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The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12
What They Did win Them.

An American who spends much OF
his time In England tells OF coclney
who went to dealer in dogs and thus
described what he wanted. "Hi wants
kind of dog about so Ugh an so long.
Hits a kind of gr'y'ound. an yet It
ain't gr'y'ound, because 'is tyle is
shorter nor any o. those ere CRY POUNDS.
an Is nose is shorter. an e amt so
slim round the body. But still 'e's
kind o. gr'y'ound. Do you keep such
dogs?" I'VE do not" said the dog
man. I'VE drown EN-"
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12

serpent class although some deserve to be
sidered as giants among ees. If any known fishes
may be suspected of aspiring to be sea-serpents
surely they are the morays, although sea-ser
pent only 80 feet long would hardly satisfy pres
ent-day requirements and morays have yet
been recorded which half long. They
have. however been known to exceed ten feet
in length, and they among the most dreaded
of fishes. having formidable teeth and showing
disposition to attack men.
A fish of such pe3lliar form that the Italians
call 1t mola milestone. and the SpaDiards pez
luna. moon-fsh. is known 10 Americans and Eng
lsh the sun-hsh. for 1t appears at the surface
of the bright days and spends many
hours basking listlessly in the sun sometimes ly
ing fiat with one side just out of the water.
times with the back fin projecting like buoy
above the surface 1t is disk-shaped, its height
nearly equaling It's length. and it has long,
fin on its upper and lower edges posteriory,
and a short broad flap representing the caudai
fin; it's eyes are large and its mouth small, and
taken altogether 1t is one of the most grotesque
of fishes, being apparently all head OF almost
worldwide distribution, its is particularly abun
dant the southeastern coast of the United
States and the California coast. 1t swims but
little being usually content to be drifted along
by the ocean currents The Gulf Stream watts
many sun-fsh northward each summer so that
the species is not rarity off southern New Eng
8 land and / have number of specimens that
had become stranded on the coast of Norway.
The fish is entirely harmless. and Is SO sluggish
sea, that 1t is easily approached and harpooned.
That the sun-ish deserves a place in the list
of giant fishes may be judged from the fact that
examples weighing 200 to 500 pounds are not rare,
and that much larger ones are occasionally met
with The largest known specimen, harpooned In
1898 at Redondo Beach, California, weighed 1900
pounds On such monster. lying en- one side,
there would be room for 80 men to stand The
strong teeth shaped like turtles beak, suggest
that h9rdsheed animals constitute its food. but
as far as known jelly-fish its chief diet. The
extremely tough fbrous skin. several inches
thick, and the general coarseness of structure
seem inconsistent with such delicate food.
The valuable mackere family has one mem
ber which easily ranks first in size among the
bony fishes as distinguished from the sharks
rays, surgeons etc. with gristly skeletons This
is the horse mackere great funny tThunnus
thynnus) whose range encircles the globe and
which is an object of fisheries In many countries
notably southern Europe. Built on the compact
and graceful lines of our common mackerel. Is
the apothesis of speed aertness and yigor among
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12
Why She Brought II Up.

DO you remember" she asked,
that you said once that unless
promised to be yours the sun would
cease to sinner"
Il don't remember 1t now, but |
suppose I may have said something
OF the kind
And have you forgotten that you
assured me that unless I permitted
you to claim me as your own the moon
would fall from her place in the
heavens?"
"Oh, well. what II l did say so?
Why do you want to bring that up
now?"
Il merely wished to assure you that
let her fall"
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fits 1t SO admirably appears to have developed Its
body at the expense of its brain. for is sluggish.
stupid glutton, about six times long an aver
age man. At home in the arctic regions. it some
times makes visits far south as Cape Cod. the
British Isles. and Oregon.
One of the most prodgious and perhaps the
most formidable of sharks is the ''man-eater" (Car-
charodon carcharias). 1t through all tenn
perate and tropical and everywhere is an
object of dread. Its maximum length is 40 feet
and its teeth are inches long. While there are
few authentic instances of sharks attacking human
beings. there have undoubtedly been many cases
where sharks simply swallowed people who had
fallen overheard just they would swallow any
other food How easy 1t would be for maneat-
to devou? person whole may be judged from
the finding OF entire hundredpo sea-on in
the stomach of 30-foot shark the California
coast.
The largest of all fishes. the largest of all cold
blooded animals and the largest of all existing ami
mails, with the exception of few species of whales,
is the whale shark (Ithineodon typicusj. originally
described from Cape of Good Hope. but now known
from India. Japan South America Panama. Cali
fornia and various other places, small specimen
having been obtained the Florida coast few
years ago. This shark has a very broad and OBJ
tuse snout and exceedingly vide mouth armed
with numerous minute teeth the dark-colored body
is marked with many small whitish spots. The see-
cies is stated to attain a length of 10 feet and is
known to exceed so feet. Notwithstanding Its I'm
mense size. however 1t Is harmless to unless
attacked. and feeds the small creatures for
which its teeth adapted. Its huge bulk makes
it dangerous in the same way that whale is dan
gerous.
The ribbonfshes constitute a group chiefly note
worthy for their shape and the circumstances un
der which they have been met WITH although some
of them among the most elongate of fishes
Imagine a creature foot high. three four
inches thick and than 20 feet long, with the
consistency of a wet towel and you will have some
idea of ribbon-fish.
Our knowledge OF these fishes is due ac
tiyity the part of biologists In finding their hab
tat and collecting them therein but to the cir
cumstance that when they die or lose their equi
librium they fall upward and float the surface
whence they are picked up or drift ashore. Nearly
all the specimens known have been found dead
dying. and few If any, have been secured In deep
sea collecting apparatus. This suggests how frag
mentary must be our knowledge OF the larger ami
mels Of the oceanic abyss how possible 1t might
be for unknown monsters to exist there in abun.
dance,
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His soft Answer.

And this is the sort of excuse you
put up for coming home two hours
late for dinner and in such condi-
tion-that you and that disreputable
Augustus Jones were out hunting
mushrooms, you wretch? And where.
pray. are the mushrooms?''
"Eere zay are. m dear, In m ves'
pocket; and vile zay ain SO many OF
'em. m dear, we had lots of fun
Gus an I--huntin' EN-
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Am Unneeessary system.

You ought to have burglar alarm
system in your house." said the cleo
trical supply agent. so that you will
be awakened II burglar raises one
Of the windows or opens door at
night"
mo burglar can get in here while
we are peacefully sleeping" replied
Mr.. Newpop. I'VE are weaving our
baby
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12

sett of which George Dewey was cap
tain. was IT feet wide and weighed
nearly two tons. A fish of the larg-
est size mentioned would weigh not
less than six tons.
In the lagoons sounds, and bayous
of the West Indies and our southern
coast there exists an abundant fish
of great length. intermediate in struc-
ture between the sharks and the rays.
and at once recognizable by the elon-
cation of the snout into a wide, fat
blade in the edges of which are large,
sharp teeth fitting in sockets and di-
rected horizontally. The teeth are in
rs to 80 pairs. separated by wide In
tervals, and give to the saw-fish Its
name. The species is well-known to
those who reside in or visit the South
Atlantic or Gulf seaboards, and the
saws" are familiar objects in curio
stores all over the country.
When giant fishes are mentioned
most people will at once think of the
sharks, among which, indeed. are
found the largest fishes now existing.
OF the many species of sharks note
worthy on account of their size. there
are about half dozen which are pre-
disposition. some being harmless as
doves and others the incarnation of
ferocity.
The sleeper shark (Somniosus mi
crocppha1uel whoae acientific mama
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12

ing inherently improbable in its being giant
fish
Who knows that primitive man may not have
been coeval with some formidable marine crea
lures now extinct the tradition of which has
come down through the ages and lett its iupress
on the mind of the present generation? The avid
ity and creduty with which the general public
year after year receives newspaper accounts
which are purely fictitious hang on slender
threads of fact, portraying the capture or sight
ing OF creatures of impossible form show how
firmly established and deep-seated is the copvio-
ton that the sea contains leviathans not vet
known to science Every season yields fresh
crop of sea-serpent stories and new series of
grotesque pictures of creatures which If thew real
Iy existed would revolutionize our ideas of tho
animal kingdom The writer has personally fol,
lowed to their lairs two three of the most hor-
rible monsters conceived by the vivid inapina
ton of the newspaper man, and found them to he
well-known animals with little to suggest the sea-
serpent.
AS to whether there really exists in the sea
today strange monsters. scientists are not wholly
In accord, although negative view is held bv
most of them. The very circumstantiaI account of
the sighting of a "sea-serpent' on the Asiatic
coast by the French gunboat Decidee few years
ago. published in the journals at the time will
perhaps weaken the belief of some intelligent
persons who have heretofore denied the possibiI.
ity of the existence at this day of ma
rine monsters comparable to those of
geological times Il
Whatever may be the truth as to M
the existence of such creatures there M%TE
are well-known members of the fish MN#a
class which large that they de UN2Ss1Mx
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12

Mrs Winslow's Soothing syrup.
For children teething softcns tho gums. reducenn-
nAmmation. palm. cures wind collie sc bottle
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12

For Red, Itohing Eyelids. Cysts, styes
a,ne Eeea ysashss ry Murns ana Exs x SAVE AYES sn
tic Tubes-Trial Size-25c. Ask Your Drug
gist or Write Murine Eye Remedy Co.,
Chicago.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12

It's the experience of every man
that he wants lot he doesn't get and
gets a lot he doesn't want
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12
Uncouth.

Hes SO uncouth."
whats the matter?"
HE actually eats the lettuce leaf
the salad rests on"
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12

II fireman antagonizes you, tell
him to go to blazes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12

A mans argument is nearly always
self-convincing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12

Constipation causes ana aegrnvates many serious
Diseases H. IL Thoroughly cured by Dr. Pierce 8
Pleasant Pellets. The favdrts family iaxativs
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12

ELIEF in the existence of sea-
serpents and other marine mon.
sters goes back to a very remote
antiquity and may be as old
as man himself. That great He
brew poem which we call the
Book of Job has much to say
about the 'leviathan." This
creature has been the subject of
much speculation and may have
baap q rovth ,.,,@ -
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serve to be regarded as monsterS
and may be the basis of some of thu
sea-serpent yarns with which the
world has been regaled for centuries.
Among the serpentiform fishes there
is none of such exceptionally large
size as prODerly to belong in the sea
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28
SLEU7H FAILS TO KEEP
TAB ON SONS WOO|NG
Detective Browne, Though He Is
Amazed at 'BiIIy's' Mar
riage, Does Right Thing

Chief of County Detectives Browne
is wondering just now what it takes to
make detectives real detective
and he admitted yesterday that there
is question in his mind whether he
has the qualifications. This time it
was member of Brownies own family.
William H. Browne, better known as
Billy" slipped one over on his old
sleuth dad this week by getting mar
ried on Sunday and staying married
until Monday without his father
knowing a thing about it.
Browne, Junior, was married to Miss
Pearl kits, a young woman of
prominent family of Hemet, where
Brown, who is an expert automobile
engineer, has been employed for five
or six months The Rev. Charles Vail
of the Hemet Christian church Off
ciated.
Yesterday afternoon young Browne
appeared at the home of his father
with his bride and told his mother
about it. Mrs. Browne Immediately
telephoned her husband.
Father Browne did not know what to
do when he received the news. He
thought of running out to his residence
and giving the young man scientific
walloping. He had a second notion to
make the young couple present of a
two weeks outing at the beaches.
Gravely he asked counsel of Judge
Davis. The judge advised him to
make it three weeks instead of two.
Browne hurried over to his bank and
made the preliminary arrangements.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS
ARE GRANTED PATENTS

The Pioneer Patent agency reports
the following list of patents granted to
inventors of Southern California for
the week ended June 21
John G. Burgess, San Diego, vege-
table hair tonic; Sanders Craig San
Diego, fifth wheel; Samuel S. Frampton
and L. j. Bailey, Whittier, drive spear;
Robert Franken, Los Angeles, assigned
to G. e. Anderson, Delano, can opener
Tamaki Fujita, Los Angeles, universal
photometer; William B. Mcpherson,
Los Angeles, assigned one-half TO G..
Borden, apparatus for electrical treat
ment of ores; Agostine ]. Orelli Long
Beach, rechargable electric fuse Frank
c. Priestley and ]. M. Aubery, Los
Angeles, differential axle DEVICE James
E. Seeley, assigned to High Frequency
Ignition Coil company, Los Angeles,
circuit interrupter for electric sparkling
devices; James M. Walters Los An
geles, display stand; Warren e. Wal
ters and H. S. F1tzgerrell, Los Angeles.
advertising device.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28
SALVATION ARMY RENTS
BEACH HOUSES FOR POOR
Increased Contributions Follow
Hearty Approval of Plan

Major Alfred Harris Of the Salvation
Army with his aids have entered into
a new project for caring for the needs
of the poor. They have already rented
ten cottages on the beach at Santa
Monica and are now getting them in
shape, where the army proposes to
take fifty of the very poor and where
all their needs will be supplied. The
sick will receive medical attention and
all will be cared for in the way of
food, etc. The plan is to take about
fifty of these people to the beach for
one week and then bring them back
and take fifty more for another week,
and this will be repeated all during
the summer or as long as the need is
required and the funds are forthcom-
ing to keep this fresh air camp going.
This plan, 1t is said, has received
the hearty approval of the city au-
thorities and several have helped with
contributions, but Major Harris says
the demand is great and he will ap-
preciate any contributions that may
be made toward this camp. Every
thing will be in readiness and the first
party taken down early in July.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28

envelopes will pass is to be left open.
The box will be kept in a convenient
place in The Herald's business offices
all day Thursday.
Candidates will put votes and
amounts in sealed envelopes and drop
them into the ballot box themselves.
This arrangement will make it abso-
lutely impossible for any one other
than the candidate himself knowing
what total he is casting the last day.
The significance of this needs no en-
upon what is done Thursday, and no
candidate will have any reason for re-
grets if he does his very best.
Nobody will be able to tell the can
didate what he should do Thursday.
All participants are keeping their
strength a secret. 1t is going to be a
fight in the dark. All candidates will
things requiring "gameness" the best
man will win" In this case there will
be a dozen big winners, and the vic
tories will be scored easily. This is
made certain by the inactivity of can
didates who have been holding leads.
As an illustration, six Of the eight
grand prize leads have not shown the
advance of one vote for month or
more, and inasmuch as each and every
prize is too valuable to go for anything
but a good high total developments
are as sure to come Thursday as the
coming Of the day itself.
If you have delayed or hesitated, but
still propose to win a high prize and
show thousands of people that you can
do things, you will have to use the
few remaining hours to their best ad-
vantage. 1t Is not probable that you
can see all the friends who would
gladly vote for you, but this is no rea-
son for your not getting the votes
which their support offers you. Sub
scription and classified advertising
order blanks will be furnished all can
didates upon application.
Remember, whatever is done must be
done before p. m. Thursday.
So it is up to you to get the votes
now, and If you get them your name
will be among the twelve who appear
in Friday mornings paper.
Even If you have not been prominent
ly identified with this contest you can
secure a prize If you are determined.
All candidates must remember that
votes cast Thursday will go directly
envelopes or send them in by any one.
Bring them in yourself and see that
thew are cast, because once the ballot
bix is closed and turned over to the
Judges 1t will be too late to rectify mis-
takes. Nothing except the contents of
the box will count. The judges will re-
fuse absolutely to recognize anything
other than what is in the box, and now,
for the last time, 1t is up to you to
make that something high enough
and large enough to insure success.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28
CALLS ARRESTING OFFICER
AS DEFENSE WITNESS

A novel procedure was introduced in
police court yesterday when F. Flan-
nagan, on trial for disturbing the
peace, called the arresting officer as a
witness for the defense.
Flanagan, together with Spanish"
Jack and William Mathews, were ar
rested Sunday night by Patrolman
Plummer at Fifth and San Julian
streets as they were fighting.
Before Police Judge Frederickson
yesterday Mathews and Spanish"
Jack admitted their guilt and paid
fines of $40 each. Flanagan pleaded
not guilty and when asked by the
court for his witnesses asked if he
might call the arresting officer.
Plummer was called to testify in
Flannagan's defense, but after he had
testified Judge Frederickson imposed
a fine of SO on the disturber. He paid
the fine.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28
sS25,000 IN INTEREST
FOR BANK DEP0S|T0Rs
Savings Concerns Ready to Make
Payments Amounting to
Almost a Million

Los Angeles savings banks have COM
menced to pay interest to depositors to
the amount of about $925,OOO, the largest
sum ever paid in a six months period.
The Security will pay about $4OS,OOO,
the German American $195,0O0. These
two banks began paying interest Mon
day. The increase is $4,000 for the
German American and 100000 for the
Security, as compared with the first six
months of 1909.
Interest payments by other banks to
depositors will be as follows:
Los Angeles Trust and Savings, $685.
600; Southern Trust, $65, 900; Equitable,
$3S, ,752; American Savings, $4,000; Saw
ings Bank of California, $4,000; City
and County, $4,000; Bank of Southern
California, $25O0; International Saw
ings and Exchange, 200; Federal,
$685.; Traders, $4,000.
Quarterly dividends to stockholders
of commercial banks in the sum of
$275, 900 will also be paid at the end of
the month. The annual dividend rate,
with the amount to be paid, is stated:
Central National, $4,000, IL per cent.
an increase Of 50 per cent over the old
rate of per cent
First National, SIS, 900, "a; Merchants
National, $4,000, "a; citizens Nation
al. 100000, 12; National Bank of Cali
fornia, $4,000, 2; Broadway Bank and
Trust company, $4,000, g.; German Amer
lean, $4,000, 20.
mi-annual-National Bank of Com
merce, $60OO 6; Commercial National,
$4,000, g. United States National, $4,000,
g.; Southern Trust, $50, 900, 6; Globe
Savings, $4,000, Sc; International Saw
ings, $4,000, 6; Merchants Trust, $500,
6; American Savings, $4,000, at the
rate of per cent semi-annually;
Equitable, 81, ,250, 9.
The stockholders of the Farmers and
Merchants National will fix the divi-
dend rate of that institution at meet
ing this afternoon.
The Security's dividend to stockhold-
ers will be paid June 30.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28
PROMINENT MEN
To ACT As JUDGES
Ralph Van CleaVe, H. E. Rice and
Robert G. Hill Are
Selected
CONTEST CLOSES THURSDAY
Ballot Box viii Be Sealed by Can
didateS Wednesday
Evening
PROMINENT BANKERS
TO ACT AS JUDGES

The three representatives Of local
banking institutions who will act as
Judges and as such oficiate at the close
Of The HeraId's $4,000 Voting Contest
are Ralph Van Cleave Of the Globe
Savings bank, II. e. Rice of the Cen
trail National and Robert G. Hill of the
Hibernian bank.
These three men need no introduce
tion to the public, and the institutions
which they represent are among the
best known in banking circles Of South
ern California.
The judges will take charge of the
ballot box at o'clock Thursday even
ing, and begin counting the final bal
lots Immediately. Their being experts
with figures will accelerate the count
ana make the winners known sOme-
time Thursday evening. The complete
announcement will be made in Friday
mornings Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28
ENGAGES IN CONTROVERSY;
WAKES UP IN A HOSPITAL

Henry c. Patterson, a switchman in
the employ of the Southern Pacific,
appeared at the receiving hospital with
a black eye and several contusions
about the head.
Patterson and Andy Randalls, a
switchman in the employ of the Salt
Lake railway, got into an argument
over the respective merits of their re-
spective employers. Words became too
mild after a time, and Randalls is
alleged to have taken the liberty of
swatting Patterson over the head with
bottle
When Patterson woke up he was in
the receiving hospital being attended
by police surgeons. He stated that he
would have Randalls arrested on a
charge of battery.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28
JUSTICE FINES TRANSFERS
FOR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

G. Inonye and Charles Green, team
sters, charged with cruelty to animals,
were fined 500 each in Justice Pierce's
court yesterday. 1t was the second
time that Inonye had been arraigned
on the same charge.
w. ]. McDade of Elcott station,
proprietor of a lunch wagon, was be-
fore Justice Pierce yesterday on the
charge of abandoning sick horse Fol-
lowing hearing his case was dis
missed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28
CHARGED WITH BRINGING
IN IMMORAL ALIENS

Charged with bringing immoral aliens
across the Mexican line into this coun-
try, Charles Orcutt, alias Bill Squires,
alias ]. Gilmer, and Miguel Marcos of
San Diego pleaded not guilty in the
United States district court yesterday.
Their trials were continued for the
term. Orcutt is in the county Jail and
Marcos Is out under $1,000 bail.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28

All eyes are watching the clock now
instead of the calendar, for the end of
The Heralds voting contest is now a
matter Of hours, not days.
When the Western Union Telegraph
office flashes in the arrival of 5 o'clock
balloting Will cease and the ballot box
will be turned over to a committee of
judges, comprising three prominent
bank attaches whose names are given
above.
The ballot box will be sealed and
taped by candidates themselves on
Wednesday evening. All candidates
and their friends are invited to be in
the contest department at o'clock
Wednesday evening to participate in
the preparation Of the ballot box.
Candidates are invited to bring
chains, ropes, tape or any other ma
terials for fastening they may select.
Nothing but the slot through which