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ing sunfish. Then with a motion exactly 

 like the swing of a pugilist's fist, he would 

 strike so fast that one could see him only 

 as a blurred, brown arc. Bing! When 

 his tough little "mug" hit a sunfish, and 

 he never missed, that sunny went sailing 

 like a flat stone. But the sunnies came 

 back every time, game as bantam cocks. 

 Then it would be bing! biff! bang! for 

 a few seconds, until the combatants re- 

 tired to the weeds to glare and bristle and 

 accumulate energy and courage for the 

 next round. 



It came to an end one Sunday when I 

 was not on hand to witness the final 

 scrap. I wish I had seen it. On Monday 

 morning the sunfish were swimming 

 around with an air of triumph. The 

 mud minnow floated dead at the surface 

 of the water, with his snout bruised and 

 swollen, his sides gouged and half the 

 scales stripped from his body. It must 

 have been some scrap! 



With the end of the war the interest of 

 the members of the Essex County Aqua- 

 rium is reviving, and prospects look 

 bright for the future. The following 

 officers have been elected for the current 

 year: 



President, Rev. B. Coltarti ; vice-presi- 

 dent, F. Hoernig; treasurer, Dr. William 

 Bachmann ; recording secretary, C. M. 

 Breder, Jr. ; financial secretary, C. F. 

 Hermes. 



Membership, exhibition, entertainment 

 and publicity committees have been ap- 

 pointed — the machinery has been set in 

 motion for a big and prosperous year. 



The members were glad to welcome 

 back to the fold the Hoernig boys, who 

 have been wandering in other fields for 

 more than a year. They have plans for 

 a fine goldfish hatchery in the nearby 

 country, so New Jersey is now to have a 

 real fish establishment near her metropo- 



lis. — C. M. BrtvDRr, Jr., Recording Sec- 

 retary. 



♦ 



One reason why consumers have con- 

 fidence in advertised wares and buy them 

 freely is that an advertisement consti- 

 tutes a reliable record of the terms upon 

 which the seller offers his goods to the 

 buyer. 



The personal salesman may or may not 

 truthfully represent the quality of the 

 product he urges upon his customer. If 

 he misrepresents it, and afterwards repu- 

 diates his description of it, or his prom- 

 ises in its behalf, there is no come-back 

 for the purchaser. An oral statement is 

 unsubstantial. It is not a matter of 

 record. 



The magazine advertisement is a pro- 

 tection to the buyer. It is always avail- 

 able for reference; it is first-class evi- 

 dence. 



Buyers and sellers alike recognize the 

 advantage of the printed word as a pro- 

 moter of square dealing and clear under- 

 standing. The aquarist who commits 

 himself to print in the magazine adver- 

 tisement is fully accountable, and is 

 therefore a safe man to deal with. 



Blood circulation in the frog is read- 

 ily observed by placing the web of a 

 hind foot under a moderate-powered mi- 

 croscope. 



A chanchito with a shoal of fry is about 

 as busy as a cross-eyed boy at a three- 

 ring circus. 



♦■ 



Some men are like musical glasses — to 

 produce their finest tone you must keep 

 them wet. — Coleridge. 



Even the things we get for nothing 

 may cost an effort. 



Don't brag about your goldfish ; let 

 them do the talking. 



