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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-25
Plead Guilty to Larceny.

Edward Smith Of Blackjack
was arraigned in that village be-
fore Judge Oberg charged with
petit larceny committed by TAX
ing a stove and other household
goods. He plead guilty and a
fine of 81 and costs was imposed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-25

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quick action but do not prevent the weak
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-25

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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

as walking fishes, perambulate the shore when
the tide is low in search of food. Rondolet
found one early one fine morning on the land,
holding fox fast by the leg. Reynard had
apparently been on his nightly prowls In
search of chickens, when he had inadvertently
put his foot into it," and the capacious trap
jaw had closed upon him. The most cunning
of land animals had been overmatched by a
fish.
Extraordinary also is the modification of the
first back fin, the rays of which are separate,
and one of which bears at its extremity the
membranous line which gives it its popular
name.
That the fish used this apparatus as a fisher
man does his rod and line is a tradition dat.
ing from the most ancient days Nevertheless,
it is untrue, although the fish may fairly be
said to "ange" with it.
Mr.. Saville Kent has given graphic descrip-
ton of fine specimen, four feet in length,
which had been secured alive:
"It was in the first place observed on that
occasion that the fish, while quietly reclining
upon the bottom of it's tank, presented a most
astonishing resemblance to a piece of inert
rock, the rugose prominences in the neighbor-
hood of the head lending additional strength
to the likeness. This resemblance being recog-
nized, it was next found, on little closer
inspection that the fish constituted, in con-
nection with its color, ornamentations and
manifold organs and appendices, the most
perfect fac-simile Of a submerged rock, with
that natural clothing of sedentary animal and
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

A most remarkable fish, known only to the
Indian Ocean, and which is also given in our
illustrations, is that scientifically known as
Platax. Two Of its great fins, stretching far
behind its misshapen body, resemble wings
more than anything else, while third, hang
ing from its ugly head, gives it the appearance
of being bearded. Its tail is quite small
affair compared with these fins.
Nothing, too. can be much cdder in form
than the Trsdon bursarius, which has, as
it were, an enormous pouch. In this case, the
fins are so small that they are hardly worth
mentioning. The head, with its. enormous
glaring eyes, is otherwise not unlike that of
a sheep. The body is rough and covered with
small bristles and knobs. But a single fish
is known Of this rare kind, which is also an
inhabitant Of the Indian Ocean.
The angler has been described as gigan-
tic tadpole blown out to the size of por-
poise; and, indeed, there have been some
known to attain an even greater size Several
authors mentioning examples up to seven feet,
and Pontoppidan one of twelve feet in lengthl /.
with an immense head. The mouth extends
on either side far beyond the width of the
body, and bristles with hooked and mobile
teeth. Its skin is cold and clammy, and it has
a pair of handlike fins planted close under
the throat. The singular conformation of the
bones of those fore limbs is very similar to that
of our wrists, and they can use them prac-
tically as legs, and by their aid creep about
the sea bottom.
Some of the foreign forms, familiarly known
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
Frogs and Tad oles

esting, especially for those who can take ad-
vantage of the transparency Of the parts to
watch the circulation of the blood through a
microscope.
The body of the tadpole gradually gets
broader, while the tail gets thinner and thin
ner, till it finally disappears altogether; but
before that happens, its place has been taken
by two hind legs, which first appear under
the skin and then gradually push their way
through.
The forelegs next appear, and so on through
all the stages of development, till in a longer
or shorter time, according to the amount of
warmth, light and food it can obtain, the com
plete frog appears.
But woe betde the unfortunate tadpole
which, first of the shoal, attains to the dig
nifty Of possessing limbs, for so ferocious are
the later ones, and so jealous of their preco,
cous little brother, that they almost always
fall upon him, and not content with killing,
never rest till every morsel of him is eaten
And unless several of the tadpoles assume
their final change about the same time. this
proceeding is repeated till their numbers are
very considerably diminished, Or as sometimes
happens, till only one survivor is left, who,
having helped to eat all his brethren, instead
of meeting with his deserts, is allowed TO live
on in peace till some day, in the course of
his walks abroad, he, in his turn, is snapped
up as delicate morsel by some hungry snake
or water fowl
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

their movements agile, lively and rapid, de-
noting keen enjoyment of life in their particu-
lar element. In strong contrast to these, how
ever, are many forms so ugly, squat repulsive
or vicious that one instinctively recoils from
them.
No branch of the animal kingdom is more
remarkable for varied and curious figures and
shapes. Thus we have fiat fish and fish
almost square Some may be said to be
all head and no body, and others all body and
no head
People commonly speak of Fishing" for
whales, though the whale is no true fish, and
is classed by naturalists as a mammal, be-
cause, unlike fish, it suckles its young.
What was the largest fish ever known would
be a conundrum difficult to solve.
Examples of the halibut, which commonly
attains a weight Of three hundred pounds to
five hundred pounds, with length Of six Or
seven feet, have been taken off Greenland and
Iceland twenty feet in length, with proper
tionate weight. A single halibut, it Is said,
has fed the entire town of Reikjavik, in Ice
land, for whole week.
The sun fish often attains a weight Of sew.
eral hundred pounds. Its great circular sides
rejecting the sun Of bright day resemble
the dazzling silvery reflector of lighthouse
Hence it's name. BY night, it shines brightly
from its own phosphorescence. The flesh is
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

forget one Of the very latest discoveries, popu-
larry described as a wide-throated pelican
fish.
M. Valiant tells lis in the pages of French
scientific periodical that, in the latest voyage
of the exploring vessel Travailleur, this most
singular creature was, for the first time
on record, revealed by their deep sea dredg-
ing.
The animal, about seventeen and a half
inches long, has snaky body, with double row
of spines on back and belly, and is of dark
color. 1t is to the enormous head, however,
that attention is specially directed, the jaws
Of which are prolonged far back into the
body. The mouth attains prodigious develop
ment compared with the size Of the animal,
the upper jaw being hinged to the side of the
head and upper part of the body by a strong
membrane, capable of great distension, like
the pocket of pelican.
The distended mouth gives to the animal
much the appearance of large funnel, the
body representing a long pipe. In the pouch
like lower jaw the food can be stored and
is, pehaps, partly digested, as in some other
fish.
Its place in natural history can hardly be
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
9,QlNES
W onoerful fish

vegetable growth that is common to boulders
lying beneath the water"
Thus small sponges and other zoophytes
which grow on rocks at the sea bottom are
closely initiated by certain of the anglers APP
pendages
The rod and bait" finds its counterpart in
young sea plants, such as the oar weed while
the eyes are raised on concal elevations, with
uteness the shell Of a rock barnace.
These are only few of the subterfuges by
which this fraud of the ocean conceals his
identity, and thus disguised, often lying half
line to attract attention, his jaws are con-
stantly going snap" and his stomach is al
ways well filled.
The foolish small fry" are not his only vic
tins, for the gray mulet, known as very
hare among swimmers, one of the most agile
and nimble of fish, is often deluded into his
great open trap and securely bagged.
While speaking of gaping jaws, one must not
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

fat and rank, and would not suit refined
palates.
The globe fish or sea hedgehog, which, I'M
like its big brother, is covered with spikes, is
often to be seen in mummy form, hanging
ally, of old-fashoned druggists shops. Some
of these species are poisonous.
Abroad they are often used as weather.
cocks on church steeples or tall trees, and
their inflated skins are utilized by the Chinese
fish have much the ordinary fish form Tin
they initiate themselves. One is SO represented
in our engraving.
Distinctly allied to the above-named fish Arc
the curious pipe fish, occasionally to be found
on our beaches, and the hippocampus, known
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
A H1Oa' Skel ton

In the new red sandstone of the Connecticut
the feet of large birds have been found which
are Of a character to indicate that the moa'
or bird very nearly like it, once existed on
this continent. Here, however, it disappeared
at an early stage
is ten feet high, which, with two smaller speci.
MEMS have been lent by the Canterbury New
Zealand) Museum. Exhibited with the
birds is the only moa's egg in existence.
1t was discovered erred. n the kakQura PENN
eggs.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

said to be at present determinable. It may
be regarded as a new type.
Almost as curious but far better known, is
the great fish, ten or twelve feet in length,
and weighing several hundred pounds, the
cognomen of which accurately describes limb
as the "hammerhead." He is shark of the
most shark-like propensites and his fury when
he gets entangled in a net-as he sometimes
does-is of the most ferocious nature. His
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

generally as the sea horse. This little creature
rarely attains length greater than four
inches, except in larger Australian variety,
which has branches emanating from its body,
making It resemble mass of foliated coral of a
delicate kind.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

Lie Oiu elntlBe HOm buei
winter hiding places in the mud, early in the
spring, and during April their eggs may be
found floating on almost every stagnant pond.
A group of these eggs in their early stages
of development looks like a mass of clear
white jelly, containing numbers of black
specks, each of which is really the germ of the
future tadpole.
In order to watch the development, group
of the eggs should be taken and put in
shallow vessel of water, which, if kept in the
house, should have bell-glass, or some other
covering over tito keep out the dust.
The jelly-like mass which envelopes the flu
ture tadpole is so clear that all its changes
can be easily watched.
First the head appears, then 9. fiat tail. and
in the course of time the nostrils, mouth and
large eyes, till at length the completed tad
pole bursts open its gelatinous covering, and
apparently not in the least embarrassed by
its new surroundings, begins swimming brisk
ly about, looking for something to eat.
The time occupied in Matching varies in
different countries, according to the climate,
from four days to month.
The following stages are even more inter
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

vicious hungry eyes are set in one end of
the hammer"
Another curious fish, a very small Indian
variety, in which the eyes are set in two pro-
jections not unlike opera glasses, has been
described by Doctor Gunther and entitled the
telescope fish" Perhaps the "binocular"
might have been more appropriate
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

held by some that living specimens may still
exist in the interior of New Zealand, though
there is not much ground for hope in this
respect.
1t is supposed by naturalists that the bird
lived largely on the roots of ferns, so numerous
in the islands of Australasia, its legs and ella WIS
being of wonderful strength and specially
adapted for scratching.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
We
Copyright bv james Elverson

Copyright by James Elverson
01LL the works of the great Creator
IA are wonderful, and the term is only
used in the present case to denote
lsaSI and specify those which are espe-
49, caly so, either as regards form,
appendages habits or characteris-
tics. Our ideas of fish are generally of a
pleasant kind, apart from the practical side
OF the question, which regards them merely
as so much food-and very good food, too.
When we see them darting, leaping, diving
and playing in the water, whether in the
cool recesses of some wood-girt pool or in the
clear, green deep sea, their shining silvery
scales, their Gins of various dye" their gay,
bright spots, bands, stains or stripes mark
them as things of beauty" demanding all our
admiration.
Their figure, also, is generally graceful and
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

Copyright by James Everson.
fSY0T is very interesting in the spring to
ltWl watch the gradual development of a
iAk4 frog from the egg, through the tad
yG9MNAl pole stage of its existence, till at
(SaYsEJ last it assumes its final form.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

MONG the New Zealand exhibits at
a London exposition was the skele-
ton of a moa. The moa was bird
much larger than the ostrich, attain
ing a height of fourteen feet, and
but recently extinct Indeed, it is
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-24
Pearl Fishers Are Ru.r

Adrian Cornejo, a prominent usarI
fisher of Lower California, SAYS that the
pearl fishers along all the coast of the
gulf are doing an excellent business
this year. In this part of Mexico there
is more variety in the color of the
pearls than in any other part of
the world, black. gray, red, blush
green and yellowish being found. Mex
lean pearls are fast gaining a good rem
utation in the world markets. In Paris.
which is the center of the pearl trade
there are no pearls more in favor than
those from Mexico.
There is now about as much pros
pecting for pearls in the Gulf of Cal
ifcrnia as there is hunting for mines
throughout the interior of Mexico, and
the entire gulf coast is closely inspect
ed by pearl fishers or prospectors The
best pearls are to be found in the bot
tom of the pearl beds. Therefore, old
beds that were some time ago supposed
to have been worked out have lately
been raked over, sometimes with graf
flying results. One of the finest gray
pearls ever found was encountered
in one of these deserted beds Among
the most valuable pearls to be found in
the Gulf of California are those of a.
reddish color Those are discovered
only occasionally. They have an ex-
quisite luster. and many of them are
large and of the most perfect shape
Exchange
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-24
LEAGUE OF EIGHT
CLUBS PLANNED
BY BERT.
SPECIAL DISPATCH 70 THE CALL.

SEATTLE. Sept 23.-President Bert,
before leaving Seattle Saturday night
for San Francisco. discussed the ques-
tion OF the baseball troubles and the
proposition to expand the Coast League
to eight teams-San Francisco, Oak
land, Los Angeles. Fresno, Portland.
Tacoma. Seattle and Spokane. He said !:
I'VE are considering seriously the
question of enlarging the circuit to
eight clubs. We are not thinking of
grabbing territory. II Tacoma and
Spokane are taken in it will be with
the consent Of the Northwestern
League. The territory can be acquired
by purchase. The California State
League cannot block US from putting a
club In stockton, San Jose or Sacra-
mento for the simple reason that it is
not under organized baseball regula-
tions. | am more than pleased with
the result of my trip to Seattle The
Coast League is getting to be a big
proposition. 1t requires lot of money
to run IT. and the reason we are think
Ing of expanding is that we think ii
Will be money saver in the end
President Bert decided yesterday aft
ernoon to send Umpire Derrick south
to finish the season. The assignments
for next week are as follows: Derrick
Fresno; Perrine, Los Angeles; Mahafrey.
Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-24
SPORTS Cherubs Get the Cipher in to Game With Oaks
FIGHT PROMOTERS
PAY HEAVILY
FOR HALL.

The Coffroth-Britt wing of the fight
trust, while IL is not consulted as to
the details Of the promotion of the
Hanlon -Hyland fight, must share it's
pro rata of the losses if the receipts do
not exceed the expenses. This has been
brought forcibly to the minds of the
promoters when they find that their
partners must pay 10 per cent of the
gross receipts for the use of Dreamland
Pavilion.
There is sliding scale to this price
as It will be increased from day to day
unless lease is signed at once by all
parties at interest for one day in each
OF the remaining months of the year
In the present fight this 10 per cent
is not an exorbitant figure, as the
fighters are to receive but SO per cent
Later on the lighters may demand a
larger share of the receipts, in which
case the rent would eat up any profits
Sam Berger is due tomorrow night
from Chicago. The train on which he
is coming is often late, SO his brother
Nate is preparing to bring him across
the bay in launch. Jack O'Brien will
not be here to take part in the match
making. His present intention is to
stay some time in Los Angeles, so Jack
Cribben will represent him in the di-
plomatic negotiations which will COM
mence upon his arrival.
The lines are sharply drawn in the
bidding, as the rival factions in the
fight trust will be the only contenders.
Eddie Graney will make a tempting
oner, but Manager Cofroth says he
expects to present figures which will
convince the boxers that he can show
them the greatest returns both at the
gate and in the moving pictures.
The training camps of Eddie Hanlop
and Dick Hyland were thronged with
visitors yesterday. Both boxers did q
hard days work, and it would be diff
ficult to choose between them as to
condition. The friends of Hanlon are
particularly pleased with the way he
is rounding Into condition. He has
had long rest and shows it in the
amount of work he can do without
showing fatigue.
Hyland has his followers who are
unable to figure him loser. One we'll
known sporting man has expressed the
intention of wagering $1,000 on him if
Hanlon is installed favorite. Frank
Mcdonald. Hanlon's trainer, wants to
take the bet as soon as the price set
ties after wagering once begins.
Chicago has been awaiting the ar
rival of the Gans-Nelson pictures with
great interest. 1t was supposed Jim
Neil would reach there yesterday with
the first of the films to leave this
city, but he did not put in an appear
ance- Tex Rickard received an ap-
pealing wire from Billy Nolan asking
for line on the man who went
from here with the valuable photo
graphs. The pictures were extensively
advertised and the house was sold
out both matinee and evening.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-24
Lonely Run IS Wade
BY Van H0|trcn.

the game is charged to Gates when the
latter let a liner from Bernard's bat
go through him in the eighth. AS
Burns was already on first by virtue OF
a nice bingle, the situation was tight
one, with good hitters like Randolph
and Cravath to follow, However, Ell
stiffened and forced Randolph TO foul
out to Heitmuller, and all Cravath could
GO was to pop a high fly, which Haley
treated promptly.
The game was a pitchers battle from
start to finish, neither side getting
more than five men to bat in any in
ming until the ninth. In the same in
ming Van Haltren was the first man TO
reach third base and no Angel got
farther than second during the contest.
The San Francisco team has secured
change of venue and it's differences
with Portland will be arbltrated before
the usual jury of fans at the courts at
Idora Park, the first sitting to be held
on Wednesday. The score:
los ANGELES