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The September number of the maga- 

 zine will be mailed to subscribers dur- 

 ing the latter part of August. Announce- 

 ments intended for that issue should 

 reach the editor not later than Aug. 5th. 



The Auburndale Goldfish Company 

 has removed from 920 West Randolph 

 Street to more commodious quarters at 

 1449 West Madison Street, Chicago, 

 where they will be glad to greet their 

 customers, old and new. 



It will be observed from the advertise- 

 ment of Franklin Barrett that he is the 

 fortunate Philadelphian to breed the 

 mysterious celestial telescope goldfish, 

 about which Mr. Innes wrote in the 

 May issue. Our congratulations to Mr. 

 Barrett. 



Concerning the effect of tobacco 

 smoke on the aquarium a correspond- 

 ent of the IFochenschrift writes of his 

 investigations. It appears that the tank 

 was maintained in a tavern and required 

 frequent changes of water due to its 

 tendency to become turbid. Finally it 

 occured to the writer that for aeration 

 he was using the smoke-laden air of the 

 tavern. He then took the air from the 

 outside and the turbity disappeared, but 

 when the tavern air was again used, the 

 water again became turbid, thus proving 

 that the smoke-laden air caused the 

 trouble. He adds that his fish, veiltails, 

 were more lively after the change, but 

 that otherwise he noticed no bad affects. 



JV. S. Hilpert. 



Pressure of other duties has compelled 

 Mr. C. G. B. Schenk to relinquish the 

 office of business manager. Much credit 

 is due Mr. Schenk whose efforts have 

 done much to insure the success of the 

 magazine. He has been succeeded by 

 Mr. I. J. Ackerman, to whom should be 

 sent all communications regarding 

 advertisements and general business 

 matters. 





THE WHITE SURF FISH 



Courtesy of Technical World 



A MOST singular little fislj, which 

 instead of laying eggs or roe, gives 

 birth to fully developed young, is found 

 along the California coast. Specimens 

 collected by members of the United 

 States fish commission July 1 were 

 stuffed with little fish apparently almost 

 to the bursting point. In some instances 

 the young had begun to escape from the 

 mother, the little ones being found in 

 the water and in nearly all cases they 

 could be easily pressed from the body 

 of the mother, in which event they were 

 able to maintain themselves in an up- 

 right position in the water and swim 

 about. The adult fish are a silvery white 

 color from 3.^ to 8 inches long and the 

 newly born fish were from 1 to 1:^ inches 

 in length. "Surf fish" is the name it 

 goes by, and it is described by the fish 

 commission as swarming in great num- 

 bers during the spawning season, in the 

 surf or in shallow water along sandy 

 shores. 



Every haul of the seine resulted in 

 the capture of great numbers of them. 

 Technical World. 



