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A YOUNG MOOR OR BLACK TELESCOPE GOLDFISH 



Owned by Geo. E. Wilt Photo b>> H. W. Schmid 



The first autumn meeting of the Phila- 

 delphia Goldfish Fanciers' Society was 

 held on September 20th. Interest cen- 

 tered in the auction of fishes donated by- 

 members. The receipts from the sale, 

 together with membership fees and dues, 

 made a sum larger than any received at 

 any former meeting. 



The following were elected to member- 

 ship : Mrs. Elizabeth C. Murphy, Messrs. 

 Benjamin Funk, Stanley S. Anders, M. 

 Nichols, Rudolph Pukall. Harry J. Mack- 

 rell, B. McQuaid, William Raroba, John 

 Dove, M. Williams, Samuel W. Burgess, 

 Thomas T. Mayne, George McGrath. 



The next meeting will be held at 

 Saull's Hall, 802 Girard avenue, on Oc- 

 tober 1 8th. The competition will be for 

 Broad-tail Telescopes, scaled and trans- 



parently scaled, over one year old. One 

 cup and three ribbons will be awarded 

 in each class. 



Entries for the annual Household 

 Aquarium Contest must be made at this 

 meeting. 



Mr. Charles E. Visel, of Brooklyn, one 

 of our members, has presented a silver 

 cup, to be awarded by the society to the 

 member showing the best Calico Tele» 

 scope. The date for this competition will 

 be announced later. — Fred Richardson, 

 Secretary. 



The first part of a paper entitled' 

 "Minute Inhabitants of Aquaria," from 

 the pen of Mr. P. B. Clark, San Fran- 

 cisco Aquarium Society, will be published 

 in Aquatic Life for November. The 



