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AQUARIUM STAND OF IRON PIPE 



COURTESY OF JACOB C. CAS5EL 



It is not difficult to find a suitable sup- 

 port for a small aquarium, any small 

 table of proper size will do, but with 

 large sizes, the great weight requires a 

 stand at once strong and durable. One 

 of wood, while desirable because of its 

 adaptability to various finishes, is apt to 

 be, by reason of stout construction, cum- 

 bersome in appearance. The stand of 

 iron pipe possesses every requirement ex- 

 cept that of finish to conform to ordinary 

 home furnishing, though, of course, it 

 will be painted or enameled. If the 

 aquarium frame is brass, a very hand- 

 some stand can be made of polished and 

 lacquered brass pipe. One-half inch pipe 

 will be sufficient for a stand for a twenty- 

 gallon tank ; three-quarter inch for fifty 

 gallons. 



ing in Saull's Hall, 802 Girard avenue, on 

 September 20th. Annual auction of 

 fishes and general discussion of the out- 

 lines of the work for the winter. — Fred 

 Richardson, Secretary. 



Otto Ruess, of Chicago, has a lot of 

 young Poly acanthus, which he has named 

 as follows : Polymurial, Pollyanna, Poly- 

 phemus, Political, Napoli, Appolinaris, 

 etc. He has exhausted the dictionary 

 under "Pol," and still has several hun- 

 dreds of nameless babies on hand. — Rev. 

 Paul IV. Roth. 



The Philadelphia Goldfish Fanciers' 

 Society will hold the first autumn meet- 



Mayor Preston, of Baltimore, has ex- 

 pressed a desire to have a public aqua- 

 rium located in Fort McHenry Park. 

 The fort, it will be remembered, figured 

 in the battle which inspired Francis Scott 

 Key to write "The Star Spangled Ban- 



