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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
QUEER MARINE CREATURES.
Caught Of Galveston; Smithsonian
Institution Asked to Classify 1t.

There Is on exhibition in Galveston
one of the queerest fish known to stu.
dents of that form of life. 1t was
caught by sailor on one of the Gulf
fisheries schooners off the banks of
Campeachy and brought to Galveston.
The fish is about three feet long,
foot wide, and weighs twenty-three
pounds. 1t Is the first of its kind ever
seen in that section, and mariners who
have travelled and fished all over the
South Gulf of Mexico never saw any
thing like it. The description Of it
seems to include that of at least four
other species of sea inhabitants.
The tail is very much like that Of
Jack fish, while the fins on the back
are very similar to those of tarpon.
The first three bones of the back fin
extend a great distance, and finally
grow smaller into mere hairs. The
scales are of the exact representation
of those of the red snapper abounding
in the waters near Galveston. The in
side of the mouth has much of the for
nation of the mouth of drum fish,
but the exterioT works on the plan OF
telescope. and looks exactly like the
snout of pig. The mouth contains
a large fleshy tongue. for all the world
like the tongue of a human being.
The fish has two separate rows Of
teeth. approximately fifty in each Of
the jaws From the upper jaw there
extend downward three tusks on the
order of a boar in miniature, while
from the lower jaw two or more of the
teeth dovetail into the openings left
between those in the upper jaw.
The tu3ks are one inch in length.
Over the gills bony formation grows
which very much resembles the forma-
tion of part Of the tail.
Strangest perhaps of all is the col
or of the fish. The tail and back fins
are black and white streaked, while
the greatest part of the body is of the
peculiar color of the red snapper. Just
in front of the gills is spot of yellow.
A number of authorities on fish have
examined the strange creature which
some of them declare is not fish but
a strange marine creature. The speci-
men is being preserved and a full de-
scription and picture of the fish have
been forwarded to the Smithsonian
Institution. Whether it is freak of
nature or specimen of a new and
unheard of fish none CT the local au-
thorities IL willing to decide. but the
majority is inclined to accept as new
specimen because it is perfectly form
ed and because other fish resembling
the one captured were seen in the
neighborhood where this one was
brought in, in very deep water.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
An Unique Ten Dollar Bill.

Though it might not have been gen.
orally known, revelation shows that
for the past twenty-three years the
honors of being the emblem of the
United States have been divided be-
tween an eagle and donkey.
A ten dollar bill, circulating in this
city and bearing an engraving Of a
huge American eagle. and another
bird commonly known as a mule,
proves that an undignified practical
joke has been PLAYED in the engrav-
ing department at Washington.
The bill was issued in the year 1880,
during which time an Englishman was
in charge of the engraving depart.
ment All of the engraving that left
the department while this gentleman
was in charge bore the vnpatriotic
picture. The currency had been In
circulation about year when the OBJ
jectionable donkey vas noticed by the
department and called back.
Within a year after the currency
was called in every bill was accounted
for with the exception of one. Bill
No A3537976G could not be accounted
for until last week. when 1t came into
the possession of A. o. Craig, a resi-
dent of this city.
Mr.. Craig noticed that the bill was
unlike the money now in circulation,
and upon examination of the eagle
that is engraved upon the back found
a large mule with white nose and
Tapping ears.-Los Angeles Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
TWICE PROVEN

If you suffer bachache. sleepless
nights. tired. dull days and distressing g
urinary disorders, don't experiment.
Read this twice-told testimony. Its
convincing evidence-doubly proven.
Mrs. j. Provonsha. Main ST., Oak
Harbor. Ohio, says: kidney COM
plain bothered me for years. l suf-
fered almost constantly from a dull.
heavy ache in my back. The kid
ney secretions We're unnatural and
showed my kidneys were at fault.
Doan's Kidney Pills rid me of the
backache and other kidney trouble.
statement given March 26. 1909).
OVER FOUR YEARS LATER. Mrs.
Provonsha said: Il take pleasure in
again recommending Doan's Kidney
Pills and confirming my former state
ment."
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for "a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Provonsha has twice publicly
recommended. Foster Milburn Co..
Props. Buffalo. \. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
WANTED

Good girl for general housework
No washing. Good wages. VIM
Broer 413 Summit st or 1855 Park
wood Ave.. Toledo. Ohio.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
Preparing Incense for Trade.

A missionary travelling down the
Lau River in Mongolia says he
passed thirty-one rapids in one day
At most of them were water mills
for the grinding of aromatic trees
into powder to make incense. The
trees are chopped into small pieces
and thrown into hole in a heavy
millstone, which revolves on a
larger stone as the water rushes
through below. In the rainy season,
when the river flows full and fast q
pair of mills can grind 200 catties
(266 pounds) of incense day. 1t
is made up into bundles of this
weight and sold on the spot for fifty
strings of cash (about So.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
WANTED

Middle-aged woman for housekeep
er-Inquire, J. Gallaher. $50 Superior
St., Toledo, Ohio.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
GIRAFFEs HARD TO HANDLE.
Several Reasons Why Few of Them
Are Ever on Exhibition.

There Is one order that never like
to fill." said the animal collector.
THAT order Is one for live giraffe.
Lions and gorillas and tigers and
pythons are easy to catch as compared
with giraffe. The long-legged. long
necked beast can see. smell and hear
hunter miles away. And when a
herd smells danger, off it will dash.
you can't catch giraffe in pit
fall. 1t would be certain to break its
legs or neck il it tumbled into pit.
There is not trap that would do. A trap
powerful enough to hold the strong
beast would crush it's delicate legs like
pipe stems.
$50 there is only one way to catch
giraffes alive, and mighty hard way
it is.
"They must be surrounded by driv.
ers and chased until they bring up,
weary and helpless. in an enclosure
made of netting and bamboo. That
means drive of many miles. lasting
many days; for 1t would never do to
drive them into the enclosure in the
first rush Of their terror. They would
dash headlong into it and kill them
selves.
This hunting is terrible piece Of
business in itself. But after the gir-
affes are safely penned in the hardest
work has only begun. That is to trans
port the beasts through 500 or more
nearest seaport.
Men have tried all kinds Of ways
to Go this. even to driving the great
brutes. But that doesn't pay. The
risk of accident is too great.
81 prefer the old-fashioned plan. to
pen the animals in bamboo cage
open at the top so that their shoulders
is lashed to great bamboo poles, from
twenty to thirty feet long. AS many
natives as possible lift the four ends
to their shoulders and off goes Mr..
Giraffe on free ride to the ocean.
The giraffe's legs break very easily.
This is the ever present danger all
the way to the coast. But when port
Is reached, it becomes still more
grave, for it Is in bringing the animal
aboard a ship and during the storms
of a voyage that the collector may eX-
pect every moment that his precious
property will slip.
And if it slips and goes down in its
narrow quarters, it's good-by giraffe,
for its legs haven't room enough in an
ordinary stall on a ship and are almost
sure to double under it if it falls.
bringing the animal aboard is an
undertaking in itself. When the steam
winch begins to hoist the deep pen
with the brute's helpless neck sticking
out like a mast, the collectors heart
is in his mouth, for the giraffe's head
may get tangled among the tackle OF
the ship or strike spar, mast or
shroud. and then there will be wild
times.
And it isn't only broken limbs and
similar accidents that bother the gir-
aFe collector during the voyage. A
giraffe i one of the animals which
will break their hearts in captivity.
The poor brute will actually cry with
homesickness-at least. have always
figured that it's homesickness.
$50 catching giraffes isn't busi-
ness that a man really bankers for.
The reward Is great. however. If you
can succeed in carrying one home
alive. for the giraffe is to-day the most
costly animal, and a collector can get
almost any price within reason for a
good specimen"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
A Fortunate Young Woman.

A western railroad assigned to
Miss A. +. McCrae. of Chicago. the
general supervision of the landscape
gardening and architectural remod-
cling necessary to beautify the pas
senger stations on all of its main and
branch lines This is big under
taking, and Miss McCrae is to be al
lowed to carry on the work entirely
In accordance with her own ideas
and her own judgment. A special
private car Is to be assigned to her
use and she will travel extensively
over nine different States.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
GREAT PARADE FOR
PREPAREDNESS

New York had wonderful pa
rade for preparedness" last Satur-
day, the greatest ever seen in city
famous for great professions.
About $4,000 men, women and
children marched while more than a
million looked on and cheered. The
procession was 20 miles long. 1t
started at 9:30 a. M, and required
until about $3.50 p. m. to pass given
point.
From the great numbers and en-
thusiasm it seems clear were New
York stands on the question of pre-
paredness.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
OUR RAILROADS THE SAFEST

American railroads have often
been accused of the reckless sacri-
flee of human life. Last year at
least they made a fine record for
safety. No less than 325 American
railways report to the Bureau of Sta
tistics that they went through the
year without a single fatal acciden
to a passenger. Not all the railroads
made so good a record, hut the total
numbe of passengers lives lost was
only 1876. European railroads, with
much less mileage, showed over roc
passengers killed in the same time
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
AN ARMY OF 2O6,O0O

The Army Reorganization bill is ex-
pected to be passed by both Houses
of Congress, and perhaps signed by
the President, this week. As the de
tails have been agreed upon, no more
changes are expected.
The bill as agred upon fixes the
peace strength of the regular army
at 100000 men. The Senate wanted
250,000 but the House thought that
too much, and wished to put the. linn
it 125,000 or 100000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
startlna an EndIsss Chain.

Both father and mother struggled
valiantly to teach Efiie to repeat the
letter "a" The child emphatically
refused to pronounce the first letter OF
the alphabet. and after many vain Of.
forts the father retired from the fight
discouraged. The mother took the
little girl on her lap and pleaded with
her affectionately.
'Dearie. why don't you learn to say
AT she asked.
Because. mamma" explained M.
No. "des as soon as say "A you an
papa will want me to say 'B.'s
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
TROUBLE ABOUT
NIAGARA POWER

The United States and Canada are
having little trouble about Niagara
Falls. The U. S. protested against
the taking of a large amount of water
from the river above the Falls, to
make electric power on the Canadian
side. Now the Canadian Attorney
General says that if the United
States continues to protest Canada
will refuse to sell the electric power
on the American side, thus tying up
hundreds of industries in New York
State.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
Young Nobility in England.

The titles of nobility won by Eng
lishmen on battlefelds and by coun-
Gil table are Haunted to-day in dis
quleting large number of cases by
rallid weaklings. skirt-dancing men
and poor slaves of slIirt-dancing wo-
men. The fortunes wrested from the
seas by sturdy old pirates or won
nv manufacturing enterprise are be-
ing dissipated in hundreds of cases
by futile fellows without wit enough
10 justify their weaning.-Sydney
Bulletin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01

Nowhere is irrigation practiced 30
extensively as in India, where about
25,000.000 acres are irrigated.
Egypt Is next. The Assouan dam In
the Nile is considered one OF the
greatest engineering feats In the
history of the human race. Irriga-
tion Is new in Australia, but is
spreading rapidly there. and the
same is more or less true of South
Africa. The practice OF Irrigation
has declined or entirely disappeared
in many regions where It prevailed
In remote antiquity.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-01
HORSE AUCTION JUNE, 3

WILL SELL SATURDAY-two car
loads fresh country horses, few
matched teams, farm chunks, also
general purpose horses. l have on
have taken in trade right out of work
in city; also wagons, harness, ETC., lat
VIM. Broadway, the reliable horse
dealer, Z So. Superior street Toledo, O,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02

The Threatened Strike.-Reports
from Washington as interpreted here
are that President Wilson, having
himself failed to settle the railway
controversy, will get from Congress
some measure OF sufficient scope to
avert the strike. There is much OPP
pocltlon to Mr.. Wilson's recommends
tons. and part of them will doubtless
be rejected. Many members of Con-
gress take the view that the presl-
dents recommendation regarding the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
an increase Of freight rates is tanta-
mount to asking Congress to instruct
a judicial body as to how 1t shall rem
der Its decision. New York believes
the commission is practically certain
to allow an increase of rates com
mensurate with the increase of wag-
es.
However, with the election at hand
and with the prospect that general
strike would prove disastrous politi-
cally to the party controlling both
House and Senate, 1t is thought there
is little likelihood that the majorities
will stand so long on the equities
of the case as to permit of general
strike The situation is difficult
one from political standpoint, from
whatever angle 1t is viewed, as a
general increase Of freight rates is
not likely to prove popular with the
great mass OF farmers and shippers
throughout the country.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02

er they are solely the result If Dem
ocratic extravaganza, or whether tho.
are caused by the preparedness pro
gram, have reached your correspon-
dent. The simple. Fundamental fact
Is as stated. While Democratic exz
travagance has doubtless PLAYED mn
important part, and while the prepar-
edness program may be held to ac-
count for part of the need, the tar
III statistics issued by the treasury
department really tell the story
Contrary to popular impression. the
European war has not decreased i'm
ports. On the contrary. AS compared
with the fiscal year ending June az
1872 when the Payne tariff bill was
In ehec) the imports for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1916, show an
increase OF $544,62O,O0O: but the
tariff revenue collected thereon
shows a decrease, as compared with
that collected In 1912. OF S99,391.-
900. Obviously, with a tariff bill
which falls SO far short OF even the
Democratic ideal, "a tariff for reye-
nue. only" the most rigid economy
should have marked the appropria-
tons; but II the Payne duties were
still in force. with an increase of
over five hundred millions in imports
the entire preparedness program
could have been cared for without
the imposition of penny Of special
taxes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02

and here are facts and figures. When
the European war broke out ffty-hve
per cent OF the plant Of the Carnegie
Steel Company was idle, and there
was much distress among its EN-
ployes. Recently 100 per cent OF its
plant was running full time and It's
employees are prosperous. But-and
It is big but-ffty-Aye per cent OF
its recent output consists OF ammuni-
ton, or some form Of steel designed
for use in making ammunition. The
instant the war stops, that fifty-hve
per cent of the plant will again be
idle, and so will the employees who are
operating 1t.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02
The National View

Why Special Taxes are Necessary.
An Increase of five hundred mil
lions of imports and decrease of
one hundred millions of customs rev.
enue is the reason why this admins
tration is compelled to impose num-
erous special taxes designed to raise
$2O5,O00,0O0. besides selling bonds
FOR Sl3O,O0O,OOO and mourning in
debtedness which undoubtedly will
necessltate far greater bond sales. In
word, the Underwood tarif bill Is
complete failure as a revenue pro-
Queer. Many inquiries as to the ne
cessity for these special taxes, wheth-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02
A GOOD BUY

Five room cottage, covered with slate finished In
oak bath front and back porches lot lot 40x110 n
alley on aide and In rear Price $4,000 $1,000 cash,
house today for less than $4,000 We have this special
low price for few days only Of the owner
leaving town. ~
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02
500 Reward. 500

Z. The readers OF this paper will be pleaseH .
4shrn that there Is at least Que dreaded disea -
that science has been able 10 cure In ali .ta
stages. and that Is catarrh. Halls CRtarrh Cure
i the only positive cure now known to the med.
icnl fraternity. CntHrrh being a constitutional
disense requires constitutional treatment
llnll'a Catarrh Cure Ia taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system, thereby destroying tho foundation
q the disease. and giving tina patient strength
hy building up tho constitution and assisting ma.
tnrr in doing Its work The proprletorH havo
60 much faith in Its curative powers that they
oTer One Hundred Dollars for any case that 4
falls TO euro. Send for list OF testimonials.
Address +. ]. CHENEY It CO., Toledo, q.
Sold by all Druggists. 76c.
: H'ks Halls FsRIly Pills for constlpatIuc. =
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02
A FARM

We have $50 acres of farm land leased for oil a nd
gas lease goes with the sale OF the property for
or will trade for Clarksburg property 'O'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02

After the War.-There has been a
great deal Of talk about conditions
after the war. The Republicans be-
lieve there will come an era of the
tercest industrial competition and
that unless the tariff law is amended
the industries of the United States
Will suffer disaster. The Democrats.
however. profess to believe that an
era of prosperity will follow the end
of the war and they actually insist
that the present prosperity is perma-
nent. Facts and figures. however.
speak louder than academic argument
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02

The Federal Reserve Act-It is
generally remarked that all the cred
1t which this administration might
have derived from the enactment of
the federal reserve act has been de-
stroyed by the appointment of John
Shelton Williams, who has made the
most thoroughly unfit comptroller of
the currency in the history of the
national bank act. A striking COM
mentary on Williams is found In a
letter addressed to him by ]. ]. Ear
ley, president of the Bank of Valley
City, n. ID. Mr.. Farley says, in part:
"The bank of which / am president
is one of the few state banks in North
Dakota with sufficient capital to be
eligible under the law for admission
into the federal reserve system. In
banking capital, less investment In
real estate, it is in third place among
the more than $50 banks now operat-
ing under our sttae law. The officers
and directors of the federal reserve
bank of the Ninth district have re-
peatedly invited and urged US to join
and have frequently asked our objec-
ton to joining. We are fully con-
scious of the great benefits to trade.
industry and investment, as well as
the business of banking specifically,
that are possible as a result of the
federal reserve system, If admins
tered wisely and kept free of personal
and political influences, and we would
gladly pay our pro rata share OF the
expense of maintaining the system.
which is now being borne by the ma
tional banks exclusively. We are con-
scious, too, as all must be, including
yourself, that the reserve bank sys-
TEN will not reach Its full measure OF
usefulness while more than three
fourths the country banks remain
outside, and we look with misgivings,
as you must, on the numerous con-
versions Of national banks into state
banks now taking place throughout
the country, which must result In
further weakening of the federal re-
serve system. There must be good
and sufficient reasons for these num-
erous conventions that are taking
place, and there must also be reasons
why eligible state banks, except IN a
few isolated cases, are not joining.
The writer OF this letter Is Demo-
crat, his predecessor in the office OF
president was Democrat, and four
OF our nine directors are Democrats,
which is a larger proportion than is
usual in this -whelmingly Re-
publican state. We give full credit
to the present Democratic administra-
ton for placing the federal reserve
law on the statute books, and for the
honest and patriotic intention OF
President Wilson to make the sys-
ter success. But we have no pres
ent intention of joining the federal
reserve system. nor of converting in
to national bank. and our principal
reason for deciding to remain outside
and Of continuing to operate as
state bank Is John Shelton Williams,
the present comptroller OF the cur
rency, from whose authority we are
now happily and wholly free-and
we intend to remain so"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02

Wilson Weak.-The friends Of
Governor Oakley c. Curtis, Democrat
ic candidate for reelection in Maine,
are authorized for the statement that
Governor Curtis is SO much stronger
than President Wilson in that state
that it has been a sacrifice Of the
governors interests to introduce ma
tional issues into the Maine campaign
and to permit members of Mr.. Will
sons cabinet to address the voters.
The Democratic state committee Is
contemplating an eleventh hour shift
the ignoring from now on OF national
issues and straight fight for the re-
election of Mr.. Curtis on his record us
governor.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02
THIS WORLD Is BIG ENOUGH THAT
EVERYONE SHOULD OWN A PIECE
OF GROUND ARE YOU GETTING
rs. YOUR SHARE?
YOUR SHARE?
A FINE BUNGALOW

one Of tho incest bungalows in this part q,
Town is to be sold within tho weeks: there ia M
better finish In home in this Addition is new and We
70 say to you that homes of this description ia sel
under the market and especially the price we are
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02
A NICE COTTAGE

Five room frame, slate roof cottage. bath front and
BACK porches and pantry lot 40x120 feet faces on two
good streets Price $27O0 One-hlrd down balance one
and two years ~
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02
"a GOOD HOMIE

new room dwelling with bath, cellar large front
porch finished In oak and Is nice little home pr;n
$4,000 onehaf cash and the balance one and two