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Tadpoles are very interesting "critters" 

 in the aquarium, but have an unfortunate 

 habit of stirring up the humus. If you 

 would have them be clean, remove any 

 accumulation of sediment at frequent in- 

 tervals. In general, their value in an 

 aquarium has been greatly over-esti- 

 mated. 



Don't look for flaws as you go through 

 life, and even if you find them, be wise 

 and kind and somewhat blind, and look 

 for the virtues behind them. 



For the transportation of the smaller 

 tropical fishes, and particularly young- 

 sters, a glass coal oil can holding a gal- 

 lon, and protected by a jacket of tin or 

 woven wire can be used to an advantage. 

 In such a container a little Daphne can 

 be placed to keep up the strength of the 

 fishes. 



"The utility of the study in natural 

 history will be recognized by any one 

 possessing even rudimentary ideas of the 

 science." — Milne-Edwards. 



The eggs of the smelt are so minute 

 that about 500,000 are required to fill a 

 quart measure. 



For aquarium heating a very satisfac- 

 tory small bunsen burner can be obtained 

 from dealers in dental supplies. 



Among the bereavements suffered by 

 the Zoo last year was the death of a 

 crocodile from tuberculosis. The report 

 states that this is the first recorded of its 

 kind. Reliable statistics of mortality 

 from pulmonary diseases among croco- 

 diles must be difficult to obtain ; but it is 

 bighly probable that the disease is un- 

 known on the banks of the Niger and 

 Nile. The majority of the deaths among 



the animals at Regent's Park are either 

 from the maladies of civilized life or 

 from over-eating. Medicine is useless 

 where wild animals are concerned, and 

 the only possible treatment in illness is 

 careful dieting. — London Chronicle. 



There is only one way by which we 

 can reach our desired goal, and that is to 

 get up and go. 



Received by a land syndicate : 

 Sir: Your letter says if I don't pay 

 the June installment on that 10 acres of 

 Florida land you will start the machinery 

 of the law moving in my direction. Well, 

 I'm not going to pay it, or the July, or the 

 August, nor any of the rest. I've quit, 

 so start your machinery of the law, and 

 I'll put a monkey-wrench into it that'll 

 knock out more cogs than Mr. Black- 

 stone could replace working nights and 

 Sundays for the next three years. 



Say, when that slick-tongued salesman 

 of yours sold me those ten acres for $50 

 down and $10 a month as long as I live, 

 he had the Indian sign on me, with his 

 "back to the land" and "be your own 

 boss" stuff. I used to sit out on the 

 porch after supper smoking my pipe and 

 dreaming about that Southern home, the 

 bungalow among the palm trees, the 

 evening breeze laden with perfume of 

 orange blossoms, my orange blossoms. 

 And now a friend of mine who went to 

 Florida on other business sends me back 

 a kodak picture of my farm that shows 

 a fellow sitting in the middle of it, in a 

 boat, fishing. It would be a grand place 

 for a fishing lodge if there was a chunk 

 of ground big enough to build a shack 

 on, sticking out of the water anywhere. 

 Did you think I could live in water just 

 because I'm a sucker, or does a diving 

 suit go with that ten acres ? I didn't get 

 mine. 



