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committee. The arrangements are fast 
taking shape. In connection with the 
show a campaign for members will be 
conducted.—P. C. Cuame.iss, Secretary. 
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The last meeting of The Aquarium So- 
ciety, New York City, held January 25th, 
at the American Museum of Natural 
History, was one of great activity. The 
important feature was the election of 
officers and appointment of committees 
for the year. Result: 
President, Richard Dorn; Vice-Presi- 
dent, H. Kissell; Secretary, C. B. Ruch; 
Treasurer, John P. Lowel; Librarian, 
Charles E.. Jenne. 
German-speaking Branch: President, 
Dr. E. Bade; Secretary, Hugo C. Nelles: 
Treasurer, B. Berkitz. 
General Press Committee, Hugo C. 
Nelles, Hans Forbriger and Carl Lazer. 
The time and place for the annual din- 
ner of the Society was discussed, it being 
decided to hold it at Pabst Harlem, West 
12sth street, New York City, on April 
2oth, 1918.—Huco C. NELLEs. 
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The regular monthly meeting of the 
West Philadelphia Goldfish Fanciers’ 
Association was held in the hall of the 
organization, 5909 Market street, on 
January 4th. Though still in its infancy, 
it numbers among its members many 
prominent fanciers of the city, and in 
consequence the first. competitive exhibi- 
tion, held in conjunction with this meet- 
ing, was eminently successful. The 
judges, Messrs. Thomas Ayling and Jos- 
eph E. Bausman, made the following 
awards: 
ProresstonaL. Black Broadtail Tele- 
scopes, blue ribbon, H. Kraus; red rib- 
bon, M. J. Moylan. S‘caleless Broadtail 
Telescopes, blue ribbon, H. Ek. De Muth; 
red ribbon, Walter Bell; yellow ribbon, 
M. J. Moylan. 
Novice Crass. Black Broadtail Tele- 
scope, blue ribbon to G. C. Vowinkel. 
Scaleless Broadtail Telescope, blue rib- 
bon to Robert Corriston. 
Our president, George EF. Wilt, exhib- 
ited five splendid Broadtails that had 
won blue ribbons in other shows. ‘They 
were not entered in the competition of 
the meeting. 
The Association meets on the first Fri- 
day of the month in its hall at 5g09 Mar- 
ket street. Everybody welcome. Take 
the Market Street Elevated to Sixtieth 
Street Station —C. C. VowINnKkEL, Sec- 
retary. 
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The inventor of a new device for 
keeping fishes out of irrigation ditches 
gave a demonstration at the Washing- 
ton office of the Bureau in November, 
employing for the purpose a working 
model. The essential feature of the de- 
vice is the passage of a series of alter- 
nating electric currents through the wa- 
ter between successive pairs of electrodes 
placed on the opposite banks of the ditch. 
The voltage of these currents increases 
from the head of the ditch outward, so 
that a fish swimming into the canal would 
be subjected to a current of progressively 
greater potential and discomfort as it 
proceeds. The exhibition, which was 
witnessed by members of the Bureau’s 
staff and by representatives of the Recla- 
mation Service, demonstrated that fish 
would flee from the electrified areas al- 
ways in the direction of decreasing po- 
tential, and that they would not pass 
from a neutral zone into a strongly elec- 
trified one.—Fisheries Service Bulletin. 
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She—*"I wonder why my little goldfish 
never grows?” 
He—‘The intelligent little creature 
knows there would be no room for him 
in such a little globe. You should read 
AQuATIC LIFE.” 
