Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1901 — Ex-President Harrison’s Delicacy. [ARTICLE]

Ex-President Harrison’s Delicacy.

Ex-President Harrison was requested to sign a petition asking congress to appropriate $50,000 for a monument on Tippeoanoo battlefield, the scene of William Henry Harrison’s victory in 1811. Mr. Harrison declined to sign saying that, though he should be pleased at the success of such a movement, ha uniformly declined to sign all titions to congress. In this case besides he felt that it would be Indelicate in him to take such action on account of his ancestor's prominence in the battla

An Odd Fish from Now Zealand. There is a curious fish existing in New Zealand known by the Maoris as the kakawai. It is discovered at a depth of one or two feet under the ground, and is encountered on digging In the soil. It is from two to three inches in length, and is long and slender, silvery and shaded like a minnow, though more tapering. It appears to be dead when dug up, especially in the summer, when it will die at once if placed in water; but if found in May or early June, when the ground is commencing to be thoroughly moist, it will live if put in a vesel of water. Furthermore, it will shed its skin, which then sinks to the bottom of the tank. When the fish is dug up in the summer, a growth of skin or a dry, gummy exudation is found, which seals up the head and gills, and enables it to live through dry weather. In the winter the fish swims and propogateff in marshy pools or damp places. After shedding the skin small red spots appear on the body of the fish, which have suggested a resemblance to a small trout, but the kakawai, according to the natives, existed in New Zealand long before trout were introduced from England.—New York Poet.