erick Hyerdahl of North Dakota
visited here recently.
The bell tower is nearly finished.
Andrew Rockstad returns to Dakota
soon
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
Wisconsin Y. P.
S. G. E. Convention, Riv-
er Falls, April 1914.
Convention Program

MONDAY, APRIL u.
1915 Registration OF delegates
500 Song service.
S:l5 Words of welcome on behalf of church.
Rev. &. IL. Mcintosh. ON behalf of So
eiety-Wm y. Hedback. Response BY
w. X. Greenwood, District President.
3;45 Organization and business.
EVENING.
$50 Registration OF delegates.
I:l5 Song service.
7:sO Convention sennon-Rev. Jas w White,
MenOmOnie.
TUESDAY.
900 Conservation service, led by Evangelist
Pratt.
1000 Bible study.
AFTERNOON.
go The Holy Spirit for Service.
800 Reception to delegates.
EVENING.
ZOO Song service
1880 Addrr ss-Rev. Jas. W. Cochran, State
President, Madison.
S:I5 Evangelistic -address-Evangelis J. X.
Pratt
WEDNESDAY
ESQ Sunrise prayer meeting, led by Rev. w.
NJ. Wright, Hammond
9:l5 Song service.
$3.50 Open parliament on work of society Off
GERS Opening addTeSS-Rey. Mcintosh.
10:l5 w sermlSSiOn.
1880 The most important event in your society
during the year and how accomplished.
One minute report from each society.
1l:00 Junior hOur-Mss Nettie Harrington,
State Supt. Junior Work.
AFTERNOON.
1:3O Song service
1910 Open parliament on committee work.
PapeT-C. l.. bingham, New Richmond.
2:l0 Social committee, led by Miss Mary f.
Slater Hudson. PepeT-AIrs. HermiOne
Wger.
2:i0 Prayer meeting committee, led by =. w.
Goodrich Durand. Paper-Mr. Good
rich.
3:lo Missions-Miss Miner, La Crosse.
3:45 Question box.
400 Reports of societies.
4:20 Reports of officers
4:3O Reports of committees and election Of
officers.
EVENING.
7:30 Song service.
7:45 Address-Rev. Adams, New Richmond
S:l5 Conservation service. led by Rev. Coch-
ran, Madison.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.

The Minnesota Mercantile Company
offer thirty prizes for Crescent
Coffee competing contest.
There has been sealed and laid aside
an ordinary three pound can OF
Crescent Mocha and Java coffee, such
as your buy of your grocer for one
dollar
Your are entitled % a free opinion
on how many kernels cf coffee this
can contains, also a vote for your
most popular grocer or clerk.
The twenty prizes offered for the
twenty winners are as follows:
First prize-Five dollars in gold.
Second prize-A Id. box Lilli-
bridges hand made creams.
Third, fourth, fifth, sixth and
seventh prizes-Each 3 10. can of
Crescent Mocha and Java coffee.
Eighth, ninth and tenth prizes
Each ID. box of Lillibridge's hand
made bonbons.
The 18th. 18th, 18th, 18th, 18th,
18th, 18th, 18th, 10Th and Goth prizes
Each l ID. box of Lillibridge's hand
made bonbons.
The ten prizes offered to the grocery
merchants or their clerks receiving
the highest number of votes are as
follows:
First prize-Two and one-half
dollars in gold.
Second prize-Five Id. box Lilli-
bridges hand made creams.
Third prize-Three 10. box of Lilli-
bridges hand made creams.
Fourth prize-Two 10. box of Lilli-
bridges hand made bonbons.
Fifth, 9th, eth, sth, 9th and 10th
Each a l ID. box of Lillibridges hand
made bonbons.
This offer is entirely free to all resi-
dents of st. Croix and Pierce counties,
Wisconsin and Washington county,
Minnesota.
INSTRUCTIONS.
|. Address postal card to Harry X.
Huntoon, Hudson, Wis.
II. On the back write first your own
name and address: second your
estimate on the number of coffee
kernels in the can; third your vote
for your most popular grocer or clerk.
III. Each person can send in but
one card.
". The contest will be decided
April IA, 1897.
If you want a bargain in ladies'
shoes, sizes from p to ~, you can get
it at Wiger & Sons.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
OAK GROVE.

Farmers are preparing for seeding.
The students from this place who
have been attending the Prescott
High School have returned for a short
vacation.
John Fitzpatrick has returned from
the pinery, where he has been work
ing the past three months.
John Towey is home on a short visit
to his parents.
John OkerStrom of Anoka, Mimi,
passed through town last week.
Mrs. Filkins has been visiting at
Prescott.
Robt Boles met with a serious acct
dent last week while saving wood.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
SPRING VALLEY.

Miss Flora Hunter has recovered
from her indisposition.
A little girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ole Garden on the I'd inst.
DR.. Bostad's family have gone to
their home in Iowa. He will follow
them in a few days.
The railroad bridge, which was
greatly damaged during our recent
high water, has been repaired.
The entertainment given in Opera
Hall, for the benefit Of the Congrega-
tional Sunday school, was well at
tended
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
Sanitary Convention.

A Sanitary Convention, under the
auspices of the Iowa State Board Of
Health, will be held at Des Moines,
Ia, April eth, 1897. Burlington
Route agents will sell tickets at the
rate Of one and one-third fare for the
round trip. A good opportunity to
visit the Hawkeye capital.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
FARGO.

Mr.. and Mrs. AlOnzO Ottman took
their departure Tuesday for Devils
Lake. y. ID.
Miss Jessie Hunt is home for a
short vacation.
Mrs. VIM. Jones, who has been here
during the past six weeks visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Thompson, re-
turned last week to her home in
southern Minnesota.
There will be quilting bee at Chas.
DOpkins' this week Friday, and a
dance at night.
Miss Lydia Wilcox is visiting in
kinnickinnic this week, and Miss
Stella Shepard in FL Paso.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
(Flrst publication April I, ls97 }
HnIIcE lE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
CTATE OF WISCONSIN - COUNTY Coz
~ p.e.-.n cE.L.r.tr. In prnhara

CTATE OF WISCONSIN = COUNTY COURT
= for Pierce county. In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a regular
term Of the County Court TO be held in and for
said county, at the County Court room In the
village Il Ellsworth In said county, on the
first Tuesday, (being the 4th day. Of May
A. d. 1897. at 10 O'Clock A. n, the following
matters will be heard and considered:
The application OF Martha W. Ballard, adj
minIsfratrx OF the estate Of Edward Ballard, late
of the City OF River Falls IN said county, de-
ceased, for the examination and al
lowanee OF her final account, OF her ad-
ministration, and for the assignment Of the
residue Of the estate OF Edward Ballard,
deceased. TO such other persons as are by
law entitled TO the same.
Dated March 30tn, A. ID. 1897.
By order OF the Court,
ALLEN p, YIELD,
Silva County Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08

A pretty face unmarried by powder
or paint is woman's best friend.
Rocky Mountain Tea makes you
handsome. Taggart's drug store.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
DR.. ID. RS9.

i am always in the market for wheat
oats, rye, barley, corn and buckwheat.
The handiest place to unload. Best
weights and the best attention posi-
bic. Call at the Cascade Mills.
W. III. PUTNAM.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
First publication April /, 1884,
pPnRATE MnIIcE.

CTATE OF WISCONSIN, County Court for
- Pierce County. In probate.
Notice is hereby given that at the regular term
of the County Court to be held in and for said
Tuesday (being the 4th day of May, A. ID.
1897 at 10 O'Clock a. NJ, the following matter
will be heard and considered:
The application OF William Phillips for the
appointment Of William Ellis Of the town
OF Isabelle as administrator Of the estate
OF L. ID. Phillips, late OF the town OF Isa-
belle in said county, deceased.
Dated March 3lsf, 1897.
By order OF the Court,
ALLEN =. WELD
County Judge.
F. N. WHITE,
Attorney for Petitioner. 5iws
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
Farms for Sale.

have for sale on easy terms several
farms in the vicinity Of River Falls.
n. z. HAUGEN.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
NEW CENTERVILLE.

House cleaning is the order of the
day.
Charlie Hodge and Arthur Canning
left Thursday for Daisy, Dakota,
where they will spend the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Castener were at
Ellsworth on business the first of the
week.
Mrs. G. Glass was out from River
Falls Saturday visiting her parents.
Mrs. John Follansbee spent last
week in Mlrtell
Miss Lettie Nelson is home from
River Falls.
Miss Alice Thoen will teach our
school this spring.
The robins seem to be enjoying the
cool winds from the north.
Mrs. s. Jones has returned from
Palmer.
Ed. Canning was at Baldwin Satur-
day on his ness.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
DOWNING.

VIM. Hartshorn has moved to the
Spiker farm south of town.
S. Rudesill went to Hersey Satur-
day.
James Dooner and Philip Green
were in town Saturday.
Last Saturday while VIM. Harris
horn was moving lie left his team
standing in the yard. and while he
was in the house the team started and
ran down the lane Into the road. They
then turned south and tried to go
into s. Rudesill's yard but their pace
was so lively they couldn't make the
turn. The end of the wagon tongue
struck Rudesill's barn and made a
hole large enough for man to enter.
No damage was done to anything
but the barn and one whit1letree.
Unknown parties broke into Mr..
Alleys barn and stole about 10 BUSH
els Of oats.
Ed May went to Wilson on business
Saturday
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08

If you want a bargain in ladies'
shoes, sizes from p to a, you can get
it at Wiger & Sons.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08

Wy NJ COOK. Express and Baggage Line
w. Headuuartrr, az a. } flenrikScu'~ Store.
Leave orders for bagE ge, aud draying OF all
kinds. Promnt sertIce: living rates.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
,fTScELL-fNEnTS.

HURER HOUSE Ellsworth Wis Louis III Der
II Proprietor. The house is in good colidl-
ton thrOug bout, and the travelling public VII
always find a good table ami clean beds. The
bar is supplied with the choicest liquors
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08

n Y. DENNISTON, Ellsworth. Wis.
- Abstract Real Estate * Insurance office.
Taxes paid and information -iven A full SCI
Of ABsTRACT Books for Pierce and st. Croi1
Counties.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08

FyPEESs md BfGGIGE.

ID f. WEEKS. Dental Surgeon. Office in
ID. SMITH Block. Ellsworth Wis.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-12

uary, 6Slc; February, 6S4c; March, 6.SSc;
april $500; May, 6.96c; September, 702c;
october 6.S3c; November, 6.76c; December,
6.76c.
New York, Sept. II, l p. MIXTURES
closed steady; sales, 800 bales; January,
o.6Oc; February, 6S3c; March, csc; April,
$500; May, 6.94c; September, 6.9Sc; october,
6'SOc; November, 6.7Sc; December, 6.76c
New Orleans, La, Sept. u.-Cotton flu
lures steady; sales H. 400 bales; September,
665Q6 &c; October 6.44d6 45c; November,
64596 .46c; December, 6.47d6. 4Sc; January,
651Q652e February, 6.54q6 55c; March,
6.57q65Sc; April, 66Od6 sic.
New York, Sept. 11.-Riordan & Co. say
of cotton to-day The movement of early
cotton has exceeded all expectations and
has robbed the bullish news of the week
of any telling force.
Speculation has continued on a very
moderate scale and there has been no i'm
portant change In prices. Liverpool bit.
terly disappointed the bulls to-day In
stead of responding to our advance of
yesterday, that market actually ignored
the bureau report entirely and declined
1.6id The weakness there was due to
heavy offerings of spots by the south and
to bearish cables from this side. Our
market opened weak and to 10 points
down.
Liquidation by tired bulls and free
snort selling was continuous during the
day, but the demand was fairly good,
and after moderate fluctuations the mar
ket closed steady, at about the opening
prices. January opened at $780, fluct-
uated between this figure and 6.S3c and
closed at 6.S0c to isle
''The friends of cotton, instead of be-
ing discouraged by the heavy receipts,
claim that the hot and forcing weather,
which, by causing premature opening, has
made this early movement possible, has
done great injury to the plant. If crop
advices, public or private, are to be re-
lied on, then the crop has certainly I'M
dergone marked deterioration.
THE sentiment of the trade, however, is
bearish, and spinners, convinced that cot
ton will go lower, are buying only their
immediate and pressing wants. Those
who believe in lower prices are relying
upon the actual weight of the bales upon
a market practically bare of speculative
buying. To cause a realization of their
hopes this is about their only argument,
but 1t is certainly a very weighty one.
"Our own opinion is that the crop has
undoubtedly been hurt and unless there
is a marked Improvement soon we think
that any decline will be but temporary"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-12
INSTANTANEOUS MARKETS.

Bacon-The market Is firm. Smoked
clear sides, 72sc; dry sailed clear rib sides
&c; bellies, 75sc; sugar-cured hams, 1O24c.
Lard-Market firm pure, in tierces, CSC;
50-pound tins, 6ssc; compound, in tierces,
5Hc 50-pound tins, SIC.
Butter-Market steady, fair demand; Go
shen, 14G15c; gilt edge, 170b1Sc; creamery,
171aQ1Shc; fancy Elgins, 2OQ2112c.
Cheese-Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese, 1Oc: 2O-pound average, 10lkG11c.
Fish-Mackerel, half-barrel, No. l, $50;
No. 2, 81. 80; No. 8, $500; kits, No /, 81. 25;
No. 2, 81 90; No. 8, CSC. Goldfish 1-pound
bricks, exc; 2-pound bricks, &c Smoked
herring, per box, zoe; Dutch herring, in
kegs, 81 60; new mullet. half-barrels. SO.
Salt-Demand is fair. and the market
steady; car load lots, (. O. b.. Liverpool,
200-pound sacks, &c; job lots CSC; 125-
pound burlap sacks, S4c; ditto, l25-pound,
Coffee-steady; Mocha, 2ec; Java, &c;
Peaberry, lie; Standard No. l, 14c; No.
2, 1sc; No. 8, PFC; No. 4, 11kc; No. ..
1O15o: No. 6. 9'bc; No. Z, sac.
Corn-Market firm ana advancing;
white Job lots, soc; carload lots, 4Sc mixed
corn Job lots, acc; carload, 47c; crack
ed corn, Job lots. SIC sack.
Lemons-Market quiet: new crop Mes
sina, per box, $500.
Dried Fruit-Apples, evaporated. &c;
common, 4HM5c.
Raisins-L. L., HIS: 1s-box, 81 Ito; loose.
6O-pound boxes, &c per pound.
Oils-Market steady: demand fair; Sig
nal 45D5Oc; West Virginia, black, safe;
lard, 58M65c; neatsfoot, 60QS5c; machinery.
2oa3Oc: linseed, raw, S5c: boiled, SIC; Nero-
eene, Georgia-test &c; water white sun
light, 1Oc; ire-proof. lie; deodorized. stove
gasolene. SIC.
Enthusiastically Prices-Savaanah Quo
tations: Powdered Sac: standard granu-
lated, 5.30c; cubes 5.49c; confectioners A,
5l2c extra C, SC; golden c. 4.62c Tone
firm and higher.
Flour-Firm and advancing; patents,
$50; straights, $40; fancy, s525; family,
$3.50.
Oats-Carload lots s1c; job lots, 33c.
Texas Rust proof, job lots. 40c.
Bran--Job lots, S5c; car load lots, 75c
Hay-Market steady; western, Job lots,
soc: carload lots, Zoe.
Meal-Pearl per barrel, $40; per sack,
Si.lO; city meal, per sack, Sl00; pearl grits,
per barrel. 81 go; per sack. N.17h.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-12
Popular FalIncies About MAD Dogs.
From the Chicago Herald.


Rabies does exist as a disease. And occa-
sonally sick dog does become rabid. But
the symptoms are far different from the
The supposed symptoms are entirely falla-
cious. People have been very much misled
by the ignorance Of would-be savans.
First of them, II is popular fallacy tbqt
a mad dog froths at the mouth. This is
not true. You may be sure that II dog
can froth at the mouth he is not mad.
There Is, however, one sure sign of mad
ness. That is the presence Of a thick,
coarse, stringy, brown mucus clingng to
the lips. II Is so troublesome TO the dog
that he spends all his time vainly attempt
ing to wipe or wash 1t away, If he can
reach water
Then, again, a mad dog does not avoid
water, as some people sagely state. His
anxiety to get water Is so great that when
he finally succeeds he plunges In his whole
body up to the ears.
A mad dog never runs. He never demon
strates any unusual anxiety nor shows any
evidence Of excitement. He Is never agi-
tated; he never hastens at a gallop. He
prefers to be alone. He seeks out OF the
way places. like secluded roads, and drags
himself along slowly
A mad dog will never make the first at
tack. If approached by another dog or HUI
man being he never bites, II the disease is
under way. He rather snarls q little and
then resumes his journey towards death
The dog that rushes frantlcally up and
down street yelping and whining is not
mad dog. The mad dog rarely ever ut
tiers sound. When he does. IL rs a hoarse,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-12
OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market firm; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds: Boston DER bale S125;
New York, per bale, 100; Philadelphia,
per bale, $100; Baltimore, per bale. $10O:
Direct-Barcelona, SIC; Genoa, soc; Re
val, SIC; Bremen, 43c; Havre, &c.
Via New York-Liverpool 48c; Bre-
men, SOC; Amsterdam, soc; Hamburg. 45c;
Genoa, 55c; st. Petersburg, Coo; Man
chester, 47c; Havre. SOC; Gothenberg. Coo.
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are firm al
ruling rates. Foreign business is more
or less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $4,000
40 for a range-including Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad Ties base "A feet,
to Baltimore, 12c; to Philadelphia 1870; to
New York, 13lhc. Timber rates, 50c0$10C
higher than lumber rates. To the West
Indies and Windward, nominal; to Rosa
rio, $l2.0001300; TO Buenos Ayres and Mon
tevideo, $l0.OOGG11 .04; 70 Rio Janelro, $14,0o;
to Spanish and Mediterranean ports, $l1.30
01150; to United Kingdom for orders,
nominal for lumber 4 pounds IS standard.
BY Steam-To New York. $450; to Phil
adelphia via New York, $3.50; to Boston,
$3.50 via New York; to Baltimore, $500.
Naval Stores-By Sail-The market Is
firm. Medium sized, Cork for orders, are as
follows; Rosin, Is, 101ad, for barrels of 80
pounds and 5 per cent. primage; spirits, As
11ad; Genoa, rosin, 3s 3dG3s Cd; Adrlatic, rs
Gd@2s Cd; South American, rosin, soc per
barrel of 2s0 pounds. oastwise-Steam-
To Boston, 10c per 100 pounds on rosin, soc
on spirits; to New York, rosiu. SIC per 100
pounds; spirits. SOC.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-12
A STRANGE fish.
Is without Scales an It's Head Re-
sembIes n Horses.
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
One Of the wonders of the deep is the fish
the carcass of which the crew of the
schooner William Churchill, now at
Beacham's shlpyard, foot of Warren ave-
nue., yesterday strung up on the masthead,
so that all who passed that way might see
IT, Capt Isaac Barker is master of the
vessel and Luther Pierce is mate. They
came here TO load coal for Pawtucket r..
l. The crew last Thursday threw out tow
line while lying off Cape Charles light
ship, near Cape Charles, and, when they
drew it in, among other specimens of the
tinny tribe was long animal being, which
which looked like a bar of polished silver
II Nas a beautiful sight in the moon Hight,
and it's large eyes shone with bright
white light When the fish-if Ii IS a fish
was landed II became a puzzle, as yet I'M
solved, TO name It's genus.
In almost every point the fish Is pecu-
llarly formed 1t is without scales, like
an eel, and Is exactly four feet long. The
rounded mouth and the bony nose are
something never before seen by the sea-
men. The eyes are circular and the size
But the most remarkable point about the
fish's head Is it's mouth. There are four
upper and two lower teeth, which are very
similar to those OF a dog. These teeth are
in front There is a full row in the upper
and In the lower jaw, and the lower jaw
slightly protrudes from the upper when
the mouth is closed. The mouth has
vicious appearance. The nearest resem-
bance the head of the freak has to fish
is to that of a pickerel. The tendency of
Il is TO taper to point.
10 be further extraordinary, the body Of
this curiosity does not terminate In tall,
like that of other fishes, but gradually
narrows down from hight of four inches
and a thickness of one and three-fourths
inches 10 a point without speaking abso-
lutely economically. The fin, too, Is a
record breaker. It extends the whole
length of the wonder, and in life 1t stood
perfectly vertical. The captain says that
the formation Of the backbone resembles
that of a shark.
In short, the animal has the appearance
of horse. a dog, an eel shark, and
plckerel, and Capt Barker, no doubt, will
not be blamed If he tags the Specimen
with this sign:
What Is it2"